Stay connected. Keep learning. Help shape the future of gastroenterology.

Becoming a consultant is a significant career milestone but it is not the end of your relationship with the professional community that has supported you throughout your training. BSG consultant membership keeps you connected with colleagues across gastroenterology and hepatology, gives you access to education, events and professional resources, and creates opportunities to contribute your expertise and help shape the future of the specialty.

Whether you are newly appointed or an established consultant, the BSG is your professional community throughout your career.

Continue to benefit from BSG membership

As a consultant member, you continue to receive the benefits that support your professional development and keep you connected with the specialty, including:

• 30% off BSG events, including BSG LIVE, our flagship annual conference
• Access to BSG education, webinars and professional development opportunities
• Access to BMJ journals and 30% off the Article Publishing Charge for BMJ Open Gastroenterology
• Opportunities to participate in committee and research group work, developing your leadership skills and helping to shape the future of the specialty
• Access to member resources, guidance and communications
• Opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues across the UK and internationally
• The latest news, research, policy developments and opportunities from across the specialty

BMJ journals included in your membership

• Free online and flipping book access to Gut
• Free online and flipping book access to Frontline Gastroenterology
• Free online access to Open Gastroenterology
• Free online access to Gut Science

For members who attend BSG events, the savings available through the 30% member discount can make a significant contribution towards the cost of annual membership.

From developing your career to shaping your specialty

The move from trainee to consultant brings new opportunities to play a more active role in the profession.

Consultant membership gives you the opportunity to contribute your experience and expertise to the BSG and to help influence the future direction of gastroenterology and hepatology.

Depending on your interests and experience, this can include opportunities to:

• stand for elected positions within the BSG
• become involved in BSG committees and specialist sections
• contribute to guidelines, standards and quality improvement
• support education, training and research
• speak, teach and contribute to BSG events and programmes
• represent the specialty and contribute to national discussions
• progress into senior leadership and governance roles within the Society.

Many of the BSG’s senior leadership opportunities are available to established members of the profession. Continuing your membership ensures that you remain part of the community and can take advantage of opportunities to contribute as your career develops.

Your membership supports more than your own career

The BSG is a membership organisation. The strength of the Society depends on the continued involvement and support of gastroenterologists throughout their careers.

Your membership helps the BSG to deliver education, support research, develop clinical guidance and quality standards, represent the specialty, support the workforce and create opportunities for the next generation of gastroenterology professionals, including discounting membership for students and trainees.

By maintaining your membership when you become a consultant, you are not simply changing membership category. You are continuing your place within the professional community with new opportunities to contribute, influence and lead.

From your first years in gastroenterology through to senior clinical and leadership roles, the BSG is here to support your connection with the specialty.

If you have recently completed your training, please update your membership category to Consultant.

Stay connected to your professional community. Continue to benefit from BSG membership. And, when the time is right, help shape what comes next.