August 2024

19
Aug
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21
Aug
Basic Science Retreat Meeting - Registration Open

The Basic Science Retreat 2024 meeting will be an in person meeting bringing together leading scientists, academics and clinicians in the field of UK Hepatology. The meeting provides an exceptional platform to discuss the latest advancements in liver diseases and cutting-edge research technologies.

Date and Times: 13:00hrs Monday 19th to 13:30hrs Wednesday 21st August 2024.
Venue: Dulwich College, London

Registration - the registration fee, is £250 per person, which includes accommodation at Dulwich College for the 19th and 20th August, dinner at a local restaurant and a BBQ at Dulwich Cricket Pavilion.

Register > HERE

PLEASE NOTE: THE REGISTRATION FEE IS THE SAME EVEN IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THE WHOLE EVENT or STAY AT THE COLLEGE.

The programme is specifically designed to update attendees on current collaborative networks, experimental research, and developments in new technologies in Hepatology. Distinguished speakers will highlight exciting new areas of research and technological advances in Liver Diseases. Attendees will also have the opportunity to engage in short oral presentations, selected from abstracts, which will showcase the latest findings in the field.

In addition to the comprehensive scientific programme, the conference will provide ample networking opportunities for attendees to engage with their peers and foster collaborations that will further advance the field.

Please find the programme and running order of events here:  Download BSR programme_v7 2024.pdf


Abstract Submission is now closed.


The previous events were a resounding success and hopefully again this unique meeting will offer plenty of interaction and discussion as well as a unique opportunity to foster new and lasting collaborative projects across all areas of hepatology research.

We look forward to welcoming you to the meeting. 

Book Now

September 2024

05
Sep
Haemochromatosis SIG meeting - September - SAVE THE DATE

Save the Date

Haemochromatosis SIG meeting

Date: Thursday 5th September
Platform: Zoom
Register herehttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrduihrTgvG9wsBR_FQSnQ7KwPmeH38usF

More details to follow

09
Sep
Current and Future management of Steatotic Liver Disease webinar - Registration now open

BASL is pleased to announce the next talk in its educational webinar series.  The title of the next webinar is “Steatotic liver disease and its current management.”  The experts will be Dr Jeremy Cobbold (Oxford) and Dr Dina Mansour (Gateshead).

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, pharmacists, 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 and are open to both trainees and consultants.

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

Date: Monday 9th September
Time: 7pm - 8pm BST
Platform: Zoom

Speakers: Dr Jeremy Cobbold & TBC

Chairs: Dr Dina Mansour & TBC

Register for the webinar HERE

11
Sep
BLTG School of Liver Critical Care & Anaesthesia Webinar Series - 11th September - Variceal Bleeding and The Psychological Management of Patients - Registration now open

British Liver Transplant Group (BLTG) are pleased to announce the 10th meeting in their webinar series.

The BLTG UK Liver Critical Care and Anaesthesia Transplant School is a series of monthly webinars (held via Zoom), aimed at promoting education and sharing knowledge amongst the seven UK Liver Transplant centres. We will cover a wide variety of topics relevant to the perioperative and critical care management of these patients, delivered by expert clinicians from around the UK and the world.

Each session will comprise two 30-minute talks, followed by 30 minutes of discussion. The webinars will be free to watch live by both BASL members and non-members following registration and are open to both trainees and consultants.

Watch the sessions live to receive your CPD certificate.

NB: catch up recordings will be accessible to BASL members ONLY via the BASL website members area.

Programme series can be viewed here:  Download BLTG UK Liver Critical Care & Anaesthesia Transplant School Webinar Series 2023-2024_website v4.pdf

Session 10:

Webinar time: 17:30 - 19:00pm

Dr David Patch, Liver Transplant Physician, Royal Free London

  • Variceal Bleeding – Update for Liver Anaesthetists and Intensivists

Dr Lucy Gorvin, Clinical Psychologist, Royal Free London

  • The psychological management of patients pre-and post-Liver Transplant

Followed by 30mins for questions and discussion.

Register HERE

Not a BASL BLTG member? Why not consider joining, read more > HERE

Contact Kim@basl.org.uk if you have any questions.

