Anjan Dhar
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Professor of Medicine,Teesside University. Luminal GI Consultant, Co. Durham. NIHR Clinical Researcher, IBD & Endoscopic research. Deputy Chair BSG Education
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I have been the COVID ward consultant with a respiratory colleague for the last 2 days. We reached full capacity within 48 hours of the ward opening and are going to a second ward tomorrow. This is REAL. Stringent isolation is the key.
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The new kid on the block for oesophageal dilatations- The Bougie cap. Easy, under endoscopist’s control, minimal nursing assistance needed, and very effective for longer strictures and for Eosinophilic Oesophagitis.
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It’s finally out!! The BSG/BSPGHAN Guidelines for Eosinophilic Oesophagitis is now published online. Thank you to all my friends on the development group for their fantastic contribution- very grateful and proud of you.
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The best news that I have received today - The BSG/BSPGHAN Guidelines on Eosinophilic Oesophagitis have been accepted for publication in GUT. Huge moment for all of us on the Guideline development group who have worked through the pandemic to deliver.
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Not bad for a lad from India who came to the U.K. with £200 in his pocket and a burning desire to get the letters MRCP…..The British Society of Gastroenterology Executive Committee 2024!!! Thank you to everyone who put their faith in me over the last 25 years.🙏🙏
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Delighted to have been successful in securing £200k NHSX funding for two digital applications projects for IBD care in the County Durham & Tees Valley region together with partners in Teesside University and DVTRA.
@hsciResearch
@TU_NHC
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County Durham and Darlington NHS are now RAG rating wards and giving full PPE protection in Red areas with FFP3 masks. Being responsive to protect patients and staff. Thank you to the Trust.
@CDDFTNHS
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A day out at Cambridge to attend the MA (Cantab) graduation ceremony of our elder daughter. Very proud of what she has achieved.
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Green Endoscopy and Sustainability gets recognition through the award of the BSG President’s medal to Prof Bu Hayee. Thank you BSG for the recognition to our lead for sustainability.
@BritSocGastro
@GreenEndoscopy
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A huge congratulation to my colleague and friend, Shafie Kamaruddin for being awarded the MBE in the Queens Honours this year. Very richly deserved for his enormous effort during the pandemic and for national diabetes care.
@CDDFTNHS
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This is our IBD Specialist Nurse donned up on the COVID-19 Ward in full PPE during one of her shifts. These fantastic nurses are doing their bit on the frontline in addition to their specialist role. Our NHS Heroes.
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Chairman of the Trust Board, Paul Keane OBE, retires this month after 8years in post. He has been a great support, building collaborative networks, and mentorship to me personally and to research in GI. Thank you for everything & wish you happy retirement.
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The BSG Eosinophilic Oesophagitis Guideline Group has its last face to face meeting in London to finalise the draft. Fantastic to see everyone in person, and privileged to chair the meeting. 👀 for the guidelines soon.
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Delighted to be awarded the Research Delivery Award for GI Research for 2023, for continued participation in national NIHR and Commercial studies. Thank you to our fantastic clinical and research nurses for their commitment, hard work.
@CDDFTRnI
@NIHRresearch
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Had to run my IBD clinic today without these lovely women, who were on the picket lines. Very stressful. Now I know what they mean when the say “value your IBD Specialist Nurses”!!
@RCNIBDNetwork
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Get ready for Eosinophilic Awareness Week !!
16th - 22nd May 2022. Please raise awareness for dysphagia and food bolus obstruction in young people, in your Acute medical unit, A&E, and ENT departments.
@BritSocGastro
@CharityEos
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For all senior GI trainees in the North East who wish to learn therapeutic upper GI endoscopy- you are welcome to attend my Darlington Tuesday PM list to learn dilatation, stenting, EMR, RFA, Barrett’s assessment. No need to book - just email me & turn up
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This is a photo that I will cherish as the best representation of diversity in multicultural Britain. With my friend of over 24 years - Cathryn Edwards, previous BSG President, current RCP Registrar, champion of SWiG & EDI.
