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Dear <<First Name>>,

February news from the Association

Changes to the Law of Medical Consent

Our ACPGBI President, Professor R J C Steele, and Patient Liaison Group Chair, Jo Church, discuss medical consent:


 
Have you heard of our PLG? Read more

2016 ACPGBI Annual Meeting in Edinburgh

Programme and booking now available!

Committee News

Expressions of Interest: Emergency General Surgery Sub-committee (applications close 17th March)



ACPGBI Strategic Priorities 2016-2018 

Clinical Governance Board Statement on Consent

Congratulations on our new IBD sub-committee members (chaired by Omar Faiz)

  • Richard Guy

  • Justin Davies

  • Malcolm Dunlop

  • Tom Pinkney

  • Graeme Wilson

CPD Applications

Are you holding an educational event? The Association is now providing course accreditation and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) approval for educational events.

Application form here

Research and Audit News

An opportunity to contribute to work on Delphi survivorship question: Are we addressing the longer-term impact of surviving treatment for rectal cancer on gastrointestinal, urinary and sexual function in patients? Further details
 


Practising Consultants are still welcome to register to attend the consensus meeting on perianal Crohn's disease to be held at the Royal College of Surgeons on 18 March 2016. Email info@acpgbi.org.uk to register. 


 

ACPGBI Australiasian Fellowship 2015

ACPGBI member Mr Neil Smart, discusses his 2015 ACPGBI Australasian Travelling Fellowship experience:


 

Chapter Events

Yorkshire Chapter

6th May 2016 
ACPGBI Yorkshire Chapter Meeting: Minimally Invasive CME – The New Standard Of Care?



East Anglia Chapter

15th April 2016 
ACPGBI East Anglia Chapter Meeting



Scottish Chapter 

15th April 2016 
The VIII Coloproctology Symposium

 



Wessex Chapter

22nd April 2016
ACPGBI Wessex Chapter meeting and RSM President’s day: Future perspectives in rectal cancer


More events here 

Resources for Coloproctology Document

Read the executive summary or full document

 

ACPGBI Membership

2016 ACPGBI membership subscriptions were due on the 6th January- Have you paid? Check online here.