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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Right now, for hospitals and NHS staff, the priority is to respond to the outbreak of COVID-19. This means that analysis of reports and development of Quality Improvement (QI) plans will need to wait. IBD UK are continuing to monitor the situation, please see below for guidance on COVID-19 from IBD UK member organisations.

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.

Paediatrics and the IBD Standards

Nick joined CICRA as CEO in June 2017, after working in the voluntary sector for over a decade. Nick is leading CICRA’s work to support more children with Crohn’s and colitis and their families. Nick was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2005 and Ankylosing Spondylitis in 2006.

What the IBD Standards mean for patients

Graham Bell is a patient diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, a member of the IBD Standards group and also sits on the Board of Trustees for Crohn's & Colitis UK.

IBD Standards and the IBD specialist

Barney Hawthorne is a Consultant Gastroenterologist in Cardiff, ex-Chair of the IBD Section Committee of the BSG and Chair of the Medical Research Award Committee of Crohn’s & Colitis UK