@BritSocGastro
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The first Bariatric Endoscopy cases of sutured gastroplasty in the North east of England were done at Darlington today, mentored by Bu Hayee, supported by Apollo. A fistula was also closed. Huge learning and successful innovation.
@BritSocGastro
@CDDFTRnI
@DrBuHayee
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A day of mixed emotions- my little girl has now finished school. She got 3A-stars in her A-levels today and will be going to UCL next month to study Languages. Happiness is the obvious emotion at her brilliant performance but part of me is trying to cope with her leaving home.
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Today we bid farewell to 2 of our senior most Specialist Nurses, one by retirement after 38 years of NHS and the other by career progression. A semblance of a fond send off by social distancing, with Exec Director of Nursing gracing the occasion.
@CDDFTNHS
@CDDFTRnI
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After two years of protecting myself, COVID19 has now touched me after a week on the wards where negative pts turned positive. So isolation now and hoping to start Molinupravir on Monday on PANORAMIC. Stay safe friends even though BoJo thinks it’s gone.
@BritSocGastro
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A high quality endoscopy done by one of our experienced Nurse Endoscopists found this lesion in the stomach this week - our Case of the Week!! Quality is determined by who you are, not your grade.
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@JAG_Endoscopy
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A lovely farewell present from a trainee who is leaving us and managed to get an abstract into UEGW 2020 during her year with me!!
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We bid farewell to Sister Joan Akers after 52 years of service to the NHS. She was our Coronary Care Unit Sister and then Patient Flow, and was working today on her last day. Wish you a happy retirement. How many of us will stay in the NHS for 50 years?? 🤔🤔
@CDDFTNHS
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The fantastic Jo Brooks helped pull together this review of AI and IBD just in time for BSG Live 2022. Prof Lovat’s plenary lecture and the Breakfast Meet the Experts session is one to 👀 out for.
@BritSocGastro
@BSGTrainees
@BSGNurses
@ibdseb
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It is an honour and a privilege to be elected to the Oesophageal Section of the BSG to serve the GI community and our patients to get the best care for Oesophageal Diseases. Thank you to all my friends/colleagues who have put their faith in me.
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@BSGTrainees
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This is the first UEGW that I am missing. To go and see my Mum in India after 2 1/2 years. Was an easy decision- family comes first. So no tweets on state of art knowledge from this great meeting. Enjoy
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@drkeithsiau
All answers by highly experienced Endoscopists are great differentials. But here is one of mine - I have a collection of them: Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis due to STAT1 gain of function mutation. High risk of SCC. Treated with antifungals, and JAK inhibitors. + surveillance
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It feels good to be appreciated by trainees. Came to do my on call today and found this on my desk. Left by my Registrar who rotated to another hospital today. Thank you.
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We have finally gone green by swopping our diesel car for an electric today. Sweating a bit about charging points though!!
@GreenEndoscopy
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The festive season is here. Our tree is up and the customary hampers for our hospitals wards and outpatients are now ready to get on the sleigh. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
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A huge privilege to give back to the Society that has supported me to grow into the individual I am today. Now it is time to support the next generation to be better than we are. Education is the foundation for excellence.
@BritSocGastro
@CDDFTRnI
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Social distancing in the Hollies restaurant at Darlington Memorial Hospital during lunch by 2 Gastroenterologists. Spread the message.
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Recharging with some quality time with my family for our summer holiday. Lots of time to reflect, plan, analyse and prepare…..with great food and drink. Not to mention the weather at 32C. This is Capri. Take a break, hardworking friends!!
@CDDFTNHS
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This is the man who shaped my career in IBD and Gastroenterology in the U.K. Thank you Professor Derek Jewell, for your support, guidance and mentorship.
