UHNM consultant appointed Endoscopy Quality Improvement Lead at the British Society of Gastroenterology

A consultant from University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been appointed as Endoscopy Quality Improvement Lead at the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG).

Dr Srisha Hebbar, consultant Gastroenterologist  has stepped aside from UHNM endoscopy lead and BSG endoscopy secretary role to take up the new role. He will continue his clinical and teaching commitments at UHNM.

Dr Hebbar, who has worked at UHNM for 11 years said, "The quality and safety of the patients, service development and training has always been my passion. This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to get involved in national quality improvement projects led by BSG"

"I have been involved in quite a lot of quality improvement projects in the Trust, as well as nationally. Apart from the UHNM endoscopy lead role for six years, I was also the BSG endoscopy secretary during Covid time. I have also been involved in improving the quality of ERCP training locally. nationally and Internationally. ERCP is a complex procedure and difficult to teach."

"Working at UHNM has been a great privilege.  You can achieve things like this only through collaboration and support from the team and the trust. Any drive to improve quality or introduce new services has been well supported. As long as you have vision, enthusiasm and interest to bring about a change, there is always support here."