In this episode, Dr Charlie Andrews speaks to Professor Mark Pritchard about neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) of the gastrointestinal tract.  You may be asking yourself: ‘Do I really need to know about NETs in primary care, aren’t they extremely rare?’  The answer to that is a resounding yes, you do need to know about NETs and... Read More

Dr Charlie Andrews, a committee member of the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology (PCSG), introduces Ingest, the podcast for primary care that focuses on when to suspect, how to diagnose and how to manage common gastrointestinal presentations and conditions.

In this episode Dr Charlie Andrews looks back at 2023 and highlights some key takeaways from Ingest in 2023.

In this episode, Charlie Andrews speaks to Dr Andrew Moore about this condition, which affects up to 1.5% of the population, with a risk of progression to cancer of 3-13% over the patient’s lifetime (Cancer Research UK).  They discuss the typical presenting features, who needs an endoscopy to look for Barrett’s, and how the condition... Read More

In this episode, Charlie Andrews speaks to Professor Julian Walters about bile acid malabsorption and diarrhoea. With up to a third of patients with diarrhoea-predominant IBS having underlying bile acid diarrhoea, and with diagnosis rates for this condition being low, this episode is an important one for anyone working in primary care. We explore the role... Read More