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When the long days and evening meetings feel worthwhile - humbled and honoured to be awarded the Trust Improvement and innovation Award for the toughest year 2020-21, with a lovely Spa voucher for the wife!!(from our sponsor Rockliffe Hall).
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The Darlington Gastroenterology Consultants celebrate a great team at their first Christmas dinner. Working together for excellence.
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The GI Research Team @ County Durham is ready to start recruiting to CLARITY-IBD, a new study looking at seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in IBD patients on Biologic treatments. Here is the team.
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@CDDFTRnI
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Immensely humbled to see this write up on the British Society of Gastroenterology website promoting diversity in the Society. Thank you for the mention.
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What an amazing night at the HSJ Awards at Evolution London to see the breadth of talent in the NHS. Hosted by David Walliams, sharing the honour with Vish and Jamie for our ICS wide collaboration initiative to develop the POEM Service.
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@SouthTees
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If turning 60 makes you get prescription whisky, and lots of it (!!), it certainly is worth it. Was a bit overwhelmed by the surprise party give by the Darlington Endoscopy Unit, the Gastroenterology ward, and my consultant colleagues yesterday. Thank you all for coming. 🙏
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It is just 6 weeks to the greatest BSG Annual Meeting of my life in the U.K. I am deeply humbled and honoured to be at the Oesophageal Symposium, CSSC Service Section, IBD Symposium and Industry silent symposium. Please come and listen to our work. 🙏🙏
@CDDFTRnI
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My consultant colleagues in Gastroenterology and endoscopy staff nurses who make our great team what it is. Celebrate International Women’s Day with pride.
#IWD2022
@BritSocGastro
@JAG_Endoscopy
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Some days just start off with unexpected surprises!! A thank you from a trainee and an online Frontline Gastroenterology publication. My day is complete!!
@FrontGastro_BMJ
@CDDFTRnI
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The first two patients were recruited into a ground breaking biologic drug trial using Benralizumab, in Eosinophilic Oesophagitis today, at Darlington. Here are our fantastic research nurses getting ready to video record their endoscopies.
@CDDFTRnI
@NIHRresearch
@CharityEos
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An absolute superb masterclass on a whole new cluster classification and treatment approaches for DGBI from Chris Black. Wonder whether this will be called Black and Ford or just Leeds Classification?
No better early 50th birthday present than your ex-PhD fellow
@DrCJBlack
delivering this year’s Sir Francis Avery Jones lecture at the
@BritSocGastro
annual meeting!
#BSGlive24
The first ever awardee from Leeds…🎉🎉
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One of the best rewards of my job - when a Crohn’s patient goes through it all including surgery and can still retain the humour.
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One of the highlights of my ESGEDays 2024 was meeting Dr Sundeep Lakhtakia after many years. He was a resident in Internal Medicine during my GI Fellowship in India, & today is a world renowned EUS expert. What a joy to have seen him grow over the years!!
#training
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This infographic on reducing waste from endoscopy should feature prominently in every endoscopy unit in the world. Small steps for big change. Thanks to Bu Hayee and his co authors for creating this.
@BritSocGastro
@JAG_Endoscopy
@GreenEndoscopy
@ESGE_news
@DrBuHayee
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April is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. Emma Fenby, Nurse Endoscopist has made a colon polyp Easter egg model to champion the role of screening. The polyps even have the pit patterns!!
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Getting ready for BSG Live starting tomorrow. And my daughter gave me this handmade Father’s Day Card to celebrate dressing up in clothes other than COVID19 scrubs!! How cool is that??
@CDDFTNHS
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It is a huge honour and a privilege to be able to serve the Society. Also the finest example of diversity - 3 councillors representing the ethnic composition of the membership. We will aim to deliver. 👇
@BritSocGastro
@BSGSWiG
Please give a warm welcome to our new BSG Elected Councillors 👋
@anjan_dhar6
@umeshaberdeen
@carmunnock
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Friday afternoon training for Endoscopy nurses on therapeutic endoscopy- very important for skills and patient safety.
