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Human factors are key to enabling safer surgery, and resilience, the ability to manage change, teamwork and support will all be key to helping healthcare workers get through the pressures ahead. Over the next few months our focus will be on what individuals and teams are doing to ensure conditions in the workplace always make…

The recent Caring for those who Care survey highlighted that bullying is a significant cause for concern in the perioperative workplace. In this unmissable webinar, Lindsay Keeley and Paul Bond will provide you with tips, tools, and strategies to help address and beat the workplace bully. They will outline how to recognise if you are…

Episode 42: The impact on surgery and surgical waiting lists  Date: Thursday 17 September 2020 Time: 12:30pm – 1:15pm BST With a record excess of four million people are now awaiting hospital treatment in England, this episode will explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgeons, surgery and surgical waiting lists. RSM President Professor Roger Kirby will interview Professor Derek…

A joint ALSGBI and ASGBI collaboration. Full details will be announced soon.

The ACCEA are looking to recruit members to join the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) Sub-Committee membership.  ACCEA hope to open the 2020 and 2021 rounds later this year for national CEAs, this is still to be confirmed. Given the cancellation of the awards round in March 2020, there are likely to be more…

  This is a new position and nominations are invited from both Consultant and Trainee members of ALSGBI The term of office will be for 4 years, taking up the post at this year’s AGM in December. Provide advice, guidance and support to the membership on equality and diversity issues Research, apply and promote diversity…

Dear Colleague, I am writing to update you on our plans for 2020, 2021 and 2022 and to seek your views on those plans. As you may know, Ministers have agreed the suspension of the 2020 national Clinical Excellence Awards round. We will be extending the awards of those due to renew in 2020 by…

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has created an unprecedented challenge to our health service. Over the coming weeks surgeons, surgical teams, alongside every doctor, nurse and health or care professional, will be facing increasingly difficult challenges because of this pandemic. Join the RCS President, Professor Derek Alderson and Chief Executive, Andrew Reed for a regular Q&A…

  PanSurg invites you to its webinar. Please click here

Please click here to register   Name TIM McADAM Role, Speciality and Institution Colorectal Surgeon, Clinical Lead Colorectal Surgery Belfast Trust. Portrait Picture Biography I am a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon in the The Belfast Trust caring for patients in the Royal Victoria Hospita/Belfast City Hospital/Ulster Clinic. I am Lead for Colorectal Surgery. I trained in…

The Audit and Review of Anti-Reflux Operations and Workup (ARROW) Study aims to report current UK practice in the pre-, intra- and post-operative management of patients undergoing anti-reflux surgery. The study requires a short registration survey, a prospective element of data collection (12 months from 1st April 2020) and can be run locally at trusts…

Applications for the 2020 ACCEA Awards will open on Friday 13th March 2020. If you would like to apply for ALSGBI support for a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award please ensure that your completed application forms are sent via email to Jenny Treglohan (jtreglohan@alsgbi.org) by 9 am on Friday 28th February 2020. ACCEA guidance is expected to be…

  The 1st broadcast of the Rectal Cancer Series, Patient Factors that Affect Rectal Cancer Management, is now live and FREE to view. There is also an opportunity to leave feedback at the end of the video. Click here to view Produced & directed by Greg Wynn, Consultant Surgeon, Colchester Hospital.  

Summary: Background of Competency Based Training in Surgery Methods of Assessment in Surgical Training UK position compared to ‘Rest of World’ What is ‘LapPass’ & why has it been developed? How can ‘LapPass’ support my training? How can I access ‘LapPass’ in my region?   Bio: Mr Paul C Leeder, Consultant Upper Gastro-Intestinal & Laparoscopic Surgeon, MBChB,…

Many congratulations to all the successful entrants !  

Women & Leadership International is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders across the UK’s laparoscopy sector. The campaign is providing women with grants of up to £2,500 to enable participation in one of three leadership development programs: Leading Edge (for junior and aspiring leaders and managers), Executive Ready (for mid-level leaders…

Trains are running, roads are clear and the Thursday forecast is for a nearly dry day with cloud cover and intervals of sunshine. For updated forecasts please see https://www.metcheck.com/WEATHER/16days.asp?zipcode=LEEDS  

We are delighted and excited to announce our appointment of Inovus Medical as the official manufacturer and supplier of the new LapPass® training kits. The tasks can be used with all of the Inovus Medical laparoscopic box trainers. The 5 key laparoscopic skills can be practised in line with the LapPass® certification requirements and adding…

Being held at St John’s College, Oxford

Dear Colleagues We are a group of young surgeons who have created a short online survey to investigate the incidence of discrimination across different surgical specialties in Europe. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.   All responses collected will be anonymised. Survey Response Collection Period: 3rd September 2019 – 3rd November 2019 Survey…

The prizes include the 2019 David Dunn Medal (with a £ 600 cash award), For full details & abstract submission instructions please click here

We are now calling for Council nominations for the Midlands, Trent and North West & Mersey regions.   The deadline for nominations is Friday 6 September and nominees must be Consultant members who are up to date with their membership subscriptions. The positions will commence after the AGM in November and will be for 4 years.…

The OGAA project has built a collaborative network collecting data on patients that have undergone oesophagectomy for malignancy with curative intent. The Delphi Survey is aimed at research prioritisation of interventions that may prevent/or manage anastomotic leak after oesophagectomy. Click here for the survey    

Applications are invited from senior UK or overseas trainees for a Clinical Fellowship in laparoscopic bariatric surgery, administered by Phoenix Health (www.phoenix-health.co.uk) under the supervision of Professor David Kerrigan and a well-established team of bariatric consultants. Applicants should have experience in laparoscopic fundoplication and/or intracorporeal suturing, meticulous clinical standards and an excellent work ethic. Click…