News & Blogs

When the tide comes in, what will the next waves bring?

The focus of future care and the decisions that IBD services and CCGs make about where to allocate resources and the types of innovation required are crucial

ACPGBI Guidance on Management of Patients with IBD requiring Surgical Intervention during COVID-19

The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) have released new guidance on management of patients with IBD requiring surgical intervention during COVID-19, click below to download a copy of the new guidance.

Systems leadership in IBD with purpose and intent during the coronavirus pandemic

It will be vital in coming weeks, that as a community, we work together to take action on behalf of people living with Crohn’s and Colitis in a number of key areas.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Novel coronavirus (also referred to as COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2) is a virus you can catch from other people. It causes respiratory infections, which can make you cough and have difficulty breathing. For both patients and health care professionals, the latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19) from IBD UK member organisations is available here.

Release of first IBD Benchmarking Tool reports - setting an agenda for change

This week sees the release of the results of the IBD Benchmarking Tool. This is the culmination of three years hard work by Rukshana and the team. This also represents a seismic shift in the collection and publication of audit and Quality Improvement (QI) data in IBD; for the first-time patient data is presented alongside evidence from IBD teams.

Top tips from IBD services for completing the service self-assessment

IBD teams across the UK are currently preparing for and completing the IBD Service Self-Assessment. The first three teams to submit their assessments share their experiences and tips below. With thanks to: • Dr Ioannis Koumoutsos - Southend University Hospital • Dr Dan Gaya - Glasgow Royal Infirmary • Dr Amar Wahid - Children’s Hospital of Wales

IBD Patient Survey success

As we near the closing date of the IBD Patient Survey 2019, it’s a good time to pause and appreciate all the collective effort there has been in promoting this.

New National Guidelines on the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Adults

Dr Chris Lamb is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals and leads research in Crohn’s and Colitis at Newcastle University. He is part of a team that have written the new British Society of Gastroenterology Inflammatory Bowel Disease guidelines that are freely available to read on the Gut journal website.

Success story - the IBD Patient Panel

Andrea is the Secretary of the IBD Patient Panel at the Royal London Hospital and was diagnosed with IBD when she was 13. Lisa is the Lead IBD Nurse Specialist at the Royal London Hospital. She represents the Royal College of Nursing in IBD UK and is the Project Manager for IBD Nursing at Crohn's & Colitis UK

Nutrition, IBD and the IBD Standards

Katie Keetarut is a highly specialist Dietitian in IBD at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH) since 2010. Katie is the British Dietetic Association (BDA) representative on IBD UK and was the BDA representative for the UK IBD Audit and a sub-group member for the Inpatient Experience, Inpatient Care and Organisational Audits.

IBD may be invisible but we the patients are NOT

Melissa Fletcher has been a member of Crohn’s & Colitis UK since she was diagnosed with Crohn’s in 2003. Since then she has been an awareness raiser and an active fundraiser for the charity. Melissa is a Patient Representative for IBD UK.

The importance of primary care

Dr Kevin Barrett is a GP and Clinical Champion for the Royal College of General Practitioners and Crohn’s & Colitis UK IBD Spotlight Project. He is also Chair of the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology. Kevin is working to improve awareness of IBD among GPs and has Crohn's Disease himself.