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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We are delighted to welcome our new officers taking up various roles within the BSG! We will be posting about new officers on this page as they are announced, read more about each of them below. Latest BSG officer appointments: […]

The abstract submission portal for the BSG Annual Meeting Online (8th – 12th November 2021) has now closed. If you have submitted an abstract for the 2021 meeting, you can review the guidelines and key dates below. Please direct any […]

With World Digestive Health Day on 29th May 2021, we’re helping celebrate Digestive Health Month throughout the month of May with a public awareness campaign focused on the prevalence and impact of digestive health conditions. This event is held in […]

“If Gladstone fell into the Thames that would be a misfortune, and if anybody pulled him out, that I suppose would be a calamity.” Benjamin Disraeli Why anyone should put themselves up for public office is something of a mystery. […]

O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us – To see oursels as ithers see us! Robert Burns – To A Louse Any organisation or professional group that feels comfortable with itself all the time is in for a shock.  […]

At this time, the WGO Nominations Committee is seeking nominations for positions within the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) for the 2021-2023 term of service and invites you to nominate individuals with strong leadership skills for consideration. Serving as an officer […]

As chair of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) trainees’ section, I am acutely aware of the impact that COVID-19 has had on the lives of higher speciality trainees (HST). Prior to COVID-19, there were significant pressures on the HST […]

In January 2021 we announced that the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre informed us that the Scottish Government had extended their use of the facilities to act as a Nightingale hospital and vaccination centre up to July 2021. This meant […]

The NIHR Associate Principal Investigator (PI) scheme aims to develop junior doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals to become the PIs of the future at the same time as helping to deliver studies to time and target. Associate PI Scheme […]