Venue: Clare College, Cambridge.

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BASL ANNUAL MEETING

8th-11th October 2024

BASL Annual Meeting 2024 SAVE THE DATE - Tuesday 8th - Friday 11th October, including BLTG Transplant Meeting & BLNA Meeting. The venue is Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate. A draft programme and registration will be available soon.  

BASL ANNUAL MEETING

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BLNA 
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BASL AND BASL SUB-GROUPS

The British Association for the Study of the Liver is a multi-disciplinary society with around 900 members composed of interested individuals from clinical medicine, clinical and basic research and allied professions.

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British Liver Nurses' Association is a professional nursing organisation aiming to develop knowledge and understanding of liver disease, in order to improve the quality of patient care.

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The British Viral Hepatitis Group aims to improve the management and study of patients with chronic viral liver disease, bringing together UK hepatologists, gastroenterologists, infectious disease physicians, virologists and interested epidemiologists.

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The BLTG (British Liver Transplant Group) was launched in 2014 to represent the professional interests of liver transplantation in the UK and promote strategic and academic development. The BLTG will foster close relationships with BTS (British Transplant Society) and LICAGE (Liver Intensive Care Group of Europe) and will build on the role of the UK and Ireland Annual Meeting by delivering structure and authority to the group.

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Is a professional pharmacy organisation aiming to develop knowledge and understanding of liver disorders including viral hepatitis, in order to improve the quality of patient care, through medicines optimisation, collaborative and multi-disciplinary working and promoting patient-focused research.

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British Association for Allied Health Professionals in Liver is a professional group for AHP’s specialising or working with patients with liver conditions. Bringing together specialist hepatology AHP’s from across the four Nations. Their aim is to promote excellence through the provision of AHP care to all patients with liver disorders.

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News

Clinical Research Fellow - Hepatology - NDM Experimental Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

News Type: BASL News

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, clinically qualified candidate (with an interest in hepatology, hepatobiliary surgery or oncology) to join our established, multi-disciplinary team, to undertake a clinical fellowship in liver cancer early detection. The post is full time, for 3 years, and the successful applicant would be expected to register for a DPhil (PhD). Your fees for the DPhil will be paid.

You will play an active role in the execution of clinical studies within DeLIVER (https://deliver.cancer.ox.ac.uk/), a CRUK funded program that seeks to detect hepatocellular liver cancer (HCC) early.

You will be responsible for supporting the DeLIVER team in acquiring liver tissue by i) performing fine needle aspirations/liver biopsy, and ii) by liaising with the interventional radiologists and hepatobiliary surgeons. This program would involve the evaluation of biomarkers (immune and/or genetic) in blood, HCC, and the back-ground liver, that will support early cancer detection and enhance our understanding of pathways in the liver that lead to HCC transformation.

Informal queries may be addressed to Prof Ellie Barnes, ellie.barnes@ndm.ox.ac.uk .

A link to the full application can be found here: Job Details (corehr.com)

Please note the tight deadlines – the application closes on 15th March, with interviews expected on the 25th or 26th March 2024

Foundation for Liver Research 2024 Legacy Grant Scheme Call now open

News Type: BASL News

The Foundation for Liver Research has created the Legacy Grants Scheme in memory of the late Professor Roger Williams CBE (1931-2020). This scheme is open to any applicant in the UK and has one annual funding Call in Spring each year.

This translational research funding scheme will award one grant of up to £50,000 to support experimental studies in the field of liver research.

The aim of this translational research scheme is to support experimental studies in the following key areas of liver disease:

(1) Improved understanding of the pathogenesis of liver disease

(2) The development of accurate diagnostic tests, identification of early risk biomarkers, and exploration of protective and therapeutic vaccination strategies for liver disease.

(3) Accelerated translation of research discoveries from bench-to-bedside

Further information is available in the Scheme Overview below and full details can be found on the Foundation for Liver Research website > Here .

Download Legacy Grants Scheme_Overview 2024.pdf 

Closing date 5pm Friday 12th April 2024

For further details or in case of queries, please contact grants@researchinliver.org.uk  

Closure of HCV Research UK

News Type: BASL News

As many in the hepatology community are aware, HCV Research UK has been operating for more than a decade, providing clinical data and biological samples from a national cohort to support research studies into HCV infection. In total, more than 100 applications for accessing data and samples have been approved, enabling unique insight into the characteristics of infection, pathogenesis and the mechanisms underlying treatment response.

With the advent of direct acting antivirals and the progress towards elimination, there are now few applications requesting access to the resources. In addition, the clinical database has not been updated for several years. As a consequence, the HCV Research UK Management Group has decided to close provision of data and samples by the end of this year. Therefore, we would urge anyone who may wish to use the clinical data and biological samples to lodge applications by the end of May 2024. The process for applying to access HCV Research UK resources can be found at www.hcvresearchuk.co.uk . We also suggest contacting either Will Irving (will.irving@nottingham.ac.uk) or John McLauchlan (john.mclauchlan@glasgow.ac.uk) in the first instance. This would allow sufficient time to process the applications, complete the necessary MTAs, prepare the clinical data and set aside any samples that would be needed for any research studies.

