The purpose of the National Hiatal Surgical Registry (NHSR) is to provide surgeons an effective tool to be reflective in their surgical practice in the treatment of hiatal surgical disease and benchmark outcomes for hiatal surgical procedures across the UK. It is a database that will allow surgeons on a voluntary basis to enter meaningful…
The COVID-19 learning hub page has been created to support healthcare professionals with access to education and learning resources during the COVID-19 outbreak. Resources include links to access past COVID-19 Series webinars, recommended guidance, specialty training, a round-up of current clinical trials and references from the RSM Library. Please click HERE to access the page
Average rating of this post is: 5 Laparoscopy in the Covid-19 environment: ALSGBI Position Statement (Conventional and Robotic) Trusts are now increasing elective surgical work and are continuing to do so despite the recent increase in new cases. Patients are stratified into low and high (and even intermediate) Covid-19 risk groups. How surgeons approach these…
A “Core Outcome Set” is part of the COMET initiative (www.comet-initiative.org). It is an agreed minimum set of outcomes or outcome measures. It is a recommendation of what should be measured and reported in all trials in a specific area. Researchers also need to consider how these outcomes should be measured, and work is ongoing to…
The ALSGBI congratulate Tan Arulampalam, Honorary Treasurer of the Society on his appointment as Visiting Professor at the School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University. The School of Medicine is the newest medical school in the UK, having opened its doors to undergraduates in September 2018. The appointment, effective from February 2019, is recognition of Professor…
Do you want to reduce variation and improve the quality of care for patients with acute gallstone disease in your hospital? Join CholeQuIC-ER (Cholecystectomy Quality Improvement Collaborative-Extended Reach) now! The deadline for trusts/health boards to apply is 31st March 2019. Email cholequic@rcseng.ac.uk to receive your registration form. Visit www.rcseng.ac.uk/cholequicer for full details of how to register.
Click here for the winners of the 2018 David Dunn Medal sponsored by the EAES (Best Laparoscopic Abstract), the 2018 Journal of Surgical Simulation Award (Runner-up Best Laparoscopic Abstract), the 2018 ALSGBI Best Laparoscopic DVD Prize, the 2018 ALSGBI Best Laparoscopic Poster Prize and the 2018 ALSGBI Industry Partners’ Awards.
Also the REctal Surgery Evaluation Trial (RESET) A webinar will be held on Monday 19th November. Contact Jim.khan@porthosp.nhs.uk to participate. MIRCAST/RESET poster
NCEPOD Bowel Obstruction Protocol FINAL NCEPOD are recruiting a multi‐disciplinary group of healthcare professionals with a working interest in acute intestinal obstruction. Case reviewers will be asked to attend meetings during which they will assess case note extracts and questionnaires and provide expert opinion on the care patients receive. A training day will be held…
The ALSGBI is funding 2 special bursaries for overseas candidates this year. Each bursary is to the value of GBP 1500 and is intended for a surgeon at the end of his/her training, or a consultant within 5 years of appointment, to come to our ASM in the UK in early December to learn new…