The WHO has recognised iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) as the most common nutritional
deficiency in the world, with 30% of the population being affected with this condition …

Objective Symptoms and clinical course during inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) vary
among individuals. Personalised care is therefore essential to effective management …

Inflammatory bowel disease is a complex and debilitating disease which is known to cause
mental burden for patients. Even though few studies look at mental health disease in this …

Aims To prospectively evaluate whether between-assay variability of different faecal
calprotectin (f-Cp) assays influences diagnostic accuracy for inflammatory bowel disease …

Introduction Compared with other medical specialties, there are lower numbers of female
trainees and lower rates of flexible working in gastroenterology. This study aims to examine …

Objective Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) occurs in 2%–5% of men and postmenopausal
women in the developed world and, if left untreated, can significantly impair quality of life or …

The initiation of trainee research networks dates back to 2008 when a regional group of
General Surgeons developed the West Midlands Research Collaborative. 1 From these …

Introduction During COVID-19, the management of outpatient inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD) changed from face-to-face (F2F) to telephone and video consultations across the UK …

Objective Academic medical training was overhauled in 2005 after the Walport report and
Modernising Medical Careers to create a more attractive and transparent training pathway …

Background Patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and mental illnesses
experience worse IBD outcomes. Aim To describe the incidence of mental illnesses …