News Archive

2022 Travelling Fellow to USA

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons have invited the Association of Coloproctology of GB and Ireland to send a Travelling Fellow to their 2022 Annual Scientific meeting which is scheduled in Tampa, Florida, 30th April – 4th May 2022.... Read more

4 Nov 2021

2022 Travelling Fellow to Australasia

Applications are invited for a travelling fellowship in the amount of $AUD7,500 to attend the Tripartite Colorectal Meeting scheduled 21-24th February 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand to present a paper and to allow the recipient to visit several... Read more

4 Nov 2021

ACPGBI IBD Newcastle

Monday 18 October 2021

The inaugural ACPGBI IBD meeting took place in Newcastle on 18 October. It was refreshing to have a face-to-face meeting, with appropriate precautions in place, as well as the ability for those not present to be able to join the meeting virtually.... Read more

21 Oct 2021

Rectal Anatomy and Rectal Cancer Staging

Delighted that last week's Rectal MRI for colorectal surgeons- normal anatomy & staging rectal cancer can be viewed On Demand View here Read more

21 Sep 2021

Using Colon Capsule Endoscopy (CCE) to manage low to intermediate risk patients on a lower GI two week wait pathway

In June 2020, Clinical guidance on triaging patients with lower GI symptoms was published. This guidance supported the use of Colon Capsule Endoscopy (CCE) in patients with NG12 specified symptoms and a Faecal Immunochemical test (FIT) result of... Read more

9 Sep 2021