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Colorectal Specialty - State of Play

Exactly what it says on the tin? Generalist GI surgery has no place in the elective management of colorectal disease.  And by that I do not mean the super specialised surgery of recurrent cancer or ileoanal pouches – I mean everyday bread and... Read more

27 May 2012

Professor Bryan F Warren 1958-2012

Bryan Warren, great friend of Colorectal Surgery and an outstanding gastrointestinal pathologist of international renown, died at home on 28th March 2012. He was in a word, unique. Bryan was born in Cheshire and read medicine at... Read more

3 May 2012

Professor Philip Schofield 1930-2012

Philip Schofield was always a Yorkshire man. Imbued with that county’s best values of honesty, integrity, hard work and straight talking. Things were always what they were - with never pretence to make it otherwise. Clinical problems were met head... Read more

2 May 2012

Lapco Programme to March 2013

The NTP Lapco programme is anticipating securing funding for a further year of training activity for its last and final year to March 2013. This is an extention to the original timescale for the programme to ensure that all registered trainees have... Read more

21 Jan 2012

Bowel Cancer Awareness Campaign

The National Cancer Action Team for England is running a bowel awareness campaign in England from the 30th January 2012. ACPGBI have been kept abreast of this project in meetings with NCAT. The letter posted below represents the briefing being... Read more

25 Nov 2011