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
Feeding and eating disturbances – Dr Baneera Shrestha
In this seminar delivered in July 2022, Dr Baneera Shrestha from the Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust talks about feeding and eating disturbances, focussing on
ESPGHAN 2nd Masterclass on Coeliac Disease
31st August – 2nd September, 2023 – Nyborg, Denmark – Deadline for applications extended until the 30th of July.
Anorectal Physiology in the Paediatric World – Dr Eleni Athanasakos
Dr Eleni Athanasakos, Director of CAPS at the Royal London Hospital delivers a seminar on anorectal physiology in children, investigation and management of children with complex constipation and/or faecal incontinence and current and future research needs in this field.
ESPGHAN Hepatology Summer School
The 2023 ESPGHAN Hepatology Summer School from 4th to 7th October, 2023 is aimed at young and experienced doctors working in clinical pediatric hepatology.
Priority Setting Partnership in Pancreatitis
The pancreatitis working group would like to highlight some novel work the members were involved with over the past two years.
Glasgow Gastro Conference
The Glasgow Gastro conference will return for its 6th year and be delivered in a face-to-face format.
Joint Guts UK-BSPGHAN Awards
The BSPGHAN Research Committee and the Council are delighted to announce that applications for two 2023 Joint Guts UK-BSPGHAN Awards are now open.
BSPGHAN GCIC Forum (National challenging GI cases forum)
Following the success of the regular BSPGHAN intestinal failure and rehabilitation meetings there have been many requests to emanate this for challenging GI cases. Council has agreed to trial this forum.
King’s Paediatric Endoscopy Training Centre 7th “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Upper GI workshop”
Monday 2nd – Wednesday 4th October 2023
First National Paediatric Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Insertion Course
This is a unique opportunity to get trained in different techniques of PEG insertion in children.
Upcoming Events
UK Monogenic Inflammatory Bowel Disease Virtual Grand Round
ZoomTransforming the care of patients with complex inflammatory bowel disease. More details and submission form (PDF) Genomic analysis is a foundation of precision medicine. With a better understanding of the molecular […]
BSPGHAN Education Series: Surgical Pancreatitis
Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Dec 15, 2023 02:00 PM London Topic: BSPGHAN Education Series: Surgical Pancreatitis Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sr4r5ctkTSK_733bnD1TYg After […]
7th Global Congress for Consensus in Pediatrics and Child Health
Beach Rotana Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAEThe CIP congress will provide us with a forum to discuss new scenarios for Pediatrics, allowing networking between local and international participants, who would travel from all over the globe. […]