❗ We are seeing an increase in flu both in the community and across our hospital sites. We are implementing infection, prevention and control measures to help keep patients, colleagues and visitors safe. https://t.co/SNdmyFKEPy

👏👏Congratulations to Jade Godfrey for completing "Wireless Capsule Reading Course -UGI and small bowel". 💊 She makes a fantastic addition to our Gastroenterology department and Capsule service. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @BSGSWiG @CV_UHB @AylwardRebecca @Jas_Roberts10

Happy St. David's Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Delighted to see @Eluned_Morgan, Minister for Health and Social Services at our #CrohnsColitisAwarenessWeek event to talk about how we can better support the 26,000 people living with the conditions in Wales

Supporting @CrohnsColitisUK at Welsh Parliament for Awareness Week

Super proud of the IBD Infusion team @CardiffGastro in @CV_UHB for arranging a delicious cake sale, raising £350 for @CrohnsColitisUK (there was a lot of cake!!!) AND a raffle to create ‘mishap’ hygiene packs for patients in need attending appointments

Massive congratulations from all of us to our own Tara Rees who is Lead Nurse Practitioner in Hepatology👏👏👏 👏🎉🎉🎉! Tara won the RCN Wales Nurse of the year for 2023. @BSGSWiG @WAGE_media @RCNWales @CV_UHB @tara

.. From a small team with only herself managing a few lists a week over 25 years ago To managing over 6 full time endoscopy suites for the Health board with an ever expanding service with a team of endoscopy coordinators Thank you for all your hard work over the years. @CV_UHB

A Massive Thank You & very Happy Retirement wishes from all of us @CardiffGastro to Nicola Morgan Nicki is our Directorate Support Manager, she has been working in the @NHSuk for 37 years. She has been instrumental in shaping our endoscopy services @HEIW_NHS @WAGE_media ...

.. Retirement celebration started with IBD update talks by Prof. Chris Probert @LivUni , Prof. Andrew Godkin @CV_UHB , Dr. @DrNickKennedy @RoyalDevonNHS and Dr. John Mansfield @NewcastleHosps And ended with heart-warming speeches from family and colleagues. [4/4]

.. - Chair of Medical research awards panel UK - Chair of healthcare professional advisory committee - Representative for UK in @EccoIbd - Welsh @BAPENUK representative - Member of Welsh and UK IBD committee - IBD Standards .. [3/4]

.. - Senior author for UK IBD consensus management Guidelines 2019 - Set up the Intestinal failure service in Wales Some of his previous roles ↩️ - IBD section chair @BritSocGastro 2015 to 2018 - IBD clinical lead for Wales - @WAGE_media president ..[2/4]

From all our @CardiffGastro team, we wish Dr. @ABHawthorne a very happy retirement! After a stellar career in Gastroenterology as a Clinician, Researcher and Manager -Appointed as a Consultant in 1995 -The first Clinical Director for Gastroenterology in @CV_UHB in 1996 ..[1/4]

🔉 Big welcome from all of us to Jade who joined our CNS team on secondment. She'll be supporting the Barrett's RFA and capsule endoscopy service. Welcome to the team ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @CV_UHB

🔔We have an amazing job opportunity for a Clinical Endoscopist to join our expanding endoscopy team ✉️If you're interested, get in contact with us ! 🔛Job is now live, click on the link below: https://t.co/N4ue31e2Lu @WAGE_media @WalesNEP @CV_UHB @BritSocGastro

Delighted to represent @GwentLiverUnit as part of the new All Wales #HCC clinic team developed by @tom_pembroke @CardiffGastro to support a huge unmet need for patients across Wales diagnosed with HCC. It’s clear a dedicated HCC CNS service has been long overdue @VelindreCC

Looking for a job from September? 🗓 Check out these two great opportunities: Clinical Trials Research Fellow in Inflammatory Bowel Disease https://t.co/cLBlTQwmD8 Advanced Training Programme in Intestinal Failure & Transplant https://t.co/44gcyJsFMo

We all wish her the best of luck for her surely brilliant future. Thank you for all your brilliant work over the years. You will always remain part of our @CardiffGastro family.

Karen has also been an essential part of our Coeliac disease service alongside Dr. Swift. With her excellent skills, she has been part of Barrett's screening and helped countless patients avoid cancer by early detection of dysplasia. @BarrettsWessex @BSGSWiG @Coeliac_UK

This sadly marks the last week for CNS Karen Wright @KarenWr34707963 with our department. Karen has been an integral part of our @CardiffGastro family. Any trainee over the last decade who learned OGDs has at some point learned from Karen's brilliant training @CV_UHB @BSGNurses