Alcohol Health Alliance urges action on alcohol-related deaths

Alcohol-related harm continues to place significant pressure on the healthcare system, with nearly 1 million hospital admissions each year linked to alcohol, costing the NHS £4.91 billion annually. The AHA has called for policies such as minimum unit pricing and increased funding for alcohol treatment services to reduce harm and improve public health.

International Grant Report: Malawi Endoscopy training visit report

After arriving in Lilongwe, we visited KCH and met the local Endoscopy team including Mr Chipilimo and the two senior local trainees who had both undertaken <5 endoscopies previously but had been identified by senior clinicians for Foundation endoscopy training at the unit. We spoke with them regarding their current work, resources and requirements and donated endoscopic equipment from Glasgow.

International Grant: Malawi Hepatology Training Course Report

With the generous support of a grant from the British Society of Gastroenterology we organized a training conference: the Third Conference on Liver Disease in Malawi. We provided travel and accommodation for delegates from all over Malawi, ranging from Karonga in the far north to Chikwawa in the South

BSG New Consultant Advisory Group

Applications are now open for registrars in their final 2 years of training and consultants within 5 years of CCT from the following regions to join the Group as regional representatives.

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