BSG Training Committee - Strategy, Resources & Members

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.

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.

Read the strategy

Useful Resources

July 2022 Shape of Training BSG Webinar

Planning for parenthood in Gastroenterology BSG Webinar

BSG Workforce Reports

Flexible Training in Gastroenterology advice

The important role of the GPwER

Supporting Women in Gastroenterology Section

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. For the 6 month/6 month posts in terms of whether one or both are filled from the same region depends on funding arrangements and potential trainee interest. 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.

UK Hepatology Training Centres 2024 - 2025

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

Hepatology Trainee Information 2025

Committee Members

Title	First name	Surname	Committee Position	Appointment	Term end
Dr	Simon	Panter	Committee Chair	Appointed	2025
Dr	Katie	Clark	Deputy Committee Chair	Appointed; TPD for IMT, Mersey	2025
Dr	Umesh	Basavaraju	BSG Elected Councillor	Appointed	2025
Dr	Dhiraj	Tripathi	Elected BSG Councillor	Appointed	2024
Dr	Colin	Rees	President BSG	Appointed	2026
Dr	Safa	Al-Shamma	BSG Secretary	Appointed	2027
Dr	Shairoz	Samji	Workforce Lead	Appointed	2025
Dr	Iona	Bell	Less Than Full Time Rep	Appointed	2026
Prof	Anjan	Dhar	Committee Member - Chair of Education Committee	Appointed	2025
Dr	Ricia	Gwenter	Chair, BSG Trainees Section Committee	Appointed	2025
Dr	Gillian	Bain	Training Programme Director	Scotland
Dr	Ian	Beales	Chair of SCE/ESEGH exam board
Dr	Carol	Blair	Committee Member	South East Scotland
Dr	Ed	Britton	Training Programme Director	Mersey
Dr	Georgina	Chadwick	Training Programme Director	NW Thames - shared
Dr	Fergus	Chedgy	Training Programme Director	KSS
Dr	Andrew	Claridge	Training Programme Director	Severn
Dr	Emily	Clarke	Co-opted BAPEN Representative	Co-opted member
Dr	Paul	Dunckley	Chair JAG Training Committee
Dr	Neil	Fisher	National Recruitment Lead	West Midlands
Dr	Bill	Griffiths	Hepatology training rep
Dr	Paul	Hagan	Training Centres Lead
Dr	Lucy	Hicks	NW Thames - shared	NW Thames - shared
Dr	Matthew	Huggett	Training Programme Director	North Yorkshire
Dr	Alexandra	Kent	Training Programme Director	South London
Dr	Sampath	Kumar	Training Programme Director	South Yorkshire
Dr	Aida	Jawhari	Chair of SAC
Dr	Adam	Lawson	Training Programme Director	East Midlands North
Dr	Joel	Mawdsley	Training Programme Director	South London
Dr	Sara	McCartney	Training Programme Director	NE London
Dr	Stephen	McClements	Training Programme Director	North West
Dr	John	McGoran	Training Programme Director	Northern Ireland
Dr	Jude	Morris	Training Programme Director	West of Scotland
Dr	Kathryn	Nash	Training Programme Director	Wessex
Dr	Andrew	Nelson	Training Programme Director	Yorkshire
Dr	David	Oliver	Training Programme Director	Northern
Mrs	BJ	Olsen	Committee Member - BSGNA Representative	Nominated	2025
Dr	Rebecca	Palmer	Training Programme Director	Oxford/Thames Valley
Dr	Arun	Shankar	Training Programme Director	East of England
Dr	Vicky	Snowdon	Training Programme Director	East of England
Dr	Lawrence	Sunderraj	Training Programme Director	Wales
Dr	Louisa	Vine	Training Programme Director	Peninsula
Dr	Richard	Warburton	Training Programme Director	East of England
Dr	Eleanor	Wood	Training Programme Director	NE London

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