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 12 Jun 2021
The BSG is delighted to congratulate immediate past President Dr Cathryn Edwards, who is honoured as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Medicine. Cathryn is currently Registrar of the Royal College […]
First published on 03 Jun 2021
In 1970, the world was a different place. It was not an easy time for the UK. The freedoms embodied in the swinging 60s were becoming tarnished. There were strikes, and the economy was not in great shape. Even the […]
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 […]
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.
Following on from the success of our BSG Campus event, which took place 21st – 29th January 2021, we are delighted to share a selection of highlights from the opening session presentations from day one.
You can watch the full recordings by following this link.
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 […]
First published on 17 Feb 2021
Sapna Gohil is the Lead Pharmacist for High Cost Drugs and Homecare services at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. What attracted you to a career in gastroenterology/hepatology? I studied gastroenterology during my Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma and had […]
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.