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Royal College of General Practitioners One-Day Essentials: Gastrointestinal disorders

Royal College of General Practitioners One-Day Essentials: Gastrointestinal disorders

This is a one-day conference providing clinical training, essential information and practical tips to improve practice in the area of gastrointestinal disorders - for GPs and their practice colleagues.

Tuesday 21 February 2012  |  The Barbican, London

Receive over 4 hours of learning on the most essential aspects of the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with gastrointestinal disorders, including:
  • red flags – what to look out for and what to do about them
  • how to investigate and treat reflux symptoms
  • the latest approaches to managing IBS and its long-term management
  • diagnosing and treating Coeliac disease
  • understanding abnormal liver function tests
  • tips on commissioning for GI services.
Full details on this conference and how to register can be found on the RCGP website.

View the full series schedule at www.rcgp.org.uk/essentials


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Interested in what is being published in the press? 

4th March 2010

Read Roz Prescott's story of how she almost died from inflammatory bowel disease.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/04/john-prescott-s-daughter-in-law-roz-explains-how-she-almost-died-from-inflammatory-bowel-disease-after-giving-birth-115875-22083745/

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5 February 2010

Testing has begun on a device that can sniff out the presence of disease by smell, thanks to a £1.3 million award from the Wellcome Trust.

http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2010/6824.html

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12 December 2009

The Telegraph considers the consequences of new NICE guidelines and the affect they will have on patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease:

Patients with a crippling gut condition 'could be made ill under plans to remove drugs'

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12 December 2009

The BBC looks into a novel method to diagnose gut disease:

Using bodily waste smells to check for bowel conditions

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29 November 2009

Late diagnosis to blame for high cancer deathrate according The Guardian:

Patients and doctors to blame for UK's 'unacceptable' record

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