WELCOME
Welcome to the British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (known as BSPGHAN), the national, professional and academic society which represents specialty colleagues working for infants, children and young people with digestive and liver disorders.
WHO WE ARE
BSPGHAN is a society that brings together colleagues from a range of professional disciplines and is recognised by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) as the society responsible for this field of paediatric medicine.
BSPGHAN’s membership is renowned for its friendliness and inclusivity. Membership stands at around 500 members, comprising consultants and specialist trainees in paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition; affiliated health care professionals such as specialist dieticians, nurses, pharmacists, clinical psychologists and scientists. This breadth of membership is a great benefit to the society and the wide range or professionals serve to represent our models of care for families. BSPGHAN has Professional groups and Working Parties to advocate for the key issues that our patients face.
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News and Updates
Second BSPGHAN Masterclass- 20 Years of Intestinal Rehabilitation: What Do We Know Now?
This is a recording of the talk delivered by Professor Christopher Duggan, consultant paediatric gastroenterologist at Boston Children's Hospital and the medical director of the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation, on 28 October 2020. This video will be open access until 31 December 2020, after which it will be accessible to BSPGHAN members only. Video editing by KYL.
EBV Viraemia and PTLD – Girish Gupte
This is a recording of the talk delivered by Dr. Girish Gupte, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. on 27th August 2020. Produced by KYL.
Iron Deficiency Anaemia in pIBD – Prof. Richard Russell
This is a recording of the talk delivered by Prof. Richard Russell, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh, on 26 August 2020. Produced by DW.
Liver Transplant Anaesthesia – Dr Anish Gupte
This is a recording of the talk delivered by Dr Anish Gupta, King’s College Hospital, on 23 October 2020. Produced by DW.
Functional Constipation – Dr Anna Rybak
This is a recording of the talk delivered by Dr Anna Rybak, Great Ormond Street Hospital, on 23 October 2020. Produced by Hina Rizvi.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Ciliopathies- Tassos Grammatikopoulos
This is a recording of the talk delivered by Dr Tassos Grammatikopoulos, consultant paediatric hepatologisy at the King's College Hospital, on 11 September 2020. Video editing by KYL.
Developmentally Appropriate Transition – Dr Priya Narula
This is a recording of the talk delivered by Dr Priya Narula, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, on 9th October 2020. Produced by DW.
Preparing for the START Assessment- Parts 1 and 2
This is a recording of the talks delivered by Dr Jeng Haw Cheng, paediatric gastroenterology grid ST8 at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, and Dr Hina Rizvi, paediatric gastroenterology SPIN ST7 at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital at the trainees' meeting on 19 August 2020. Video editing by Helen Vanker. These videos will be open access until the end of October.
President’s Update October 4th, 2020
Dear Members I hope that since my last bulletin, on 28th July, you have remained safe and well and have had time to rest. Covid -19 has been the focus of bulletins this year, the pandemic having dominated all aspects of life – home, work, school, and healthcare. We couldn’t foresee that in March, COVID would continue to be with us for so much longer than we thought. Life has been busy with many challenges, but also with opportunities to reset the way we work. I trust that you have all been getting to grips with restoring delivery of your services as best as your local resources will allow and that teams continue to be resilient in dealing with patients’ needs and concerns. I hope that trainees are supported to get back on track to achieve their ARCP targets. One of the spin offs from the pandemic is the way we deliver education. The BSPGHAN Education series is live and also available on demand. The series of twice weekly live webinars offers CPD for trainees, associates...
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency- Dino Hadzic
This is a recording of the talk delivered by Professor Dino Hadzic, professor of paediatric hepatology at King's College Hospital, on 2 October 2020. Video editing by David Wands.
Upcoming Events
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Apollo Children’s Hands on Endoscopy Workshop
Apollo Hospital, DelhiTo commemorate 27 years of the first successful Pediatric Liver Transplant in India Apollo Children's is organising a Hands on Endoscopy Workshop XI KVO Update on Hot topics CME on […]
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BSPGHAN Education Series: How to publish a paper by dr. Richard Hansen
ZoomYou are invited to register for a Zoom webinar! When: Dec 11, 2025 12:00 PM London Topic: BSPGHAN Education Series: How to publish a paper by dr. Richard Hansen Register […]
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Paediatric Portal Hypertension: Disease Specific Issues in Natural History and Management
Baveno , ItalyDownload programme (PDF) Visit Website