Training Committee

The BSG Training Committee is a forum for discussion on the training needs of Specialist Registrars in medical gastroenterology.  It aims to coordinate discussion between professional bodies with an interest and make recommendations.

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BSG Training Strategy
This document provides members with: an introduction from the BSG President and Chair of the Training Committee; a background of the committee, as well as recent achievements and current challenges; and a summary of the strategic priorities for training.

Hepatology Training Resources

Advanced Hepatology Training Posts

The ATPs below are approved for advanced training in Hepatology and include experience in a transplant (level 3) centre. These posts will form the ST6 year (primarily) for trainees branching into hepatology as part of the 2022 gastroenterology curriculum. The allocation process will now be region-based but there is flexibility if a trainee is happy to move regions. There is also flexibility for the 6 month/6 month posts in terms of whether one or both are filled from the same region (will depend on trainee interest from the two regions involved). All trainees interested in hepatology ATPs will be asked to complete the specific trainee information form. Of note the ATP year is not mandatory for NTN(A) hepatology trainees (typically ACL), who have had appropriate hepatology clinical experience, but they should otherwise make up minimum time in a transplant centre if not based in one.

Hepatology-ATP-information-2025-Updated.pdf

Trainee Information Form for 2025 Hepatology Placement

UK Level 2 (and 3) Hepatology Training Centres

PYR process for Hepatology trainees

View the full process details as well as hepatology subspecialty TPDs by region here.

Hepatology over the next 4 years

During the BSG’s 8th annual National Introduction to Gastroenterology Day at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Birmingham on Thursday 30th November 2023, Dr Bill Griffiths gave an update on hepatology training over the next 4 years. 

Read the slides

Committee Members

TitleFirst nameSurnameCommittee PositionAppointmentTerm end
DrSimonPanterCommittee ChairAppointed2025
Dr KatieClarkDeputy Committee ChairAppointed; TPD for IMT, Mersey2025
DrUmeshBasavarajuBSG Elected CouncillorAppointed2025
DrDhiraj Tripathi Elected BSG CouncillorAppointed2024
Dr ColinReesPresident BSGAppointed2026
DrSafaAl-ShammaBSG SecretaryAppointed2027
DrShairozSamjiWorkforce LeadAppointed2025
DrIonaBellLess Than Full Time RepAppointed2026
ProfAnjanDharCommittee Member - Chair of Education CommitteeAppointed2025
Dr RiciaGwenterChair, BSG Trainees Section CommitteeAppointed2025
DrGillianBainTraining Programme DirectorScotland
DrIanBealesChair of SCE/ESEGH exam board

DrCarolBlairCommittee MemberSouth East Scotland
DrEd BrittonTraining Programme DirectorMersey
DrGeorginaChadwickTraining Programme DirectorNW Thames - shared
DrFergusChedgyTraining Programme DirectorKSS
DrAndrewClaridgeTraining Programme DirectorSevern
DrEmilyClarkeCo-opted BAPEN RepresentativeCo-opted member
Dr PaulDunckleyChair JAG Training Committee

DrNeilFisherNational Recruitment LeadWest Midlands
DrBillGriffithsHepatology training rep

DrPaulHaganTraining Centres Lead

DrLucyHicksNW Thames - sharedNW Thames - shared
Dr Matthew HuggettTraining Programme DirectorNorth Yorkshire
DrAlexandraKent Training Programme DirectorSouth London
DrSampath KumarTraining Programme DirectorSouth Yorkshire
DrAidaJawhariChair of SAC

Dr AdamLawsonTraining Programme DirectorEast Midlands North
DrJoelMawdsleyTraining Programme DirectorSouth London
DrSaraMcCartneyTraining Programme DirectorNE London
DrStephenMcClementsTraining Programme DirectorNorth West
DrJohnMcGoranTraining Programme DirectorNorthern Ireland
DrJude MorrisTraining Programme DirectorWest of Scotland
DrKathrynNashTraining Programme DirectorWessex
DrAndrewNelsonTraining Programme DirectorYorkshire
DrDavidOliverTraining Programme DirectorNorthern
MrsBJ OlsenCommittee Member - BSGNA RepresentativeNominated2025
DrRebeccaPalmerTraining Programme DirectorOxford/Thames Valley
DrArunShankarTraining Programme DirectorEast of England
DrVicky SnowdonTraining Programme DirectorEast of England
DrLawrenceSunderrajTraining Programme DirectorWales
DrLouisaVineTraining Programme DirectorPeninsula
DrRichardWarburtonTraining Programme DirectorEast of England
DrEleanorWoodTraining Programme DirectorNE London