IBD NURSES

🗣️ "You can get test kits sent to you - it's discreet and quick and easy." @Jackfitz14 is supporting @RoyalDevonNHS's RAPID-IBD study 👊 FREE testing kits are available for EX postcode volunteers aged 16–49 ➡️ bit.ly/IBDKit @ExeterMed @NIHRresearch @CrohnsColitisUK | #ECFC #SemperFidelis

🚨 Do you 'Know your Sh*t? 🚨 Do you have: 📌 Blood in your poo? 📌 Abdominal pain that won’t go away? 📌 Diarrhoea that can’t wait? If you have experienced any of these symptoms, you may have a problem with your bowel health. FREE testing kits are available for EX postcode volunteers aged 16–49 ➡️ bit.ly/IBDKit #ECFC #SemperFidelis

Freshers week @UniofExeter @RoyalDevonNHS

It's Bowel Cancer Awareness month and we're raising awareness of bowel cancer screening. Completing the bowel cancer screening kit is easier than you think. Find out more: ow.ly/2N9L50Vqz5N

@DrNickKennedy with current and upcoming 🇬🇧 #IBD research Clear strategy for the CRG Get involved in fascinating trials to progress #IBD care #BSGLIVE2023 @BritSocGastro @ResearchBsg

1. Here are 3 important videos on Rapid Antigen Tests GO LOW. GO SLOW. Going up is painful (narrow roof, deviated septum common). Going fast is interpreted by the nose as pain. Going low and slow reduces pain and allows time for swab to absorb samples. Rotate gently. Self-swab

⁦@clarityibd⁩ Latest clarity data is live👇 #covid #ibdresearch #covidAntibodydecay, #Tcellimmunity #breakthroughinfections following two SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses in infliximab- and vedolizumab-treated patients. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Are you aged 16 or 17? You can just turn up for your COVID vaccine at the Greendale vaccination centre, any time between 8.30am & 7pm, 7 days a week. This age group currently only needs one jab! Visit our website for more info on the vaccination centre: bit.ly/2SQ7IlQ

It’s World Hepatitis Day. In the UK deaths from serious Hepatitis C disease have fallen, but there’s more to be done. Thousands of people living with active hepatitis C in the UK are undiagnosed: worldhepatitisday.org #WorldHepatitisDay

☀️☀️@VIPStudy1 is fully open at all sites ➡️ vipstudy.uk 📢IBD and no IBD folk ➡️ covid vaccination study. ✅Have you had 2 doses of 💉 < 92 days ago? ✅IBD patients 👉 on only: Vedo IFX Aza/MP Tofu Uste + IFX + Aza/MP Check out 👉redcap.exe.nhs.uk/surveys/?s=DDE…

The NAFLD BioResource is now open for recruitment @ExeterNihr @RDEhospitals @ExeterMed We are looking forward to working with Jane Chalmers to support research into Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease @NIHRBioResource #NAFLD 🔬

So if you are coming to see us either in the day unit or the main hospital please don’t worry, we will continue to do everything we can to protect you.😊

Staff, patients and visitors will also be expected to continue to follow social distancing rules when visiting any care setting as well as using face coverings, mask and other personal protection equipment.

Covid restrictions will end in many settings in England from Monday. However, Public Health England's infection prevention control guidelines and hospital visiting guidance are set to remain in place for all staff and visitors.

This Thursday, 24th June at 7pm the Exeter IBD patient panel will be joined by Lucy and Victoria from the RD&E pain team who will be talking about pain and IBD. As always, all welcome. For an access code to join the Zoom meeting email ibdpatientspanel@gmail.com

👀 IBD 👥 who have had 2 covid vaccinations. ✅ 18 or over, ✅ IFX, Vedo, tofacitinib, ustekinumab or thiopurines - Open (or soon to be) in London, Exeter, Edinburgh, Cambridge for bloods collection. ✅check if your eligible here 👇 ➡️ redcap.exe.nhs.uk/surveys/?s=DDE… @NIHRtakepart

👀 IBD 👥 who have had 2 covid vaccinations. ✅ 18 or over, ✅ IFX, Vedo, tofacitinib, ustekinumab or thiopurines - Live around Imperial or Exeter for bloods collection. ✅check if your eligible here ➡️ redcap.exe.nhs.uk/surveys/?s=DDE… #nihr

Fatigue and IBD, join the Exeter IBD patient panel & Dr Jo Timms, clinical psychologist on zoom 27/5/21 @7pm for discussion, support and tips on managing symptoms. Email- ibdpatientspanel@gmail.com for details