December 2024

05
Dec
Haemochromatosis SIG meeting - 5th December 2024

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsdumrqjotHdG6e2MR417PIklORbfw-fqs

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Date: 5th December 2024
Location: Zoom
Programme: TBC

06
Dec
Wilson's Disease SIG meeting 6th December 2024

Professor Aftab Ala invites you to attend the face-to-face meeting in Central London, from 09:30 to 16:30 approximately. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

The meeting will cover recent updates on Wilson’s Disease UK.

Venue details and a full programme will follow shortly.

Registration: please email georgia@basl.org.uk if you would like to attend the meeting.

Please confirm:
• your job title
• your place of work; and
• if you have or have not got any special dietary or access requirements.

Places will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

January 2025

13
Jan
Approaches to Stricturing Biliary Disease in 2025 Webinar – REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

BASL is pleased to announce the next talk in its educational webinar series.  The title of the next webinar is “Approaches to Stricturing Biliary Disease in 2025”  The experts will be Dr Emma Culver (Royal Free London) and Dr George Webster (University College London).

BASL hold regular webinars (held via Zoom), aimed at promoting education and sharing knowledge amongst clinicians who look after patients with liver disease.  The webinars will cover a wide variety of topics, delivered by expert clinicians from around the UK and the world.  The talks are aimed at consultants, trainees, nurses, clinical nurse specialists, dieticians and pharmacists.  Nursing and medical students are also welcome to attend.

Each session will comprise two experts and two co-chairs  who will host the meeting.  There will be presentations followed by discussion and the opportunity to ask questions remotely. The webinars will be free to watch live by both BASL members and non-members following registration. 

We very much encourage you to register for what will be a enjoyable meeting.

Webinar title: Approaches to Stricturing Biliary Disease in 2025 

Date: 13th January 2025
Time: 7pm - 8pm
Platform: Zoom

Speakers: Dr Emma Culver and Dr George Webster

Chairs: Dr Deepak Joshi and Dr Louisa Vine

Register for the webinar HERE

22
Jan
BASL School of Hepatology Webinar Series

Are you a budding Hepatologist? Or a new consultant wanting to know more about specific areas of Hepatology? Do you want to improve your hepatology knowledge to permit Hepatology curriculum sign off? Have you got questions but not had the opportunity to ask them?

If yes then please join us for the BASL Virtual School of Hepatology Webinar Series 2024/5. The BASL Virtual School of Hepatology Sessions offer an excellent platform for trainees and consultants interested in hepatology, with talks delivered by UK Hepatologists, followed by a Q&A session.

Further information on the January webinar and the registration link will be available shortly.

March 2025

05
Mar
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07
Mar
Royal Free Sheila Sherlock Virtual Hepatology Postgraduate Course 2025

The Royal Free Sheila Sherlock Hepatology Postgraduate course has gained an excellent reputation for its curriculum-focused, interactive, and clinically relevant content. It is intended for consultants, nurse specialists, and trainees in acute medicine and gastroenterology who are looking for a refresher on the most encountered hepatology scenarios in their day-to-day work, as well as a consolidation of hepatology knowledge prior to specialty exams.

The aim of the course is to equip medical professionals with confidence in managing liver disease patients.

Covering hepatology topics pertinent to the acute medical take, chronic clinics, intensive care unit, and liver transplant settings, the program has kept its traditional core classes and has been updated with new lectures for the 2025 edition.

This is the 11th edition of the course, and each year the delegate feedback has been consistently excellent.

This year's course will take place virtually, featuring lecturers that will be broadcast live and lots of chances for audience participation and Q&A sessions.This year the course will be held virtually, with live-streamed speakers and plenty of opportunities for audience interaction and questions.

BASL Trainee/Nurse/AHP Member £98.00
BASL Consultant Member £147.00

View the course programme and Register through UCL's online store > Here

For all queries in regards to this course please contact Lynn Knight at l.knight@ucl.ac.uk .

12
Mar
BASL School of Hepatology Webinar Series - Managing frailty in cirrhosis – MDT approach

Are you a budding Hepatologist? Or a new consultant wanting to know more about specific areas of Hepatology? Do you want to improve your hepatology knowledge to permit Hepatology curriculum sign off? Have you got questions but not had the opportunity to ask them?

If yes then please join us for the BASL Virtual School of Hepatology Webinar Series 2024/5. The BASL Virtual School of Hepatology Sessions offer an excellent platform for trainees and consultants interested in hepatology, with talks delivered by UK Hepatologists, followed by a Q&A session.

Further information on the March webinar and the registration link will be available shortly.



19
Mar
ArLD SIG Meeting - Leeds - 19th March 2025

Please save the date for the next ArLD SIG meeting taking place TBC in Leeds on the 19th March 2025.

Places for this meeting are limited, so please contact sigs@basl.org.uk to reserve your place.

Date: Wednesday 19th March
Time: TBC
Location: Leeds

What3Words: TBC
Travel information  

Agenda: TBC

27
Mar
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28
Mar
HCC-UK Conference 2025 - Abstract Submission Open

HCC-UK Annual Conference 2025 - Abstract Submisison Open

Dates: Thursday 27th and Friday 28th March 2025
Venue: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Calling all hepatologists, gastroenterologists, radiologists, oncologists, surgeons, pathologists, palliative care and nurse specialists, along with scientists and everyone involved in caring for patients with HCC.

HCC-UK comprises professionals from multiple disciplines interested in improving outcomes for the increasing numbers of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The organisation primarily hosts this conference and forms a network of expertise in the research and treatment of HCC.

Abstract Submission Open!

We invite authors to submit abstracts for the event.  If you would like the chance to present your latest research on one or more of the topics below please submit an abstract for review:

• Basic Science
• Clinical Research

The quality in previous years has been outstanding and we hope to receive more top submissions for the 2025 event.

Abstracts will be judged by a selected panel of reviewers following the submission deadline and submitting authors will be notified as to whether their submitted abstract has been accepted.

Submit an abstract HERE

Full submission guidelines can be found HERE

Abstracts submissions will close Midday on Monday 13th JANUARY 2025

A programme and registration will be available soon. 

Visit the HCC-UK Annual Conference website for full information about the event.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch at hcc-uk@execbs.com .

31
Mar
Addressing Stigma in Alcohol Dependency and Disease Webinar

Save the Date

Webinar title: Addressing Stigma in Alcohol Dependency and Disease
Date: 31st March 2025
Time: 7pm - 8pm
Platform: Zoom

Further details and registration link to follow.

April 2025

29
Apr
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01
May
BASL X-tra on-line Conference - Save the Date

BASL Xtra is an online educational conference.

Three afternoons of multi-professional liver learning on Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th April, and Thursday 1st May from 13:00-16:30 each day.

BASL X-tra will have something for everyone - multi-professional, topic-focused education delivered online with attractive rates.

More information to follow.

May 2025

07
May
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10
May
EASL Congress - Save the Date

Date: 7-10 May
Venue: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Further details to follow.

June 2025

30
Jun
Advanced management of Complex Portal Hypertension

Save the Date

Webinar title: Advanced management of Complex Portal Hypertension
Date: 30th June 2025
Time: 7pm - 8pm
Platform: Zoom

Further details and registration link to follow.