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As we head into the Christmas week, my wife and I are ready with our customary Christmas hampers and thank yous to our respective wards, theatres, endoscopy, secretaries and specialist nurses. Wish you all a Merry Christmas and thank you for everything.
@CDDFTNHS
@AiredaleNHSFT
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Fantastic to return to my previous Institute after 22 years to deliver a IBD lecture to the department of Gastroenterology in the seminar hall where I used to sit and learn!! A very humbling experience.
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It is World IBD Day today and the team at Darlington wish to thank our patients for their trust and faith in our service and we renew our commitment to provide them with the best care possible.
@CDDFTNHS
@BritSocGastro
@CrohnsColitisUK
@IBDUKTEAM
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Darlington Medical Division bid farewell to a fantastic group of trainees who worked tirelessly during COVID-19 to keep us all safe. CEO Sue Jacques and MD Jeremy Cundall join to wish them the best as they leave us today.
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Chuffed to get this pleasant surprise by email from the BSG Office. The Gastroenterology and IBD Teams at County Durham appreciate the recognition in these difficult times.
@CDDFTNHS
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Weekends are for family. Make sure that you spend time with them and not with your laptop. Here’s our lunch out today.
#Wellbeing
#familytime
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What’s the highlight of your day today? Mine is the diagnosis of Acute Porphyria in a patient who has had 8 admissions under medical and surgical teams in the last 12 months with abdominal pain. Thought to be a time waster!!
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My first train journey to London today in 18mths of the pandemic to chair the BSG Eosinophilic Oesophagitis Guidelines Group meeting. A strange feeling but hopefully the return to life as we knew it.
@BritSocGastro
@CharityEos
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The first NHS funded Artificial Intelligence GI Genius System for colonoscopy in North East was installed at Darlington funded by Cancer Care Alliance. Here is the team with our partners from Medtronic. Thank you CCA & Medtronic for support.
@CDDFTNHS
@Medtronic
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This is Oxford and Wadham college. My link to both is Professor Derek Jewell, who mentored me for 2 years, in IBD research and motivated me to stay in the U.K. to re-build my career here. I cannot thank him enough for changing the life of an Indian GI.
@BritSocGastro
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Had significant bleeding after balloon Dilatation in a patient with refractory benign oesophageal stricture today. Injected adrenaline followed by Purastat application with good effect. Pt went home.
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@3DMatrixNA
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It feels so good to be appreciated by the national society for a small contribution to the success of BSG Live 2022. Thank you, Alastair, Adrian and Helen for this. 👇
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@CDDFTRnI
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Yesterday I was called by one of our Nurse Endoscopists to assess a polyp during colonoscopy on an elderly patient. It must have taken a lot for him to call me. But he put the patient first, before his pride. And together, we removed 2polyps. Patient happy. Team work.
@CDDFTNHS
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Family is very important. And to celebrate 29 years of togetherness and support, it’s date night on a weekday, during ward week!!
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Our IBD Team is chuffed to be awarded the “Highly commended” prize for the BSG CSSC Success story of our COVID19 pandemic response- subcutaneous biologics, video virtual clinics, home fCAL testing and monitoring. Here are the fab three.
@CDDFTNHS
@BritSocGastro
@RCNIBDNetwork
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We are recruiting- One Consultant Gastroenterologist with interest in Pancreatobiliary Medicine (ERCP/EUS) to join 10 GI + 2 Endoscopy colleagues. One Band 7 UGI/HPB Cancer Specialist Nurse. For informal discussion DM me or Deepak Kejariwal. Great team .
@CDDFTNHS
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Probably one of the most well known Neurogastroenterologists in the U.K. and the Sir Arthur Hurst lecturer at BSG Live24. A very humane, humble individual who has been a good friend for >2 decades.
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Taking a break from Twitter for one week as we celebrate our anniversary week in Anglesey North Wales. 27 years of togetherness. Time for celebration and reflection.