11
Sep
ArLD SIG Meeting - SAVE THE DATE 2024

Please Save the date for the next ArLD SIG meeting due to take place on the afternoon of the 11th September 2024. 

 This will be a face to face meeting. 

14
Sep
Introduction to Hepatology Day - Saturday 14th September 2024

We are pleased to confirm the new date for this meeting will be Saturday 14th September 2024.

The meeting is aimed at early year Gastroenterology trainees (ST4/5) and those considering applying for Gastroenterology in the near future (IMT3 and IMT1/2) who are interested in Hepatology. We aim to cover some of the fundamental aspects of hepatology and the career pathway. You will hear from experienced UK Hepatologists and senior trainees who will talk on exciting developments in Hepatology and how you can navigate the current training pathway.

View draft programme here>  Download BASL Introduction to Hepatology Day Draft Programme 14th September 2024 Web 2.pdf  Some speakers are to be confirmed.

Meeting Times:
• 09:30-10:00 - Registration
• 17:20 - Meeting close

This one day event is FREE to attend for BASL Members (a deposit of £40 will be taken at the time of booking and refunded when you attend the event).

The non-member rate for this meeting is £75 (none refundable).

Register HERE

Not a BASL member? Then why not join today for £55, attend for free and have free or reduced registration fees at other member events - join HERE

Contact kim@basl.org.uk if you have any questions.

18
Sep
BASL School of Hepatology Webinar Series 2024 - Therapeutic strategies in cholestatic liver diseases - REGISTRATION OPEN

REGISTER NOW - through Zoom by clicking HERE

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.

Following the success of the series in 2021, 2022 & 2023 we are running a series of 6 bi-monthly webinars through 2024 and 2025 on a Wednesday evening.

We are delighted to announce our third session for September:

Session 3: Therapeutic strategies in cholestatic liver diseases
Speaker: Dr Palak Trivedi
Date: Wednesday 18th September 2024
UK Time: 19:00 – 20:00

FREE to attend for BASL Members.

REGISTER NOW - through Zoom by clicking HERE

Not a member of BASL, then why not join by clicking > HERE

Remember to read the BASL Events Data Protection Disclaimer below before registering      Download BASL Events Data Protection Disclaimer_2022.pdf


Thank you to our supporters:

                      

20
Sep
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21
Sep
BMUS International Hepatology Ultrasound Course 2024

Location: Royal Free Hospital, London

Read more and register on the British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS) website > Here

27
Sep
Annual Cambridge Liver Symposium - Registration Open

The Annual Cambridge Liver Symposium will be running this year on 27th September at Robinson College.

Meeting times:
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-16:15 Programme

The event is free to attend and the programme can be viewed below.

Download Annual Cambridge Liver Symposium Programme 2024.pdf

To register interest please email: cuh.cambridgeliversymposium@nhs.net.

October 2024

02
Oct
HCC UK Referrers Day Webinar - Registration open

This meeting will provide up-to-date clinical guidance for hepatologists, gastroenterologists, oncologists, specialist nurses and allied healthcare professionals on which treatments your patients with HCC are eligible for, who to refer for liver transplantation, vital roles of the MDT, and current clinical trials recruiting nationally.

View programme here>   Download HCC UK Referrers Day Webinar 2024 (2).pdf

Webinar title: HCC UK Referrers Day
Date: Wednesday 2nd October 2024
Time: 9am - 3:30pm BST
Platform: Zoom

Register for the webinar HERE

08
Oct
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11
Oct
BASL2024 Annual Meeting 8th - 11th October - Registration Open!

BASL is delighted to announce that the BASL2024 Annual Meeting Registration is now Open!

Dates: 8th - 11th October 2024
Venue: Harrogate Convention Centre

The BASL2024 Annual Meeting is the highlight of the BASL calendar and the main liver meeting in the UK, where all of us interested in liver disease will share time whether we are clinicians, nurses, basic scientists, pharmacists, working in industry or students.

More details below and on the dedicated Annual Website > Here . 

*REGISTRATION NOW OPEN*

The BASL Annual Meeting, BLTG Transplant Meeting and BLNA Annual Meeting registrations are now live with considerable 'Early Bird' discounts available to those who commit to their attendance.

