Gastroenterology Today Autumn 2020

CONTENTS
CONTENTS
5 EDITORS COMMENT
6 FEATURE Transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Matthew’s Perspective:
nothing noble is accomplished without danger
12 FEATURE Rethinking how we treat constipation in the UK
16 NEWS
22 COMPANY NEWS
COVER STORY
ENDOSCOPY ALTERNATIVES IN A TIME OF COVID – Innovative thinking
and different ways of working to clear NHS Trusts Waiting Lists
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For the next 12 months and probably longer, the impact of COVID on diagnostic
pathways will have far reaching effects on waiting lists and time to diagnosis.
Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract can have a devastating impact on health
so rapid diagnosis and management of these diseases is vital to ensure positive
outcomes for patients.
Exploring alternative diagnostic technologies should be a vital component for the
NHS in assessing new strategies to cope with this significant increase in demand,
especially where they can deliver results quickly, safely and cost-effectively.
Endoscopy has not been immune from technological innovation, for example
FIT, Cytosponge and Pillcam. Each of these offers some cost, accuracy or other
benefits to Trusts at this time, and we propose to review these in subsequent
editions. However, in this edition we start with Transnasal endoscopy as our first
alternative technology to be explored.
We know it can be deployed safely and easily in outpatient settings, and at this time
any keeping patients and surgical teams separate from hospital red zones is an
important advantage at this current time.
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