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The Clinical Services and Standards Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology has undertaken to work with colleagues to prepare guidelines on the management of various gastrointestinal disorders in order to improve the standard of practice of clinical gastroenterology in specified areas. The following is intended as a guide to aid in the preparation of these guidelines.
BSG Proposal for Guidelines_ Submission Template
AGREE Instrument II_ (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation)
Dr Rupert Ransford, BSG Guidelines Lead/ Guidelines Editor Gut says: “we are delighted to announce that the British Society of Gastroenterology has successfully renewed the accreditation by NICE to follow detailed BSG processes in order to produce high quality clinical guidelines. This renewed accreditation is now valid for 5 years until 2023 and continues from the original accreditation which was achieved in 2013. The BSG can continue to use the highly coveted NICE Accreditation Mark and looks forward to producing independent, evidence-based guidance on the most effective ways to prevent, diagnose and treat disease and ill health in Gastroenterology and Hepatology”. Professor Emad M El-Omar, Editor in Chief at GUT says “Gut is very proud to publish the BSG Guidelines, which are of the highest international calibre. These Guidelines are respected and followed the world over and have certainly contributed to the success of our journal.”
These Guidelines and guidance documents have been prepared or endorsed by the British Society of Gastroenterology. They represent a consensus of best practice based on the available evidence at the time of preparation. They may not apply in all situations and should be interpreted in the light of specific clinical situations and resource availability. Clinical decisions involve a complex analysis of the patient’s condition and available routes of action which may lead a clinician to take a course of action that varies from these guidelines or guidance. Guidelines and guidance documents are not rules and should not be interpreted as establishing a legal standard of care.British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines aim to improve the standard of practice of clinical gastroenterology and hepatology and represent a consensus of best practice based on the available evidence. Accreditation of the process we use to produce best practice clinical guideline through the NICE Accreditation Programme demonstrates that our guidelines are of a very high quality. We are confident that NICE accreditation will heighten the standing of our guidelines and will lead to further improvement in the quality of patient care.
First published on 15 Jul 2019
British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the diagnosis and management of patients at risk of gastric adenocarcinoma Gastric adenocarcinoma continues to be a frequent cause of death in the world and is the 16th most common cancer in the UK. […]
First published on 10 Jul 2019
NICE Guidelines: Pancreatitis, published Sep 2018 The BSG endorse this guideline and were stakeholders in its development. This guideline covers managing acute and chronic pancreatitis in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve quality of life by ensuring […]
First published on 10 Jul 2019
NICE Guidelines: Pancreatic cancer in adults: diagnosis and pancreatic cancer in adults: diagnosis and management, published Feb 2018 The BSG endorse this guideline and were stakeholders in its development. This guideline covers diagnosing and managing pancreatic cancer in adults aged […]
First published on 10 Jul 2019
Consensus Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors can be accessed via the link below: https://www.enets.org/basics.119.html
First published on 12 Jun 2019
Abstract Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are the principal forms of inflammatory bowel disease. Both represent chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, which displays heterogeneity in inflammatory and symptomatic burden between patients and within individuals over time. Optimal management relies […]
First published on 11 Jun 2019
British Society of Gastroenterology and UK-PSC guidelines for the diagnosis and management of primary sclerosing cholangitis Michael Huw Chapman, Douglas Thorburn, Gideon M Hirschfield, George G J Webster, Simon M Rushbrook, Graeme Alexander, Jane Collier, Jessica K Dyson, David EJ Jones, […]
First published on 14 Feb 2019
Abstract This is the first UK national guideline to concentrate on acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) and has been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG). The Guidelines Development Group consisted of […]
First published on 04 Sep 2018
Interest in the therapeutic potential of faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) has been increasing globally in recent years, particularly as a result of randomised studies in which it has been used as an intervention. The main focus of these studies has […]
First published on 19 Apr 2018
Abstract Chronic diarrhoea is a common problem, hence clear guidance on investigations is required. This is an updated guideline from 2003 for the investigations of chronic diarrhoea commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee of the British Society of […]
First published on 26 Mar 2018
ABSTRACT Primary biliary cholangitis (formerly known as primary biliary cirrhosis, PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease in which a cycle of immune mediated biliary epithelial cell injury, cholestasis and progressive fibrosis can culminate over time in an end-stage biliary cirrhosis. […]