A 17-year-old boy was rushed to the ER by his brothers struggling to breathe... [thread]

Sunak didn’t just cancel HS2… He authorised the sale of the land that would form part of the cancelled route So no other leader could reverse his decision. This major decision One he took unilaterally Without consulting parliament …without anyone having voted for him.

Where are we now… and what are we going to do about it? Results from the trainee survey #ShapeofTraining Of respondents: ▶️ Only 10% would feel ready to CCT after a 4-year programme ▶️ Only 18% of ST6-7s plan to be a consultant with GIM commitments fg.bmj.com/content/early/…

A powerful & important read for all UK gastroenterologists: "UK-wide survey of gastroenterology and hepatology trainees in 2022: endoscopy, workforce planning and the Shape of things to come" bit.ly/3tjg6wa Emma @YazHaddadin Elizabeth Ratcliffe Sunny BSG Trainees

Take 2 minutes to watch this. It’s one of the best interviews I’ve seen so far on the #DoctorsStrike. Thank you Dr. Hilary Jones MBE.

Good to see our ToRcH-UK paper in Frontline Gastro edition this month! Outcomes vary at non-specialist centres and less than 2% of patients are transferred to specialist centres (and less in 2024) - what do we do to improve the British Liver Trust BASL education feed fg.bmj.com/content/15/1/3

It's time! First voting is between "JAG consensus statements in colonoscopy" vs "outpatient management in cirrhosis". Voting open for 48 hours! Elizabeth Ratcliffe Vathsan @drcwwels Brian McKaig @JTA_Endo Mo Thoufeeq @ScapelLena Stavroula Pelitari Siwan Sarah Arun R

Listen to our podcast with Emma and Elizabeth Ratcliffe exploring #SOT 👇 ▶️ Apple: apple.co/3I5YCrg ▶️ Spotify: spoti.fi/3UKESkl ▶️ Web: bit.ly/3wiiSD7 Gio McGinty Vivek Goodoory Mohsen Subhani Rex Wan-Hin Hui Philip Dunne James Kennedy Mark Beattie BSG Trainees

Listen to our podcast with Emma and Elizabeth Ratcliffe exploring #SOT 👇 ▶️ Apple: apple.co/3I5YCrg ▶️ Spotify: spoti.fi/3UKESkl ▶️ Web: bit.ly/3wiiSD7 Gio McGinty Vivek Goodoory Mohsen Subhani Rex Wan-Hin Hui Philip Dunne James Kennedy Mark Beattie BSG Trainees

Trainers' experience in endoscopy training 👇 "UK endoscopy trainer survey: perspectives on current endoscopy training delivery" bit.ly/3uVKKN3 Elizabeth Ratcliffe @ScapelLena Gio McGinty Vivek Goodoory Philip Dunne James Kennedy Rex Wan-Hin Hui Mohsen Subhani

5 of our BSG-NHSBT AUGIB audit abstracts are headed to DDW! 🎉 One gets an oral presentation, another a poster of distinction, and 3 posters. Huge thanks to BSG, NHSBT and the participating hospital sites for the support! #DDW2024 #AUGIBAudit #BSG #NHSBT.

Here's a video I made breaking down this AMAZING case of a 45-year-old woman who went into sudden cardiac arrest #FOAMed

It's totally normal to take your book out for a walk, right?

In iNVESTIGATIONS in iGIE: Ratcliffe et al present a "Dedicated endoscopy for Barrett’s esophagus randomized blinded pilot study: comparing a dedicated Barrett’s surveillance service with standard care." igiejournal.org/article/S2949-… Elizabeth Ratcliffe Chris Thompson, MD Janese Laster, MD

SWiG webinar #BSGlive24 women in medical academia are so underrepresented! such a long way to go to close that gap. How long are we going to accept this? We need to strive to gender equality - next year plenary session? BSG BSGSWiG

It is always very humbling to see your fellows flourish, and even more so when their hard work is recognised. Well done Nas Aslam #BSG2024

Asking all Gastro HSTs to complete this survey. The only way we can raise issues with training and address them is if we know what’s going on in all 4 Nations 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿& NI BSG Trainees 👇🏻

Dr Gaurav Nigam gives his BMJ FG Best Patient Benefit in #Gastroenterology winning lecture on Endoscopic Management and outcomes for Acute Upper GI Bleeding: Results from 2022 UK Audit with 5000 Patients at #BSGLIVE24 👏🏻

Congratulations to Nasar Aslam and Gaurav Nigam on being awarded the BSG Trainees Out of Programme Prize! 👏 Nasar and Gaurav accepted their awards at the Plenary on the Tuesday of #BSGLIVE24

Just so delighted and totally bowled over to say that The Lost Paths has been longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing. 🍃🌳😊🥲 Thank you, The Wainwright Prizes and everyone at Penguin Michael Joseph and Peters Fraser+Dunlop