The Management Group wishes to express its gratitude to the clinical teams and HCV Research UK staff whose commitment and efforts enabled the creation of a national cohort. Finally, we will be forever grateful to the individuals living with the virus who generously provided their clinical data and samples to the benefit of studies that have deepened our knowledge of HCV infection.

HCV Research UK Management Group

Professor Will Irving (University of Nottingham)
Professor John McLauchlan (University of Glasgow)
Professor John Dillon (University of Dundee)
Professor Sharon Hutchinson (Glasgow Caledonian University

British Liver Trust Love Your Liver Awareness Month - January 2024

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January is Love Your Liver Awareness month a campaign ran by the British Liver Trust. The key aim of the month is to put a spotlight on liver disease risk factors and the steps we can take to keep our livers healthy.

The liver is a vital organ with an amazing ability to regenerate. Performing over 500 jobs, including producing energy and fighting infection, it works hard and can tolerate a lot of abuse. But like an elastic band – it can only stretch so far before it breaks. Taking steps to look after your liver will give it the chance to replace damaged tissue with new cells.

One in three of us is at risk of liver disease. While there are over 100 types of liver disease, with some conditions caused by genetic and autoimmune factors, a staggering 90% of cases are linked to alcohol consumption, excess body weight, diet and viral hepatitis.

Pamela Healy, Chief Executive at the British Liver Trust, said: “Liver disease has been a growing public health concern in the last twenty years during which time deaths have more than doubled with more than 10,000 people dying from the disease every year. Ninety per cent of liver disease is avoidable and sadly, the numbers of people being diagnosed have been increasing at an alarming rate".

The British Liver Trust’s Love Your Liver campaign has three simple but effective steps to improve your liver health:

  • Drink less than 14 units of alcohol and have three consecutive days off alcohol every week.
  • Cut down on sugar, carbohydrates and fat, and take more exercise.
  • Know the risk factors for viral hepatitis and get tested or vaccinated if at risk. There are now highly effective cures for hepatitis.

(Blog supplied by the British Liver Trust)

Become a Trustee at the British Liver Trust

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The British Liver Trust is looking for new Trustees to join their Board.

Their Trustees play a pivotal role in providing governance and guidance to ensure they are delivering for people with liver disease and liver cancer. They are involved in setting the strategic direction of the organisation, as well as holding the senior management team to account. The trustees work closely as a team with the senior management team of the charity, playing an active role advising and mentoring as required.

The British Liver Trust is a small charity with big ambitions. They want liver disease to have the same profile and awareness as the other big killer diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

They are looking to recruit trustees to help the charity grow and develop to meet this challenge. At this time, they would particularly like:

  • to recruit a clinician with specialist Hepatitis B knowledge, and
  • to broaden the diversity of their Board, particularly ethnic diversity which they recognise as limited currently

The British Liver Trust is committed to improving equality, diversity, and inclusion across the organisation and to building a Board with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views, so that their leadership reflects the population at large and the communities they serve. They also welcome applications from people who have personal experience of liver disease. Please tell us if there may be any barriers to your engagement with us and we will actively work with you to remove these.

They currently have 4 Board meetings a year, usually virtually, Trustees may be asked to sit on a Board sub-committee relevant to their skill set and are invited to get involved in other ways from time to time.

If you have the skills, knowledge and experience required, please ask for a pack from helen.westhead@britishlivertrust.org.uk .

If you would like an informal chat with the British Liver Trust Chief Executive, Pamela Healy, please email Helen with your availability so that she can arrange this.

Applications close midnight on 14 February 2024.

www.britishlivertrust 

Events

21/03/24 - 22/03/24

HCC-UK Annual Conference - Registration Open
News Type: BASL Events

HCC-UK is delighted to announce that the Annual Meeting will take place on 21st and 22nd March 2024 at the wonderful Clare College in Cambridge.

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Doctors: £50

Junior doctors: Thursday £15, Friday £30, both days £30

Allied health professionals: Thursday £15, Friday £15, both days £30

Basic scientists: Thursday £15, Friday £15, both days £30

Download a programme here >  Download HCC UK 2024 Programme_website final.pdf


Abstracts submissions are now closed.


Visit the HCC-UK Annual Conference website for full information about the event. 

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch at hcc-uk@execbs.com .

26/03/24

'BASL/BSG Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare in the Context of Liver Disease’ webinar - Registration Open
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Registration Open

BASL and BSG have commissioned The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare to run a series of 3 virtual Sustainable Healthcare webinars on:

• 26th March - ''Introduction to sustainable healthcare in the context of liver disease'
• 14th May - ‘Embedding sustainability into service development and delivery using the SusQI framework’ - title TBC
• 16th July - ‘Research in sustainability: the role of carbon footprinting’?  - title TBC  

Time: 6- 7pm (UK time) - 45 minute presentation and 15 minute Q&A.

The first webinar will outline the relationship between health, the health sector and the climate and ecological crises with reference to gastroenterology, specifically hepatology. How is the health system both vulnerable to and contributing to climate change and ecological degradation? What would a sustainable healthcare system look like? What might the wider benefits be and how can we achieve this?

