Case Studies: The IBD Service

The role of a specialist IBD pharmacist in a virtual biologic clinic, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

The gastroenterology team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals have been actively reviewing and improving the IBD service to meet the growing demands of the local population.

IBD Specialist Pharmacy Service, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals Trust

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust have extended their specialist pharmacist’s remit and integrated a pharmacy-led comprehensive medication optimisation service for gastroenterology into the specialist multidsciplinary team (MDT).

Patient and Parent Panel, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Trust

Birmingham Children’s Hospital is unique in organising a Patient and Parent Panel, which has been running since 2010.

AWARE-IBD, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Crohn’s & Colitis UK led a 3-year project that aimed to re-design IBD services, shaped by those who use the services – people with Crohn’s and Colitis.

Clinical Pathway Group, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust ran a Clinical Pathway Group. The Gastroenterology Department chose Inflammatory Bowel Disease as one of the pathways they wanted to develop.