Table 1

A table outlining the number of responses from each region, level of training and full or flexible training

RegionNo of respondents% of total responsesCertificationOGDColonoscopyERCPFS
East of England118.5Full5916021
Kent, Surrey and Sussex43.1Provisional32215
London2015.5In training45541344
North East/Cumbria1612.4Not training14259123
North West118.5No response8122436
Oxford64.7
Peninsula75.4OGD0–10033
Scotland107.8100–20024
Severn118.5>20062
Wales75.4No response10
Wessex86.2Colonoscopy0–10053
West midlands118.5100–20015
Yorkshire75.4>20042
Flexible trainingNA19
Yes1612.4ERCP0–10070
No11387.6100–2003
Training discipline/level>2001
Clinical endoscopist64.7NA53
Trainee clinical endoscopist97Flexi Sig0–10054
Accelerated course clinical endoscopist1511.6100–20015
Gastroenterology trainees>20016
ST3129.3NA44
ST464.7Polypectomy0–10080
ST5118.5100–2007
ST6118.5>2007
ST721.6NA35
Research fellow119.6
Surgical trainees
ST332.3
ST453.9
ST586.2
ST632.3
ST764.7
ST8+107.8
Other*118.5
  • *Other includes: post-CCT or research fellows, locally appointed specialty doctor in gastroenterology or surgery, independent endoscopist with experience outside the UK.

  • CCT, certification of completion of training; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; FS, flexible sigmoidoscopy; NA, not answered; OGD, oesophagogastroduodenoscopy; ST, specialty trainee.