Table 1

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

Region	No of respondents	% of total responses	Certification	OGD	Colonoscopy	ERCP	FS
East of England	11	8.5	Full	59	16	0	21
Kent, Surrey and Sussex	4	3.1	Provisional	3	22	1	5
London	20	15.5	In training	45	54	13	44
North East/Cumbria	16	12.4	Not training	14	25	91	23
North West	11	8.5	No response	8	12	24	36
Oxford	6	4.7
Peninsula	7	5.4	OGD	0–100	33
Scotland	10	7.8		100–200	24
Severn	11	8.5		>200	62
Wales	7	5.4		No response	10
Wessex	8	6.2	Colonoscopy	0–100	53
West midlands	11	8.5		100–200	15
Yorkshire	7	5.4		>200	42
Flexible training				NA	19
Yes	16	12.4	ERCP	0–100	70
No	113	87.6		100–200	3
Training discipline/level				>200	1
Clinical endoscopist	6	4.7		NA	53
Trainee clinical endoscopist	9	7	Flexi Sig	0–100	54
Accelerated course clinical endoscopist	15	11.6		100–200	15
Gastroenterology trainees				>200	16
ST3	12	9.3		NA	44
ST4	6	4.7	Polypectomy	0–100	80
ST5	11	8.5		100–200	7
ST6	11	8.5		>200	7
ST7	2	1.6		NA	35
Research fellow	11	9.6
Surgical trainees
ST3	3	2.3
ST4	5	3.9
ST5	8	6.2
ST6	3	2.3
ST7	6	4.7
ST8+	10	7.8
Other*	11	8.5

*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.