British Society of Gastroenterology guidance for management of IBD during the Covid-19 pandemic
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, interviews Dr Cathryn Edwards, BSG President and Consultant Gastroenterologist at Torbay Hospital, Devon and Dr Nick Kennedy, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust on the British Society of Gastroenterology response to the coronavirus pandemic and on the guidance produced by a team of UK IBD Specialists entitled ‘BSG guidance for management of IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic’ to be published in paper copy in Gut in June 2020. Paper link is: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321244 Acknowledgements - BSG Risk stratification Grid for IBD patients on Immunosuppression - huge thanks go to: - Prof Charlie Lees, BSG Clinical Research Group (CRG) Chair and Lead of the UK IBD COVID-19 working group. Dr Ian Arnott BSG IBD Section Lead. Dr Chris Lamb, Dr Barney Hawthorne, BSG Guidelines Development Group (GDG) 2019, Dr Gareth Jones and Dr Nick Kennedy (IBD GDG and CRG) and 70+ clinical colleagues who contributed to the collaborative discussions through the COVID -19 working group - The BSG, in particular Dr Cathryn Edwards, the BSG Executive team and BSG Staff - The IBD Registry Group: Dr Stuart Bloom and Liz Dobson and AIMES who delivered the technical aspects of the IBD Registry web tool - The Crohn's & Colitis UK team particularly Rukshana Kapasi BSPGHAN, particularly Prof Richard Russell, Dr Richard Hansen BSPGHAN President Sue Protheroe and Prof Mark Beattie, Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology - Donal Donoghue Registrar RCP London and Medical Specialty Colleagues The many patients whose feedback helped improve the IBD Registry COVID-19 tool and the BSG guidance - The RCN