GPs managing bowel disease patients without support

A study, presented at the recent British Society of Gastroenterology conference, found almost 60% of GPs reported they manage patients with established IBD without any specialist involvement

More than half of GPs are taking sole responsibility for managing patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), despite lacking the training and resources to do so, a survey of Southampton doctors has revealed, as reported in Pulse.

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