News & Updates
EASL'25 Annual Meeting Research Abstract Bursary
The BSG Research Committee is offering 3 travel bursaries for delegates who would find it financially difficult to attend EASL'25 to present their accepted abstract(s), available to trainees, nurses/AHPs and consultants in the first 2 years of their post.
Treating giant pandas: an unusual advanced role for the gastroenterologist
Giant pandas are captivating animals with worldwide interest. Their distinctive colour, furriness and slow, swaggering, lifestyle may be some of the reasons why people love them.
Read the latest IBD UK Report on the State of IBD Care in the UK
The quality of care reported by people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has declined over the past five years, with major resources needed to help overstretched NHS staff deliver the services they want to people with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. That’s one of the key findings of a major new report which gathers the views of more than 17,000 Crohn’s and Colitis patients and 126 adult hospital IBD services
BSG Campus - Thank you from the BSG Senior Secretary and BSG Secretary
We do hope that you were able to join us online for BSG Campus and hope that you have had an enjoyable Campus week.
Colorectal Cancer Surveillance in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (ColCaS-IBD)
YaHGuT has launched this project which has two threads - one will be a procedural/patient data audit for the first 6 months of 2024 and the second will be an endoscopy lead questionnaire in the form of an easy - tick box Google form.
2025 BSG Membership Fee Increase
After four years of freezing our membership fees, we are making a small increase to annual membership fees.
Apply for the Web Education Online Deputy Editor role
The BSG Education Committee is looking for a BSG member to join the BSG Education Online Editorial team as a Web Education Online Deputy Editor.
International Committee Project: Establishing a self-sufficient upper gastrointestinal endoscopy training programme in Lusaka, Zambia
A postgraduate MMed programme in gastroenterology has recently been established within the University of Zambia School of Medicine with the aim of increasing the number of qualified gastroenterologists working within Zambia to meet some of this need. An element of the programme is to provide endoscopy training with hands on apprenticeship type training akin to the UK. Lusaka, Zambia 15-19 April 2024 - Dr Duncan Napier
BSG LIVE'25 Abstracts
Submit your abstract between 2nd December 2024 and 24th January 2025 for your chance to present your research as a poster or oral at BSG LIVE'25 in Glasgow taking place from 23rd - 26th June 2025.
In Memoriam: Dr Martin Sarner
It is with great sadness that the Society has learned of the death of Dr Martin Sarner, former Consultant Gastroenterologist in Portsmouth and at University College Hospital, London.
HCC - Improving liver cancer surveillance in the UK
This channel presents video extracts from a meeting on "Improving hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance" held in Birmingham UK, April 2024. The meeting was supported by the British Association for Study of Liver (BASL) and the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG). The aim of the meeting was discuss/showcase existing initiatives and new ideas for improving liver cancer surveillance in the UK.
BSG International Committee Grants Awards
The BSG International Grants continue to support international projects led by its members focusing on a sustainable partnership or defined improvement in the following areas: leadership, service improvement, and educational initiatives.