Fantastic course for trainees and consultants alike- something for everyone. Very well done to organisers and faculty. #ACPGBI_AdvColo2019

Is there any finer sound anywhere than Rheingans Sisters ?? Fabulous gig tonight The Cumberland Arms Newcastle.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the 11th Northern Colorectal Forum. Excellent stimulating talks, controversy and great to see colleagues from around the region. Ben Griffiths Oroog Ali @kcarney73 T James Royle Mike Kipling Fadlo Shaban Deena Harji @Ethicon

Brilliant lunchtime @ACPGBI #colorectalgoesviral session with the Newcastle Hospitals #colorectalsurgery team. Lots of food for thought in our approach to #rectalcancer #robotics, total neoadjuvant Rx, virtual training, personalised Rx #excitingtimesahead

Honoured to take over as The Dukes' Club president tonight from Deena Harji. We are so proud and lucky to have had Deena as our president for the last 18 months. She has worked endlessly, tirelessly & selflessly in the interests of all colorectal trainees. I massive shoes to fill.

Celebrating final day of Specialty #colorectalsurgery training today: massive thanks to all my fantastic trainers over the years (champagne courtesy of the amazing Deena Harji!!)

Beautiful autumn morning at Fenham Le Moor Lindisfarne NNR : such a joyful thing to see such abundant birdlife

Cooky, No!! Test Match Special #mockers #donttemptfate

#NESF21 in full flow. Great discussions already from ⁦Benjamin Box⁩ ⁦@DrChrisLamb⁩ ⁦Chris Emmett⁩ and now enjoying a presentation on Recurrent Rectal Cancer from ⁦Ian Jenkins⁩ #colorectalsurgery

(1/2) 👍 start to the NorthumbriaNHS colorectal 🤖 programme today ➡️ result of everyone’s commitment and hard work. Thanks Danilo Miskovic Intuitive 🤩 for the support. Great robotic theatre team with exciting prospects ahead! @kcarney73 Graham O'Dair

Working with an excellent team @kcarney73 Benjamin Box Graham O'Dair Iain McCallum Chris Emmett Harkiran Seehra + supportive trust NorthumbriaNHS helps and skills accumulated from completing an outstanding 🌟 robotic fellowship Eloy Espín Intuitive doesn’t hurt either!

Great that so many people at the BSG braved the travel chaos today to hear about the RELIEVE-IBSD trial results. Enterosgel is superior to placebo at treating all the symptoms of IBS with diarrhoea. This gives us a new option to treat this condition. 👏👏NIHR PRC Newcastle Enterosgel

Proud of the 🤖 team NorthumbriaNHS for 💯 #colorectal procedures, totalling ~ 500 procedures including #uppergi and #gynaecology in <1 year. Direct result of the dedication and hard work by our teams 👏,onwards and upwards! @kcarney73 Graham O'Dair Benjamin Box Iain McCallum

WELL DONE Innovation Research and Development @ Northumbria for recruiting another LaCeS2 Trial participant! Special mention to @kcarney73. Great job, everyone 👍 Chris Emmett Iain McCallum Benjamin Box #surgerytrials #colorectalresearch Leeds STC Leeds CTRU

VOTERS! I made you a graph of NHS spending. See if you can spot something in 1997, and then in 2010? Your choice. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Thank you Paul Butler for a beautiful message at St George's Gateshead this evening

An absolutely devastating interview with David Lammy. This is Britain, in 2017.

My review in The Times and The Sunday Times of Dr Rachel Clarke 's riveting medico-political memoir #YourLifeinMyHands Jeremy Hunt The BMA

Surgery for constipation: systematic review and practice recommendations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co… A big👍Chris Emmett CapaCiTY Programme

Time to recruit... 100 envelopes to stuff for the first #surgery cohort. A year in the making and great teamwork to get there #research