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Jared Torkington

The Annual Meeting in Manchester in 2023 under the Presidency of Charles Maxwell- Armstrong was a tremendous success. The appetite amongst the coloproctology community for education, information and entertainment was palpable. A huge thank you to Charles and Honorary Secretary Graham Branagan, Adele Sutton, Nicole Taub and the Integrity team for all their hard work. 

Next year, we take the ACPGBI meeting to Wales for the first time. The new ICC offers the opportunity of a fabulous and a slightly different meeting building on the 2023 event. Book your study leave and accommodation early!! (30 June to 3 July 2024)

None of you will need me to remind you of the challenges facing the NHS, surgery and coloproctology. Workforce problems, industrial action and huge backlogs remain the backdrop to the pandemic recovery. I am convinced that the ACPGBI plays a pivotal role in maintaining morale, collegiality and in ensuring that we encourage trainees across the disciplines to chose  our specialty which still offers a huge breadth of opportunity and interest.

This year will complete our bounce back following the pandemic to be bigger and better than ever before. We will continue to provide educational opportunities for professionals and patients, continue to influence national policy, promote research and communicate information and advice to our members. I ask you as members of ACPGBI to encourage colleagues to join as together we are stronger in our influence and let your chapter representatives and executive members know what we could be doing better to be more inclusive and relevant to all involved in the care of patients with bowel disease across the UK and Ireland.

I hope to meet as many of you as possible over the coming 12 months - please don't be afraid to get in touch.

 

 

Jared Torkington
ACPGBI President (2023-2024)

 

 

 

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Jared Torkington, ACPGBI President