Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are deferring the 3rd JIRM Meeting (originally Thursday 19th May 12:00-14:00). We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. The teams at Sheffield Children's Hospital would like to cordially invite all interested health professionals to a national intestinal rehabilitation (UK- Joint Intestinal Rehabilitation Meeting; JIRM) meeting discussing difficult paediatric intestinal failure patients. This has been rescheduled to Thursday June 30th 12:00-15:00 GMT 2022. Register in advance for this meeting by completing the word document and return via email to: Registration.event@yahoo.com After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information and links to join the meeting. Those who registered for the original meeting (19th May 2022) will automatically be registered to the new date.

The Council of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association (IRTA) would like to announce the approval of a new policy to promote the development of local chapters within the organization. The goal of this exciting initiative is to increase international participation of all care providers within the multidisciplinary teams engaged in intestinal failure, rehabilitation, and transplantation.  This would be accomplished through educational and research activities to promote the development of clinical and psychosocial management strategies for pediatric and adult patients with intestinal failure who require rehabilitation or transplant. IRTA invites care providers from all international intestinal rehabilitation and transplant centers to become engaged as active participants through the development of a local IRTA chapter. Creating a chapter will increase your visibility and local network. Involvement at the local level is important for the consolidation and...

This will be a fabulous opportunity to mix with and learn from some of the most experienced paediatric endoscopists from all over the world. There will be short interactive lectures intermixed with hands-on learning using mannequins and more sophisticated virtual training modalities with small group training. Please click here to view the programme You can apply for the event by clicking here.

UKHSA press release: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/increase-in-hepatitis-liver-inflammation-cases-in-children-under-investigation UKHSA technical briefing: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acute-hepatitis-technical-briefing https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1073704/acute-hepatitis-technical-briefing-2.pdf

We are delighted to announce the launch of this fellowship opportunity. This is a joint opportunity brought to you by the BSPGHAN research committee and Professor Morris Gordon, Director of the Biomedical Evidence synthesis and Translation to practice (BEST) unit at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). The unit houses the Cochrane Gut UK review group, managing the Paediatric IBD and functional bowel disease portfolios. The team have produced 35 systematic reviews, including 20 Cochrane reviews, in the last 3 years. One successful candidate will be offered a funded secondment from 1st August 2022 for 12 months of 0.1-0.2 FTE. During this time, they will be offered bespoke training in systematic review techniques needed for Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews. They will join the team for between one and three reviews, with a specific focus on reviews of functional constipation in childhood. These are being produced after requests from the Dutch guidelines team and the...

The podcasts will dive into latest research, solutions for addressing practice management issues, and much more. This is a great learning opportunity not only for trainees but all BSPGHAN members! https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/espghan-podcast/id1614905161?i=1000556022957 https://open.spotify.com/show/3Rfx34k8okGsMyrrVZvUrd Tune in every other week!

Currently there is no clinical standard for investigation / management of congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID). Dr Sam Huthart, Dr Zamvar, Dr Sims and Dr Kontaki from Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust have put together a google form with the aim of surveying national prevalence, investigation and management of CSID to obtain epidemiological data and establish best-practice. To all paediatric gastroenterologists nationwide please help the Leeds team to achieve these outcomes by completing the following survey: Surveying National Prevalence, Investigation and Management of Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID) - Google Forms