As part of our continuing mission to support members’ wellbeing, our Wellbeing Resources area includes details of our new Member Assistance Programme providing self-help information and advice, professional counselling, and life management support services to BSG members.
Our recent ‘BSG Trainees Webinar: Wellbeing for Doctors & How to get Gastro Speciality Training Back on Track’ featured talks regarding wellbeing and mental health, and the opening presentation is available to watch here.
First published on 30 Jul 2021
Guts UK are delighted to announce that Amelie Waring and Derek Butler Fellowships are now open for submissions. Amelie Waring Fellowship This is a fellowship for research into any aspect of pancreatic inflammation or injury. One grant up to £180,000 […]
First published on 27 Jul 2021
Sarah Marshall, Chair of the British Society of Gastroenterology Nurses’ Association (BSGNA), introduces the virtual events, nursing award, member assistance programme, and European collaborations offered to members of the BSGNA. The BSGNA has been working on a number of offerings […]
First published on 27 Jul 2021
The BSG is thrilled to extend their congratulations to Professor Michael Farthing on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award 2021, which recognises outstanding individual achievements in digestive health, from United European Gastroenterology (UEG). Awardees are those who have helped to improve […]
The BSG co-owns three journals. Gut is Europe’s highest ranked gastroenterology journal, by citation related impact factor, and the Society’s oldest title. Frontline Gastroenterology focuses on clinical aspects of Gastroenterology.
The newest addition to the portfolio is the open access journal BMJ Open Gastroenterology. The Society regularly produces guidelines on aspects of contemporary practice.
First published on 08 Jul 2021
Geoff Smith is a Regional Postgraduate Dean, HEE South West Chair, JAG Training Group (& very part time) Bowel Cancer Screening Colonoscopist. What attracted you to a career in gastroenterology/hepatology? I would love to say that it was the combination […]
First published on 02 Jun 2021
Charlotte Rutter is a Consultant Gastroenterologist (Intestinal Failure, Intestinal & Multivisceral Transplant) at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, as well as a past Chair of the BSG Trainee Section, and is the current BSG Workforce Lead. What attracted you to a career […]
First published on 02 Mar 2021
Sarah Marshall is the Clinical Programme Manager for the Bowel Cancer Screening centre at St Mark’s Hospital in North West London. She is also the lead nurse for JAG, Chair of the BSGNA, and sits as a representative on the […]
The British Society of Gastroenterology is a registered charity and one of the largest medical gastroenterology and hepatology communities in the UK. A professional organisation, it is a voice for gastroenterology and hepatology in the UK, influencing health policy nationally.
It has over three thousand members drawn from the ranks of physicians, surgeons, pathologists, radiologists, scientists, nurses, dieticians, physiologists and others interested in the field. It supports its members in providing the best care and outcomes for patients with gastrointestinal and liver disease, bringing them early awareness of changes in best practice and new research.
The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) was founded in 1937 by Sir Arthur Hurst as a Gastroenterological Club with just 36 members. Sir Arthur Hurst became the first President. At that time, its objectives were described as “the advancement of gastroenterology and promotion of friendship amongst those who have a special interest in the disorders of the alimentary tract”.
From the early days, it maintained strong links with both International and other complementary societies, and over the decades these have merged with the BSG to create the more diverse society it is today.