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Dear Colleagues, The last week has been a period of rapid change for the country and for all of us working in specialty medicine. Each hospital is making ready for the peaking of COVID-19 virus. The uncertainties of what we […]

As Covid-19 continues to spread throughout the country, our role as NHS frontline staff has never seemed more daunting. It goes without saying that the next few months with be enormously challenging. I suspect that soon, if not already, the […]

Since my last posting, the Senior Officers of the BSG along with our CEO Mark Hacker and our conference partners, have been taking daily advice and reviewing the situation regarding our meeting in Liverpool 2020. The situation is changing rapidly, […]

Future Leaders Fellowships is a £900 million fund that is helping to establish the careers of world-class research and innovation leaders across UK business and academia. The scheme is open to researchers and innovators from across business, universities, and other organisations, […]

Dr Cathryn Edwards, President of the British Society of Gastroenterology, welcomed the opportunity to meet with Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh today. Dr Edwards explained the importance of the BSG in the UK, and its role in […]

“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far… go together.” The start of a new year brings for most, resolutions and new starts. The BSG is no exception. This year the Society starts the new […]

Dear colleagues, I have developed with a trainee – Dr Solange Serna – an online resource to be used by any patient undergoing endoscopy procedures. It is a resource highlighting information that is contained in a standard pre-procedure patient endoscopy […]

Update 4.30 pm 20 March 2020: The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) has suspended applications for the 2020 award round. Deadline for applications for support to BSG is 9:00 Wednesday 8th April 2020 The 2020 ACCEA Award round […]

A new initiative aimed at encouraging more inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Clinical Nurse Specialists to get involved in clinical research as part of their role was launched in early March 2019. NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) Gastroenterology specialty, led by […]

Dear BSG member, NHSE have contacted the BSG Clinical Services & Standards Committee (CSSC) over their concerns about biopsies of the cervix being taken at colonoscopy. They report that over the last two years there have five reported cases of this occurring. […]