Bridging the gap between primary and secondary care in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
In this episode, I am joined by Pearl Avery. Pearl has a unique role – she spends part of her week as an IBD nurse specialist, and part of her week as an ANP (Advanced Nurse Practitioner) working in a GP practice. Pearl has a fantastic understanding of both primary and secondary care and shares... Read More
Help the PCSG with ROME V
Help us by completing a short online questionnaire on IBS. We have formed an exciting partnership with the Rome Foundation, an international non-profit organisation for helping patients and doctors about the functional GI disorders (now called Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction). In the link attached is a brief 10-15 minute anonymous survey about your role as a... Read More
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
I speak to Chris Lamb about IBD. Chris was lead author on the BSG IBD guidelines which were published in 2019. The full guidance can be found here: BSG-IBD-Guidelines-2019.pdf Chris is a fount of knowledge for all things related to IBD and I have a fascinating chat with him about the guidance and how these relate... Read More
Chronic diarrhoea
In this episode, I speak to Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam. Ramesh co-authored the BSG guidelines on chronic diarrhoea in 2018, and is a fount of knowledge in this area.
Functional Dyspepsia
Affecting up to 20% of the UK population, dyspepsia is commonly seen in primary care. Following investigations, the majority of people (up to 89%) are found to have functional dyspepsia. As with any functional problem of the gut, such as IBS, making a confident diagnosis is sometimes challenging but extremely important for the patient, and... Read More
PCSG Ingest Podcast Welcomes Nobel Prize Laureate Professor Barry Marshall
The latest edition of the podcast series Ingest published by the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology (PCSG) features a very special guest from the world of gastroenterology. This month, PCSG committee member Dr Charlie Andrews talks to Nobel Prize laureate Professor Barry Marshall about his discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer... Read More
H. Pylori
This edition of the podcast series Ingest published by the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology (PCSG) features a very special guest from the world of gastroenterology. Dr Charlie Andrews talks to Nobel Prize laureate Professor Barry Marshall, the Director of the Marshall Centre founded in 2007 in his honour, the Western Australian Ambassador for Life Sciences and University... Read More
Dyspepsia
Dyspepsia is a common presenting complaint in primary care, and encompasses a range of symptoms including GORD, nausea, and epigastric pain. Having an approach to these patients is vital given how commonly we see these symptoms, and Mike Burkitt joins me in this episode to provide a really useful overview of dyspepsia, and how we... Read More
New episode of Ingest now available
Dr Charlie Andrews talks coeliac. Following the last episode on iron deficiency anaemia this episode focuses on coeliac disease, what it is, NICE guidance, when to suspect, how to test and a non biopsy pathway to diagnosis. First though a history lesson ……
Coeliac Disease
Dr Charlie Andrews discusses coeliac disease. Following the last episode on iron deficiency anaemia this episode focuses on coeliac disease, what it is, NICE guidance, when to suspect, how to test and a non biopsy pathway to diagnosis. First though a history lesson ……