Ingest

In this episode, I am joined by Pearl Avery.  Pearl has a unique role - she spends part of her week as an IBD nurse specialist, and part of her week as an ANP (Advanced Nurse Practitioner) working in a GP practice.  Pearl has a fantastic understanding of both primary and secondary care and shares her experiences with me.   We discuss her unique and innovative role, common queri...

I speak to Chris Lamb about IBD.  Chris was lead author on the BSG IBD guidelines which were published in 2019.  The full guidance can be found here:   BSG-IBD-Guidelines-2019.pdf Chris is a fount of knowledge for all things related to IBD and I have a fascinating chat with him about the guidance and how these relate to primary care - we range over all aspects of IBD from diagnosis to management a...

 In this episode, I speak to Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam.  Ramesh co-authored the BSG guidelines on chronic diarrhoea in 2018, and is a fount of knowledge in this area. 

Affecting up to 20% of the UK population, dyspepsia is commonly seen in primary care.  Following investigations, the majority of people (up to 89%) are found to have functional dyspepsia. As with any functional problem of the gut, such as IBS, making a confident diagnosis is sometimes challenging but extremely important for the patient, and management encompasses a range of non-pharmacologica...

This edition of the podcast series  Ingest  published by the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology (PCSG) features a very special guest from the world of gastroenterology.  Dr Charlie Andrews talks to Nobel Prize laureate Professor Barry Marshall, the Director of the Marshall Centre founded in 2007 in his honour, the Western Australian Ambassador for Life Sciences and Unive...