Speaker bio: Dr Hayley Pinto was a lead consultant addiction psychiatrist with nearly 30 years’ experience working in the NHS and publicly funded services before joining The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare as Education and Training Lead. Hayley has a degree in psychology and early in her career completed general practice training before pursuing a career in psychiatry. She has been involved in climate education, outreach, and activism for several years.

The webinar is FREE to attend for BASL and BSG members and non-members, however, the recordings are only available to BASL and BSG members via catch up.

Not a member? Join BASL > Here .

Registration Open -  register by clicking Here .
(NB: The BSG are kindly organising registration for the webinar)

28/03/24

Haemochromatosis SIG meeting - MARCH SAVE THE DATE
News Type: BASL Events

Please save the date for the next Haemochromatosis SIG meeting which will take place via Zoom.

Speaker:
Date: 28th March 2024
UK Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Location: Zoom

FREE to attend for BASL & BSG Members.

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Remember to read the BASL Events Data Protection Disclaimer below before registering Download BASL Events Data Protection Disclaimer_2022.pdf

Please contact Georgia@basl.org.uk should you have any questions.

Agenda: 
Exceptional meeting of SIG - single topic discussion on the definition of iron overload.
This meeting will coincide with a visit to the UK of Prof John Olynyk. I have John if he would kindly give us a presentation on how he defines iron overload (in both C282Y homozygotes and others) and we will use that as a basis on which we can pick up the discussion started by Heinz and his colleagues.
Areas to cover would include:
Use of ferritin and transferrin saturation
MRI methodologies/techniques (to include discussion of splenic iron measurements)
Current approaches/definitions of quantitative phlebotomy
What absolute level of iron overload requires treatment?

18/04/24

BLTG UK Liver Critical Care & Anaesthesia Transplant School Webinar Series April meeting - Registration now open
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April meeting subject - Post liver transplant care

British Liver Transplant Group (BLTG) are pleased to announce the 6th meeting in their webinar series.

The BLTG UK Liver Critical Care and Anaesthesia Transplant School is a series of monthly webinars (held via Zoom), aimed at promoting education and sharing knowledge amongst the seven UK Liver Transplant centres. We will cover a wide variety of topics relevant to the perioperative and critical care management of these patients, delivered by expert clinicians from around the UK and the world.

Each session will comprise two 30-minute talks, followed by 30 minutes of discussion. The webinars will be free to watch live by both BASL members and non-members following registration and are open to both trainees and consultants.

Watch the sessions live to receive your CPD certificate.

NB: catch up recordings will be accessible to BASL members ONLY via the BASL website members area.

Programme series can be viewed here:   Download BLTG UK Liver Critical Care & Anaesthesia Transplant School Webinar Series 2023-2024_website v4.pdf

Session 6:
Webinar time: 17:30 - 19:00pm
Dr Jaimin Patel, Liver Intensivist & Anaesthetist, University Hospitals Birmingham

  • Immediate Post-Liver Transplant Care in the ITU

Dr Rachel Westbrook, Transplant Hepatologist, Royal Free London

  • Long-term Liver Transplant Complications – what to do when a patient comes to your ITU with a previous liver transplant.

Followed by 30mins for questions and discussion.

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Not a BASL BLTG member? Why not consider joining, read more > HERE

Contact Kim@basl.org.uk if you have any questions.

22/04/24

Improving HCC surveillance in the UK: Monothematic meeting - Registration Open
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Registration Open

We are pleased to announce details of a monothematic meeting that will be help on Improving HCC surveillance in the UK.

Date: 22nd April
Registration: 09:30am to 10:00am
Meeting Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Lloyd Suite, Edgbaston Park Hotel, 53 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2RS

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a major cause of cancer mortality in the UK. NICE guidelines recommend that people with cirrhosis should receive HCC surveillance, defined as an ultrasound scan of the liver every six months. The goal of surveillance is to detect HCC early when it is easier to treat. However, the delivery and implementation of surveillance in the UK (as in many other countries) is suboptimal and has been for many years. Indeed, only a minority of eligible patients receive adequate surveillance, and most people who develop HCC are diagnosed at advanced stages.

Our meeting will showcase new ideas and developments for improving HCC surveillance in the UK. We will highlight key initiatives that are currently underway in the UK to increase early HCC detection. We will discuss the latest thinking on personalised surveillance and consider what relevance and application this has to HCC. We will also look at what new surveillance tests are on the horizon and how these innovations are likely to alter the surveillance landscape. Our meeting will feature a wide range of renowned speakers, researchers and opinion leaders in this field.

The organisers; Tim Cross, Hamish Innes and Tom Bird have put together a great line up.

Please keep this date free and make the journey to Birmingham if you can. You will not be disappointed.

Download HCC monothematic program_v13.03.24.pdf


Registration Open - to register click > Here 

The event is Free to attend and a £25 refundable deposit will be taken at the time of booking.
Terms and Conditions apply - Cancellations received on or after the 8th April will not be accepted and no refunds will be provided.


 

Please come and join us.

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