BSG cross-sectional survey on impact of COVID-19 recovery on workforce, workload and well-being.

Objective: The aim of this survey was to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery phase on workload, well-being and workforce attrition in UK gastroenterology and hepatology.

Design/method: A cross-sectional survey of British Society of Gastroenterology physician and trainee members was conducted between August and October 2021. Multivariable binary logistic regression and qualitative analyses were performed.

Later careers - regenerating the medical workforce.

We have a medical workforce crisis where we have insufficient trainees, demonstrated by rota gaps, and in turn nearly half of advertised consultant physician posts cannot be appointed to. Most physicians retire around age 62, and already 5% of the total consultant workforce is those who have retired and returned. If those reaching retirement age chose not to retire but continue working less than full time this would, at least in part, benefit the workforce and utilise valuable skills and experience to the benefit of the individual, the wider medical community and therefore our patients.

Patient and family views of nutritional status.

Providing adequate food in hospitals remains a concern for those involved in healthcare as well as patients and relatives. We conducted a small-scale survey to explore relatives' and patients' perceptions about the risk of developing malnutrition in hospital and to gauge whether further more in-depth audit was required.

Disruption of smooth pursuit eye movements in cirrhosis: relationship to hepatic encephalopathy and its treatment.

Smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEM) are the conjugate movements used to track the smooth trajectory of small dots. Jerky or 'saccadic' ocular pursuit has been reported in patients with cirrhosis, but no formal assessment of SPEM has ever been undertaken. The aim of this study was to evaluate SPEM in patients with cirrhosis and varying degrees of hepatic encephalopathy.