Colonoscopy quality improving but still work to be done- adequate procedure volume and ensuring optimal caecal withdrawal times crucial. Fantastic presentation by David Beaton #UEGWeek

Focused update on IBD surveillance Julia Gauci Laura Neilson @Drallyspeight why, when, how and what next?

BSG members; read our how-to guide for #IBD surveillance - who needs it, how to do it, what to do with #dysplasia, and more 👇 bit.ly/3tZzCL9 #MedEd DrShahidaDin Christian Selinger Laura Neilson @DrChrisLamb

A small effort from our end to improve access to propofol in endoscopy. Kindly encourage your anaesthetists to attend this one day course. Our last 2 courses led to 3-4 centres developing the service in their trusts.Prof John Leeds Ian Penman Simon Everett George Webster

February is oesophageal cancer awareness month 💚. Only 2% of people in the UK can name all symptoms of oesophageal cancer. This has to change. 1/🧵 #OesophagealCancerAwarenessMonth

Consultant support for junior doctors in biscuit form! #JuniorDoctorsStrike

March is #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth and we're marking it with episode 9 of #OurPeoplePodcast 🎙️   We’re joined by Colin Rees and Lead Research Nurse Ingrid Emmerson, who oversees COLO-SPEED 🔍

We're thrilled to report that #colocohort has recruited 4000 patients!🎉 A huge thank you to our amazing sites, funders & (most importantly) patients!🙏 Full thank you⬇️ colospeed.uk/articles/colo-… Guts UK Charity My Edinburgh Park #colorectalcancer #bowelcancer #cancerresearch

📺 Watch ITV News Tyne Tees later this evening to see Colin Rees speak about what we're doing here in the North East to tackle #bowelcancer and our work with the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. He also talks about what we can do to lower our risk and the symptoms to get checked out 🏥

Prof Rees Colin Rees discussing the importance of early diagnosis for bowel cancer. South Tyneside & Sunderland Research & Innovation are privileged to lead COLO-SPEED, a fantastic research collaboration between South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle University with funding from the amazing Sir Bobby Robson Foundation

Quality in colonoscopy: time to ensure national standards are met? Fewer than the recommended 100 procedures per year correlates with lower ADR. Read more here! bit.ly/43hRCQO Laura Neilson Colin Rees

I don’t tweet much, and only really every about Gastro/endoscopy stuff, but BASTILLE have once again been one of the best performances I’ve ever seen live… #FIB2023 #Bastille

Excellent efforts and organisation for the 2 days MRCP PACES exam at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust - Sunderland Royal hospital - hosted by Dr Faheem Butt- well done to examiners , staff and patients for helping out making this another successful exam MRCPUK Examinations Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Royal College of Physicians

We’re recruiting at Team STSFT for two consultant Gastroenterology colleagues. Come and join our fantastic team and work in a beautiful part of NE England with award winning beaches, stunning coastline and breath taking countryside all on the doorstep. See nhsjobs. South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Our COLO-COHORT study has hit a milestone after recruiting its 1️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ th patient 👏 It is looking at who is most at risk of bowel cancer. The disease claims more than 16,000 deaths in the UK each year. Read more here 👉 bit.ly/47jscUT

Huge thank you to all our COLO-SPEED sites, 6000 patients recruited nationally to COLO-COHORT 🎉👏Colin Rees @NIHRCRN_NENCumb South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Delighted to win the Research Award sponsored by @NIHRCRN_NENCumb at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Staff Recognition Awards! Huge thanks to our amazing sponsor site South Tyneside & Sunderland Research & Innovation & other partners Newcastle University Sir Bobby Robson Foundation My Edinburgh Park for supporting our research! #bowelcancerawarenessmonth

We'd like to congratulate our wonderful CI Colin Rees on his BSG presidency!👏 Colin's innovative & pioneering leadership has made #colospeed the success that it is & we're incredibly excited to see the positive impact he will have as leader & president of the BSG!🎉

Our very own Professor Colin Rees has become President of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) 👏 Congratulations, Colin Rees, and very well deserved! More info: bit.ly/3L1iqgJ

So, our big fancy audit and feedback in colonoscopy trial has finally been published open access 🥳 It’s been 5 years of graft, thanks to 70 000 patient procedures and 541 endoscopists in England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💩 doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.… 1/n