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Welcome!A message from your Chair and Committee Secretary | |
After the excitement of BSG LIVE’25, we hope you have all had a restful summer.
The committee have been working on several projects across the multi-disciplinary team, some of which will be concluded over the next few weeks. We hope to share the progress we are making with developing a national IBD endoscopy framework and intestinal bowel ultrasound programme in the coming months.
For now, congratulations to you all for engaging with all of the requests for feedback on surveys, projects and research activities.
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Shahida Din Committee Chair | | Gareth Parkes Committee Secretary | | | |
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We have held adult and paediatric workshops with Prof Alison Leary as part of a review of the nursing workforce standards to create optimal caseload numbers.
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These will be followed by a wider survey, with the intention of involving IBD nurses from across the UK.
We are working with the IBD UK Board to publish journal articles on both the IBD UK survey data and the updated IBD Standards. With this in mind, the updated IBD Standards are expected to be published early 2026. We have been very pleased with the update process, with one of our lived experience representatives providing the following feedback: “I think the reviewed Standards are excellent and set a realistic, relevant, measurable and yet appropriately aspirational bar, to services to deliver IBD care to better meet patient priorities and needs.”
The pilots for the Lower GI Pathway will be underway soon, with teams in Edinburgh and Portadown NI very engaged. We are holding joint meetings to share learning and look forward to the outcomes of both pilots.
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IBD Highlights from BSG LIVE‘25 webinar | 21 October 2025, 18:00 - 19:00 This evening webinar will revisit some of the highlights from the IBD programme at BSG LIVE’25.
Tools to Improve IBD Colorectal Cancer Risk Estimation webinar | 27 November 2025, 18:00 - 19:00 Join us for an evening webinar to find out about how this risk assessment tool can support decision making in colorectal surveillance.
The AI Shift - Empowering Healthcare Professionals Through Artificial Intelligence webinar | 13 January 2026, 18:00 - 19:00 While most AI presentations focus on abstract, technical concepts that appear futuristic, this webinar session takes a practical approach. Drawing on years of hands-on experience using AI tools for tasks like research, data analysis, and content creation, Dr Beatriz Gros will highlight real-world applications that clinicians can adopt immediately to enhance both clinical and academic practice.
IBD360 | 19 - 20 January 2026, Birmingham We are expanding the annual IBD-Clinical Research Group meeting into an exciting joint, two-day IBD clinical/research event which will cover clinical updates on day one as well as the usual research day on day two.
EndoBridge | 26 - 27 January 2026, Leeds
This conference will celebrate cutting-edge innovation in endoscopy will bring together everyone in the gastrointestinal endoscopy community. EndoBridge is proudly hosted by the BSG in partnership with the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India. This collaboration promises to deliver a truly international programme of expertise, innovation, and clinical excellence.
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The UK IBD community has developed a number of Key Performance Indictors (KPIs) over recent years with the aim of allowing hospital services to measure, benchmark and improve key aspects of their service provision to IBD patients.
The KPIs are:
- Time to diagnosis defined as date of referral to date of first clinical diagnosis of IBD made. This aligns closely with patient priorities and there is clear evidence of delayed diagnosis leading to worse patient outcomes.
- Time from diagnosis to treatment defined as date of diagnosis to date of treatment. This is a UK IBD standard and has been associated with much better outcomes in early treatment as shown by the PROFILE trial.
- Number of steroid courses for existing patients with IBD during the last 12 months prior to clinic review. Steroid excess is associated with poor care and that steroid exposure can be reduced by Quality Improvement measures.
- Completion of pre-biologic screening checks prior to advanced medication commencement and follow up at 3 and 12 months to assess efficacy and safety.
The BSG is now organising and funding a pilot study across the UK for 10-12 sites to test collecting audit information in relation to these KPIs and instigating improvements where required.
Our Open Call for pilot sites has now closed and we will now be working with the chosen sites to support them with data collection across the four KPIs in order to identify areas for improvement.
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Shingles vaccine (Shingrix) now recommended for all severely immunocompromised adults aged 18 and over | |
From 1 September 2025, recommendations for those who should benefit from this vaccine has now been extended to all severely immunosuppressed individuals over 18 years of age. This includes many patients with IBD, autoimmune hepatitis or those post transplantation.
Read the full information here, including relevant extracts from the Green Book.
We are indebted to all those on the BSG IBD committee who have played a key role in advocating for this policy change. | |
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BSG Podcast: From Top to Bottom | |
Our new podcast, From Top to Bottom, gives you all the latest insights shaping modern gastroenterology practice from inspirational interviews to guideline summaries from leading experts.
Whether you're a gastroenterologist, trainee, or other healthcare professional seeking practical, evidence-based updates this podcast keeps you current from top to bottom.
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Look out for the next series, covering the main chapters of the IBD Guideline (2025), and the IBD Surveillance Guidelines, featuring prominent members of the two Guideline development groups.
Listen by clicking the button below or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Congratulations to our ECCO Intensive Course for Trainees 2026 delegates! | |
The IBD Section Committee have selected their UK delegates to attend the ECCO Intensive Course for Trainees in 2026 in Stockholm. | |
Our congratulations go to: - Colleen McGregor
- Keeley Fairbrass
- Krista Stockenhuber
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