Mind blown! Often see press hail medical breakthroughs, and I’m left underwhelmed, but this is the real deal! Congratulations James Lee theguardian.com/society/articl…

At #BSGlive today. Heartened to hear much love for this thread from my colleagues. Apparently people I’ve never met talk about ‘doing an Appleby’’ so if you want to ‘do an Appleby’ get in touch!

I’m starting to consider the possibility that the disastrous Tory campaign is internal sabotage by an insider betting racket

Not a gastroenterologist? No one’s perfect, but you can still choose a slice of the good life in North Devon if you’re an Endocrinologist 👇

I’ve long been critical of the restrictions on training places, but seeing the data nationally is eye watering. The result: every Trust I know has a vacancy for a consultant gastroenterologist, with not enough trainees coming through and we’re told the solution are MAPs

A cautionary tale for polling day: LibDem voter, but in east London had no impact. In 2015 was living in a ‘safe’ LibDem seat, so I got creative, checked a policy website and voted Green. Vince Cable lost by 2000 votes. Tomorrow: think big picture, we need a change of government

CAAAAAAAAAAVVVV!!!!!!! #TDF2024

Respect to Jeremy Hunt, who held his seat (just) but is out as Chancellor: this is a decent speech

Good news for my hairline critics

The reverse is also true, all conservative supporters came out to vote because they knew how vital it was, many Labour would have stayed at home

Being abroad for the Olympics makes you really appreciate the BBC, the way things are going, French TV won’t show the 100m final if there’s not a Frenchman in it

This isn’t a failure of regulation of PAs, I’ve seen many Jr doctors make the same mistake, it’s a failure of local governance of who and where ascitic drains are done

73% of OGDs were for low yield symptoms and only 10% had any significant pathology. But how do we stop doing them? Patients expect and it’s increasingly difficult to say no when GPs refer, until we have the UGI equivalent of a FIT things will never change

In Lynch Syndrome, CADe does not provide any benefit in comparison with white light endoscopy. The high ADR in the control arm indicates that HUMANs have the key for High Quality endoscopy! Aegastro my_UEG ESGE Francesc Balaguer thelancet.com/journals/langa…

Several stakeholders have advocated for minimising placebo controlled RCTs. We analysed the harms [Adverse Events,[AEs]] associated with placebo in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) RCTs. Alexander Ford Beatriz Gros Jonathan Segal Jonny Blackwell Chris Black Luminal Gastroenterology Research Leeds

✳️ Chicago 4.0 (c) algorithm for esophageal motility disorders✳️ ✅ Disorders of EGJ outflow (Achalasia and EJGOO) ✅ Disorders of peristalsis #GITwitter

Absolutely amazing NHS elective theatre productivity by this team who work at a ridiculously busy “hot” emergency site, all the hard work paid off 💪 West Middlesex University Hospital Chelsea and Westminster Hospital #hipreplacement #enhanced recovery #GIRFT