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The Green Endoscopy Group for Sustainability met today to review a paper outlining our aims and programmes. Chaired by Bu Hayee and James Maurice. Moving very quickly now to implement sustainability in the U.K. now.
@GreenEndoscopy
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Exploring the concept of long term cost of treatment of ulcerative colitis in 2 sequencing models. Poster presentation at ECCO 2023.
@TakedaPharma
@CDDFTRnI
#ECCO2023
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Speaking to Gastroenterologists in India on IBD- collaboration between the West and the East on a disease which is becoming global.
@CDDFTNHS
@BritSocGastro
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How do you deal with foreign bodies in the stomach like this one? GA or no GA? Overtube or not?
@BritSocGastro
@JAG_Endoscopy
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As I am winding down this week, no work and education related posts allowed!! So here are some pictures of relaxation in the countryside.
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The three BSG Live24 Prize winners from the North East of England - huge congratulations to all of them. From left to right- Leigh Donnelly, Eleanor Hackney and Laura Neilson. Managed to get them all today after missing them at Birmingham!!
@BritSocGastro
@BSGTrainees
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The backbone of every successful IBD Team are our Specialist Nurses. So here is a big shout out for them today on the occasion of the World IBD Day 2023.
It's
#WorldIBDDay
today! We're highlighting some of our newest research into genital Crohn's disease.
Crohn’s disease (CD) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect anywhere from the mouth to the bottom.
#IBDhasnoage
#worldibdday2023
#Crohns
#crohnsdisease
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On the International Day of Education, the BSG Education team acknowledges the importance of accessible, high-quality education for all. We are proud of our commitment to providing high quality practical education to all our members free.
@BritSocGastro
#webeducation
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This is what the muppets did many years ago. Does this remind you of Zoom and Microsoft Teams in the COVID19 world?
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County Durham & Darlington NHSFT joined 🇬🇧 FMT Club today with the first patient with rCDI getting FMT today during the COVID19 pandemic. Thank you everyone for your support.
@CDDFTRnI
@CDDFTNHS
@BritSocGastro
👇
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The huge number of patients waiting for GI cancer diagnosis and treatment means that Gastroenterologists need to be freed up to do clinics and endoscopies rather than manage acute medicine. Will this decision be made by the Secretary of Health?
@NHSEngland
@CRUK_Policy
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Please join me in thanking the person who led the team that has worked so hard to deliver the best BSG Conference
@BSG
Live24 ever in recent history- Professor Helen Steed. Thank her in person if you see her today.
@BritSocGastro
@BSGTrainees
@BSGNurses
It is the last day of
#BSGLIVE24
and it’s been a fantastic meeting, massive thank you 🙏 to everyone on the programme committee and in the elected sections and section members who created and delivered an amazing programme 🤩. They were all too shy and retiring to come for a 📸!
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Time for reflection - 20+ years at a single NHS Trust!! Worked hard to make County Durham a recognisable name in Luminal Gastroenterology, IBD and Endoscopy. This card from the Trust is a recognition of my contribution, received with humility.
@CDDFTNHS
@BritSocGastro
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Today’s afternoon oesophageal clinic ended with a 45 min consultation with a patient who got an answer after several visits to many clinics…..has tears of relief and leaves me with this for the Coronation Weekend!! Thank you dear patient.
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Getting to grips with COVID ward management now. 2 wards open at Darlington now, third being readied and fourth being closed to admissions. CPAP ventilation training underway. Twice a day senior team meetings set up. ITU and Palliative team in reach. All within 4days!!
@CDDFTNHS
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Thank you BSG CSSC for selecting us as “Highly commended” for our service success story of establishing a regional POEM service integrating our Physiologists, GI Surgeons and Gastroenterologists. Pt centric Achalasia management programme.
@CDDFTRnI
@BritSocGastro
@NREGresearch
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