A strong speaker line-up is being brought together this year which hopes to draw in excess of 350 delegates throughout the week, all key members within the field of liver. The programmes will run:

BLTG Transplant Meeting - 8th - 9th October
BASL Annual Meeting - 9th - 11th October
BLNA Annual Meeting - 9th - 10th October

The registration portal allows you to register for one or all three meetings with discounted Early Bird registration fees available until 26th August 2024. 

DEADLINE FOR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION - 23.59hrs on Monday 26th August 2024

A full list of rates can be downloaded HERE

REGISTER > HERE

View a BASL programme here:  Download BASL 2024 Programme_Website_25072024.pdf

View a BLTG programme here:  Download BLTG Programme 2024_Website_25072024.pdf


BASL/BLNA/BHPG/BAAL Travel Bursary Applications 2024 - OPEN - Round 1 closing 12th August 5PM

Applications are invited from Nurse, Pharmacist and AHP members who are UK-based to apply for a travel bursary.

There are a number of sponsored travel bursary scholarship awards for members this year to attend the forthcoming BASL/BLNA October Meeting in Harrogate.

Scholarship awards are capped at a maximum of £300 per person and are considered a contribution towards a registration fee, travel and accommodation expenses.

When completing the application form, please only select the level of bursary you need so that we can support as many nurse, pharmacist and AHP members as possible to attend the annual meeting. 

The bursary levels are: 
Level 1 up to £300
Level 2 up to £200
Level 3 up to £100
NB: Bursaries awarded will be capped at the level applied for on the application form.  

Please read the Bursary Guidance below before applying:

Download Bursary Guidance Document 2024 v1_July 2024.pdf

Application form - for a Word document of the application form contact admin@basl.org.uk .

Download Bursary Application Form 2024 v1_July 2024.pdf


*ACCOMMODATION - Available until 12th August*

We currently have an allocation of rooms at the Crown Plaza at a rate of £149 per night

To book rooms please call the hotel directly within office hours on 01423 849900 and quote 'BASL allocation’

Further accommodation options can be found on the Annual Meeting website HERE

For queries contact conference@basl.org.uk . 

We look forward to welcoming you to Harrogate in October!

08
Oct
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09
Oct
BLTG Transplant Meeting at BASL2024 - Harrogate - Register Now

BASL is delighted to announce that the BASL2024 Annual Meeting Registration is now Open!

Dates: 8th - 11th October 2024
Venue: Harrogate Convention Centre

The BASL Annual Meeting, BLTG Transplant Meeting and BLNA Annual Meeting registrations are now live with considerable 'Early Bird' discounts available to those who commit to their attendance.

This is a great chance to meet up with colleagues from across the speciality, exchange ideas, and get updates on the latest advances.

*REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN*

BLTG Transplant Meeting – 8th & 9th (am) October
BASL Annual Meeting – 9th – 11th October
BLNA Annual Meeting – 9th (pm) & 10th October

The registration portal allows you to register for one or all three meetings with discounted Early Bird registration fees available.

DEADLINE FOR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION - 23.59hrs on Monday 26th August 2024

A full list of rates can be downloaded > HERE

REGISTER > HERE

Visit the BASL Annual Meeting website for all the details > HERE .

View a programme here:  Download BLTG Programme 2024_Website_25072024.pdf


*ACCOMMODATION - Available until 12th August*

BASL currently have an allocation of rooms at the Crown Plaza at a rate of £149 per night.

To book rooms please call the hotel directly within office hours on 01423 849900 and quote 'BASL allocation’.

Further accommodation options can be found on the Annual Meeting website HERE.

For queries contact conference@basl.org.uk  .

Follow the event on Twitter using #BASL2024

We look forward to welcoming you to Harrogate in October!

09
Oct
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10
Oct
BLNA Annual Meeting at BASL2024 - Harrogate - Register Now

BASL is delighted to announce that the BASL2024 Annual Meeting Registration is now Open!

Dates: 8th - 11th October 2024
Venue: Harrogate Convention Centre

The BASL Annual Meeting, BLTG Transplant Meeting and BLNA Annual Meeting registrations are now live with considerable 'Early Bird' discounts available to those who commit to their attendance.

This is a great chance to meet up with colleagues from across the speciality, exchange ideas, and get updates on the latest advances.

*REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN*

BLTG Transplant Meeting – 8th & 9th (am) October
BASL Annual Meeting – 9th – 11th October
BLNA Annual Meeting – 9th (pm) & 10th October

The registration portal allows you to register for one or all three meetings with discounted Early Bird registration fees available.

DEADLINE FOR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION - 23.59hrs on Monday 26th August 2024

A full list of rates can be downloaded > HERE

REGISTER > HERE

Visit the BASL Annual Meeting website for all the details > HERE .


Programme - to follow


BASL/BLNA/BHPG/BAAL Travel Bursary Applications 2024 - OPEN - Round 1 closing 12th August 5PM

Applications are invited from Nurse, Pharmacist and AHP members who are UK-based to apply for a travel bursary.

There are a number of sponsored travel bursary scholarship awards for members this year to attend the forthcoming BASL/BLNA October Meeting in Harrogate.

Scholarship awards are capped at a maximum of £300 per person and are considered a contribution towards a registration fee, travel and accommodation expenses.

When completing the application form, please only select the level of bursary you need so that we can support as many nurse, pharmacist and AHP members as possible to attend the annual meeting. 

The bursary levels are: 
Level 1 up to £300
Level 2 up to £200
Level 3 up to £100
NB: Bursaries awarded will be capped at the level applied for on the application form.  

Please read the Bursary Guidance below before applying:

Download Bursary Guidance Document 2024 v1_July 2024.pdf

Application form - for a Word document of the application form contact admin@basl.org.uk .

Download Bursary Application Form 2024 v1_July 2024.pdf


*ACCOMMODATION - Available until 12th August*
BASL currently have an allocation of rooms at the Crown Plaza at a rate of £149 per night.

To book rooms please call the hotel directly within office hours on 01423 849900 and quote 'BASL allocation’.

Further accommodation options can be found on the Annual Meeting website HERE.

For queries contact conference@basl.org.uk .


Follow the event on Twitter using #BASL2024
@livernursing

We look forward to welcoming you to Harrogate in October!

21
Oct
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22
Oct
2nd Annual UK HBV Meeting - Abingdon, Oxford

Following the success of last year’s inaugural UK HBV meeting (over 100 attendees), I am delighted to announce that the registration desk for the 2nd UK Hepatitis B meeting is now open.

The meeting will be on Oct 21st and 22nd, in the same venue as last year (Milton Hill House, near Oxford).

The meeting agenda will again be driven primarily by submission of titles from those wishing to present their research, and we aim to accept all titles on all aspects of HBV, including clinical virology, epidemiology, basic science, molecular virology, immunology, vaccinology, HDV. This year’s meeting will also have a session with 3 invited UK speakers specifically to cover current “hot topics” – ED testing (a hepatologist’s view), new WHO treatment guidelines (how will these be implemented in the UK?), and UK progress towards WHO viral hepatitis elimination goals. Our overseas speaker will be Fabien Zoulim from Lyon, France.
Through generous sponsorship from Gilead Sciences and Roche Diagnostics, we have been able to keep to registration fees for PhD students and below to £50, with a small rise in those for post-docs and above to £120. This includes accommodation and meals. The early-bird registration runs up until 1st October.

For more information, click > Here.

November 2024

01
Nov
BASL School of Hepatology - Save the date

Join us at the BASL School of Hepatology meeting that will be held face to face on Friday 1st November in Southampton.

The event is FREE to attend for BASL medically qualified members in training.

Further details to follow.

Contact Kim@basl.org.uk if you have any questions.

07
Nov
End of Life SIG Meeting - F2F - Birmingham 2024

Please save the date for the annual EOL SIG meeting taking place at Austin Court in Birmingham on the 7th November 2024. 

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

12
Nov
BASL BHPG meeting - Save the date

The next British Hepatology Pharmacist Group (BHPG) meeting will be held at the ISH Venues near Regents Park in London on 12th November 2024

Registration will open shortly.

To view the draft programme click HERE>  Download BHPG meeting agenda - 12th November 2024 (002).pdf  Please note one of the speakers is to be confirmed.

January 2025

13
Jan
Approaches to Stricturing Biliary Disease in 2025 Webinar – Save the Date

 

Webinar title: Approaches to Stricturing Biliary Disease in 2025 Webinar
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


More details to follow