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
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0296
Clin Med July 2020 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
James E East
BOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
Roles: consultant gastroenterologist
Kofi Oppong
CNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Roles: consultant gastroenterologist
Andrew Veitch
DThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
Roles: consultant gastroenterologist
Mark McAlindon
ESheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Roles: consultant gastroenterologist
John Anderson
FGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Roles: consultant gastroenterologist
Bu Hayee
GKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Roles: consultant gastroenterologist
Cathryn Edwards
HBritish Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and consultant gastroenterologist, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay, UK
Roles: president
Alastair McKinlay
IBSG and consultant gastroenterologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
Roles: president-elect
Ian Penman
JBSG and consultant gastroenterologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
Roles: vice president endoscopy

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vol. 20 no. 4 352-358
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- Colin J Rees, professor of gastroenterologyA⇑,
- James E East, consultant gastroenterologistB,
- Kofi Oppong, consultant gastroenterologistC,
- Andrew Veitch, consultant gastroenterologistD,
- Mark McAlindon, consultant gastroenterologistE,
- John Anderson, consultant gastroenterologistF,
- Bu Hayee, consultant gastroenterologistG,
- Cathryn Edwards, presidentH,
- Alastair McKinlay, president-electI and
- Ian Penman, vice president endoscopyJ
- ANewcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK and consultant gastroenterologist, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, South Shields, UK
- BOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- CNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- DThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
- ESheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
- FGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
- GKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- HBritish Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and consultant gastroenterologist, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay, UK
- IBSG and consultant gastroenterologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
- JBSG and consultant gastroenterologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
- 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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