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 ……
New episode of Ingest now available
Dr Charlie Andrews talks to Dr Sophie Nelson, a GP from Manchester, about iron deficiency anaemia following updated guidelines published by the BSG.
Iron Deficiency Anaemia
Dr Charlie Andrews discusses iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) with Dr Sophie Nelson, a GP from Manchester with a special interest in gastroenterology and a self proclaimed geek when it comes to IDA. Dr Sophie Nelson is a committee member of the PCSG This podcast was recorded soon after the publication of updated guidelines for the... Read More
Achalasia
Following on from the episode on dysphagia Dr Charlie Andrews talks to patients about their experience of being diagnosed and living with achalasia. Achalasia affects about one in every 100,000 people and can occur at any age. The key symptom is dysphagia.
PCSG AGM
AGM agenda and revised constitution announcement. See here https://www.pcsg.org.uk/pcsg-agm/
PCSG AGM
PCSG AGM will take place on 26th November during the Annual Scientific Meeting. 1. Introduction 2. Minutes of last meeting and matters arising 3. Officers’ reports: Chairman’s report Treasurer’s report Secretary’s report Constitution Elections and resignations 4. AOB The Committee have unanimously agreed the current constitution is unfit for purpose both because the size of... Read More