( Non regional teaching ) BSG 90 meeting
2026-04-30 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Thursday 30th April 2026 The Catalyst, 3 Science Square, Newcastle Helix, Newcastle, NE4 5TG, NE4 5TG
8:30 – 09:00

Arrival Tea/Coffee and Registration

Welcome & The President’sAddress

10.30 – 11.00

Tea/Coffee break

Prof Colin Rees, BSG President

Autoimmune liver disease – aclinical update; when to worry,when to refer

Dr Jess Dyson, FreemanHospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

P90 BSG Northern Region Gut Club

Session 1: Hepatology, Co-chairs Dr Dina Mansour & Dr DanielGeh

Practical management ofMASLD: diagnosis, stagingand treatment

Prof Stuart McPherson,Freeman Hospital, Newcastleupon Tyne

Improving outcomes forhepatocellular carcinoma

Prof Helen Reeves, FreemanHospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

Emergency presentations ofpatients on TPN

Dr Jane Fletcher, QueenElizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Quality of life in patientswith intestinal failure

Dr Collette Kirk, FreemanHospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

Panel Q&A

09.00 – 10.30

Panel Q&A

Session 2: Nutrition, Co-chairs Dr Nick Thompson & Dr Bob Lees

11.00 – 12.30

Clinical Nutrition researchin the UK – what’s happeningnow and how do we developfor the future?

Dr Sham Mehta, The RoyalLondon Hospital, London

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

Session 3: Abstracts – Best in Show

13.30 – 13.40

Session 4: Endoscopy, Co-chairs Prof Matt Rutter & Dr IosifBentaris

13.40 – 15.00

PROJECT 90

Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future

09.00 – 09.10

09.10 – 09.30

09.30 – 09.50

09.50 – 10.10

10.10 – 10.30

11.00 – 11.20

11.20 – 11.40

11.40 – 12.00

12.00 – 12.30

Regional Teaching
2026-05-12 12:00 - 17:00 | Northumbria Health and Care Academy, Northumbria Wy, Cramlington, NE23 6NZ, United Kingdom
Sessions include non-IBD causes of chronic diarrhoea, DILI and AIH, talk from histopathologist regarding expectation from endoscopists, brief talk on transition to consultant role and managerial side of consultant job planning

Organised by David Beaton

Attendance in person is mandatory , teams may be provided in exceptional circumstances – please email: david.roxborough@nhs.net

Haemostasis course @ RVI (JETS course)
2026-06-01 08:00 - 17:00
The annual whole day haemostasis course at NSTC is on Monday 1st June – advertised on JETS.

For more information, please contact ; Helen.Nicholl@nhs.net

Priority will be given to local trainees. Need to be signed off in OGDs and have regular access to bleeders pre and post course so typically ST5+.

Regional teaching : Pancreatobillary teaching at NSECH
2026-06-10 10:00 - 15:00 | NSECH, Northumbria Way, Cramlington,, Northumberland, NE23 6NZ
A practical pancreatobiliary teaching session is planned for 10 June 2026 at NSECH. The session will mirror the format of a successful previous event, with topics including PEI, pancreatic cyst management and jaundice patient management.

Date: 10.06.26

Meeting Title: Gastroenterology regional teaching

Room Number : 27c NSECH Health Care Academy

Biologic choice in IBD- Dr Andrew King
2026-07-15 13:30 - 17:00 | Freeman education center room 1, Freeman road, Newcastle, Ne7 7dn
Biologic choice in IBD, which drug you pick and why

Dr Andrew King will deliver an IBD teaching session on therapeutics in IBD on Wednesday 15 July 2026. The session will start at 13:30 and is expected to finish before 17:00. It will take place in FH Training Room 1, Freeman Education Centre, Freeman Hospital.

GRANT Annual Symposium
2026-07-23 12:00 - 17:00 | Education Centre Sunderland Royal Hospital, SR4 7TP

Liver cirrhosis - acute and chronic management (August SRH Education center - Dr Rohit Sinha
2026-08-25 01:30 - 16:30 | Kayll Rd, Sunderland SR4 7TP, Kayll Rd,, Sunderland, SR4 7TP
25th August 2pm

Topic – liver cirrhosis – acute and chronic management

Venue – education centre @ SRH

2 sessions (each 60 min with 15min coffee break), aim to finish 4:30 ish

Attendance in person is mandatory , teams may be provided in exceptional circumstances – please email: david.roxborough@nhs.net

Non regional teaching event : Sedation in Endoscopy Symposium
2026-09-11 08:00 - 17:00
Sedation in Endoscopy SymposiumDate: 11 September 2026Venue: Etruria Hall, Stoke-on-TrentA one-day symposium focused on safe and effective sedation in endoscopy, aimed at clinicians involved in delivering and training in endoscopic procedures.The programme will cover different sedation options and protocols, monitoring requirements, propofol-assisted endoscopy and the European experience of deep sedation. Sessions will also explore newer approaches including high-flow oxygen, capnography and remimazolam, alongside recognition and management of sedation-related complications.Conference Directors:Dr Srisha Hebbar, Consultant Gastroenterologist, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS TrustDr David Turnbull, Consultant Anaesthetist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustThe meeting will include faculty from across the UK and Europe and should be particularly relevant to gastroenterology trainees, endoscopists and those undertaking advanced endoscopy training.Booking: Available via CME Events at www.cmevents.co.

Sedation in Endoscopy FlyerDownload

Northern Hepatology Network Meeting
2026-09-22 13:00 - 17:00 | Institute of Transplantation, Freeman Hospital, Freeman Rd, Newcastle, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom

MASLD and liver disease NOV -exact date TBC Dr Rohit Sinha
2026-11-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Kayll Rd, Sunderland SR4 7TP, Kayll Rd,, Sunderland, SR4 7TP
Practical session on cirrhosis (Acute IP and Chronic ) management
