Visit our dedicated Annual Meeting site to view the programme, find out more information and to book - click > here.

British Liver Transplant Group (BLTG) Transplant Meeting is also taking place on 6th - 7th September. For more information and to register visit the Annual Meeting > here.

BASL Nurse Forum Annual Meeting also takes place on Thursday 8th September, in parallel to the main BASL programme.
To view the programme and book for the nurses day click > here.

This prize is one of the highlights of the Annual Meeting it is awarded annually to recognise the enormous contribution of Dame Sheila Sherlock to the development of Hepatology as a discipline in its own right. In keeping with Dame Sheila’s enthusiasm for fostering young researchers, this eponymous research prize is awarded to young investigators without substantive posts in either medicine or science for their research contributions in the field of Hepatology.

The winner of the award will deliver a 20 minute lecture presenting their research during the Annual Meeting on Thursday 8th September 2016, which is being held at Manchester Central, Manchester. This year the prize is free registration to the meeting, a place at the Annual Dinner and £1,000.

To apply, please send one A4 sheet outlining the research and another A4 sheet detailing the related publications.

The deadline for applications is 09:00 hrs Monday 27 June 2016. For more information and to apply click > here. 

In honour of the late Professor Andrew Burroughs, who sadly passed away in March 2014, the BASL committee have launched the ‘Andy Burroughs Young Investigator Award’. Amongst Professor Burroughs’ many achievements was his significant contribution to liver transplantation. Consequently, the Young Investigator Award will be associated with the BLTG Liver Transplant Meeting.

The award winner will deliver the prize lecture at the third BLTG Meeting which is being held at Manchester Central, Manchester on 6th September 2016, and will also receive free registration to the meeting and £1,000.

The deadline for applications is 09:00 hrs Monday 8 August 2016.  For more information and to apply please click >here.

Venue - Nottingham University Park Campus.

For more information and to register please click >here.

Trientine is supplied by UNIVAR for the treatment of patients with Wilson’s disease. The only licensed indication for Trientine is intolerance of D-Penicillamine. However, a number of patients may already be treated with Trientine for other reasons, including patient and/or physician preference.

The list price for Trientine was increased around four-fold in April and it is possible indeed likely, that when prescriptions are next re-newed that this may cause significant difficulty.

The arrangements for paying for Trientine are not uniform across the country and as a result, treatment costs may not be fully covered in some parts of the UK.

Negotiations between UNIVAR and various NHS funding bodies are continuing.

If clinical difficulties are encountered as a direct result of the price increase in Trientine resulting in treatment being modified, then BASL would like to be kept informed.

NICE are looking for Topic experts to join their Updates Committee in updating the Alcohol use disorder: diagnosis and management of physical complications guideline. 

They need both lay members (people using services, family members and carers, and members of the public and community or voluntary sector) and people with a professional or practitioner background in the topic.

The update will look at the following:
•         In patients with acute alcohol-related hepatitis, what is the safety and efficacy of corticosteroids versus placebo?

NICE is therefore seeking to recruit the following experts:
•         3 x Hepatologists/Physicians
•         1 x Lay member
•         1 x Nurse specialist
•         1 x Pharmacist

Visit the BASL website > here to read more and to view both the professional members advert and the lay members advert.

Both adverts will close 5pm on Wednesday 20th July 2016.