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Restarting gastrointestinal endoscopy in the deceleration and early recovery phases of COVID-19 pandemic: Guidance from the British Society of Gastroenterology

Colin J Rees, James E East, Kofi Oppong, Andrew Veitch, Mark McAlindon, John Anderson, Bu Hayee, Cathryn Edwards, Alastair McKinlay and Ian Penman
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0296
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Colin J Rees
ANewcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK and consultant gastroenterologist, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, South Shields, UK
Roles: professor of gastroenterology
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  • For correspondence: colin.rees@newcastle.ac.uk
James E East
BOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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Kofi Oppong
CNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Andrew Veitch
DThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
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Mark McAlindon
ESheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
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John Anderson
FGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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Bu Hayee
GKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Cathryn Edwards
HBritish Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and consultant gastroenterologist, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay, UK
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Alastair McKinlay
IBSG and consultant gastroenterologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
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Ian Penman
JBSG and consultant gastroenterologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
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vol. 20 no. 4 352-358
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0296
PubMed: 
32518104
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Royal College of Physicians
Print ISSN: 
1470-2118
Online ISSN: 
1473-4893
History: 
  • Published online July 16, 2020.

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  1. Colin J Rees, professor of gastroenterologyA⇑,
  2. James E East, consultant gastroenterologistB,
  3. Kofi Oppong, consultant gastroenterologistC,
  4. Andrew Veitch, consultant gastroenterologistD,
  5. Mark McAlindon, consultant gastroenterologistE,
  6. John Anderson, consultant gastroenterologistF,
  7. Bu Hayee, consultant gastroenterologistG,
  8. Cathryn Edwards, presidentH,
  9. Alastair McKinlay, president-electI and
  10. Ian Penman, vice president endoscopyJ
  1. ANewcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK and consultant gastroenterologist, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, South Shields, UK
  2. BOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
  3. CNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  4. DThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
  5. ESheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
  6. FGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
  7. GKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  8. HBritish Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and consultant gastroenterologist, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay, UK
  9. IBSG and consultant gastroenterologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
  10. JBSG and consultant gastroenterologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
  1. Address for correspondence: Prof Colin J Rees, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK. Email: colin.rees{at}newcastle.ac.uk

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Restarting gastrointestinal endoscopy in the deceleration and early recovery phases of COVID-19 pandemic: Guidance from the British Society of Gastroenterology
Colin J Rees, James E East, Kofi Oppong, Andrew Veitch, Mark McAlindon, John Anderson, Bu Hayee, Cathryn Edwards, Alastair McKinlay, Ian Penman
Clinical Medicine Jul 2020, 20 (4) 352-358; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0296

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Restarting gastrointestinal endoscopy in the deceleration and early recovery phases of COVID-19 pandemic: Guidance from the British Society of Gastroenterology
Colin J Rees, James E East, Kofi Oppong, Andrew Veitch, Mark McAlindon, John Anderson, Bu Hayee, Cathryn Edwards, Alastair McKinlay, Ian Penman
Clinical Medicine Jul 2020, 20 (4) 352-358; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0296
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