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BSG Annual Meeting 2008: Webcasts
A range of presentations from this year's BSG Annual meeting are now available free to members online. The Postgraduate Course, State of the Art Lectures and specialist Symposia are all featured. Log-ins are available by telephoning 020 7563 9991 during normal business hours or by e-mailing Howard Ellison
Attention Trainees! - Specialty KBA in Gastroenterology
The registration period for the Knowledge Based Assessment in Gastroenterology is 6th - 30th May 2008. Further details may be found on the MRCPUK website:
BSG Working Party Consensus on Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Endoscopy (2008): An Interim Statement
All endoscopists will be aware of the current controversy and differing guidelines on endocarditis prophylaxis for GI procedures. A working group of the BSG Endoscopy Committee met in March 2006 to revise the 2001 guidance.
NICE has now considered this issue as well. It has come out against the use of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent endocarditis during gastrointestinal endoscopy. Its guidance on endocarditis prophylaxis was unveiled on 26 March 2008:
The BSG guidance is to be updated yet again in the light of the NICE guidance, and then resubmitted to Gut for further peer review. The recommendation is likely to be that routine antibiotic prophylaxis is indicated in the following circumstances only:
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (and equivalent procedures)
- ERCP (if pancreatic pseudocyst, or if unliklely/unable to achieve complete biliary decompression)
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst
Dr Miles Allison
5th International Society of Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis Congress
This conference will be held between 31 August and 3 September 2008 at Keble College, Oxford University. It affords an opportunity for interdisciplinary discussions in a beautiful environment, to hear state of the science presentations and to meet future and present leaders in gastrointestinal oncology.
The BSG is keen to encourage young GI scientists to attend and is making several bursaries available that will cover registration and accommodation for those wishing to attend. Applications will be considered by the BSG Research Committee. Those interested should write a one-page application outlining why attendance at the meeting will benefit their research and send this to Ms Age Orgusaar at aorgusaar@bsg.org.uk by April 31st 2008.
The deadline for advance registration is 4th August 2008. Abstracts may be submitted for the Poster Session, but must be received no later than 10th July 2008.
For further details please email: Maria Caballero-Blaya at Barts and the London.
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BSG Newsletter: Summer 2008
Inside: Message from the President: 'Challenges and Opportunities for 2008/2009' - Endoscopy News - Secretary's Musings - Core Report - Research News - New Appointments & more...
- BSG Newsletter: Summer 2008 [ 1.85 Mb ]
- BSG e-newsletter: 14th April 2008 [ 85 Kb ]
- BSG e-newsletter: 27th March 2008 [ 91 Kb ]
'For the Referring Physician'
A one day scientific meeting organised by the Birmingham Liver Unit
The day will comprise of lectures, presentations and case discussions in hepatology (programme yet to be finalised, but will appear on this website).
The meeting will be held at the Medical School, University of Birmingham on Friday June 13th 2008.
For those wishing to attend please reply as soon as possible to the following e-mail address: elias.conference@uhb.nhs.uk
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BSG Research Workshop: 'The Immune Basis of Liver Disease'
Venue: Horton Grange Conference Park, University of Birmingham
Date: June 9th and June 10th 2008
Organiser: Professor David Adams: University of Birmingham
The BSG Research Committee is organising a workshop on Liver Immunology at the University of Birmingham on the 9th and 10th June 2008. The programme is outstanding and provides an excellent opportunity for trainees to hear and meet international leaders in the field of liver immunology. A limited number of places, funded by the BSG, are available and interested trainees are encouraged to contact the workshop organiser David Adams as soon as possible on d.h.adams@bham.ac.uk.
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UEGW Preliminary Programme
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The 16th United European Gastroenterology Week takes place in Vienna from October 18 – 22, 2008. Latest advances in gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery will meet a first-class postgraduate teaching programme, scientific posters as well as an exciting industry exhibition. Preliminary Programme, Call for Abstracts and Registration are all available online now: |
BSG influence on NHS policy
One of the priorities for the BSG this year is to begin to have a greater influence on policy. As well as influencing at the national level, it is becoming more important for us to have strong links with Strategic Health Authorities as they have a greater influence on important aspects of service, such as the tariffs that are paid to providers.
We learned from our members in one SHA that NHS bodies were being paid two-thirds of the national tariff for diagnostic endoscopy while the full rate was being paid to foundation trusts and an ISTC in the same region. Working with others, we lobbied the SHA to remedy this situation by either paying the full tariff to all or to route all referrals through the NHS. We are pleased to say that the SHA listened to our concerns and the full tariff will be paid to NHS providers from April.
In December BBC online reported our work on out of hours arrangements to care for emergency GI bleeds: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7138333.stm.
Over the coming weeks we will begin to draw out the implications of findings for policymakers, commissioners and providers.
Seamless Access to Gut Website
Gut - the official journal of the BSG - is now directly accessible by BSG members from the Members' Area of this website.
Health Protection Agency Helicobacter Working Group
The Health Protection Agency Helicobacter Working Group have produced a newsletter on updates of tests and treatments for Helicobacter pylori. This includes guidance on the stool antigen test, treatment guidance for H. pylori and importantly, rescue treatments in failed eradication.
This group welcomes comments and questions from BSG members. Please email Dr Cliodna McNulty (cliodna.mcnulty@hpa.org.uk) if you have any queries.
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NLH Gastro' and Liver Disease
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The BSG's Information Sub-committee is working with Connecting for Health on these two groundbreaking NHS projects. Please view the related documentation in the BSG website's Members' Area »
ASNEMGE
Young Investigator Meetings 2007/8:
- Weekend workshop, April 19-20 2008 - Vienna, Austria
- One Day Workshop (UEGW Vienna), October 19 2008 – Vienna, Austria
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ASNEMGE 5th Summer School of Gastroenterology
WGO Training The Trainers 2008
Three workshops have been planned for 2008: Croatia (April), USA (September) and India (December). The application process for all three workshops is now open. Applications must be made via the BSG, guidelines for applications are available below:
ESGE Research Projects
The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) has started three research studies and invites you to take part. Subjects covered:
- Lugol screening for squamous neoplastic lesions of the oesophagus
- Short segment Barrett's Oesophagus surveillance
- ERCP for acute biliary pancreatitis