RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Service provision and training for endoscopic ultrasound in the UK
JF Frontline Gastroenterology
JO Frontline Gastroenterol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 188
OP 194
DO 10.1136/fg.2010.004101
VO 2
IS 3
A1 J Meenan
A1 K Harris
A1 K Oppong
A1 C McKay
A1 I Penman
A1 N Carroll
A1 S Norton
YR 2011
UL http://fg.bmj.com/content/2/3/188.abstract
AB Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a standard procedure that plays an important role in the management of both malignant and benign disease. The development of EUS services in the UK has been haphazard and training inconsistent. The British Society of Gastroenterology has charged a working group with the task of laying down a national framework for how such services might be commissioned, structured and regulated; with particular attention to defining how endoscopist skills might be acquired, assessed and maintained. This report lays out a map for this process and its future revision.