Food Allergy Specialist Group

Our group of 400 dietitians with an interest in allergy continues to share news, clinical queries and updates through the Basecamp platform.

RECENT ACTIVITIES:

• Diet sheet development

• Programme of webinars

Hannah Hunter Specialist

Dietitian in Allergy, Guy’s Hospital, London; BSACI Dietetic Representative

We now have 34 diet sheets available to members, the newest of which is on Alpha-Gal allergy. These continue to be regularly updated by our expert dietitians and new diet sheets will be developed in consultation with our members.

One of our main priorities is integrating dietitians into BSACI including both membership and key activities of the society.

We are supporting 5 dietitians to attend the BSACI conference this year with grants of £400. In March we hosted a webinar for dietitians on how to write an abstract and present

Junior members

• Integrating dietitians into BSACI and supporting conference attendance at conferences. Our May webinar was Anaphylaxis training for dietitians and the programme will continue throughout 2023 including a joint BSACI webinar in September.

Twitter: @BDA_FASG

Dr Neha Christian Adult Allergy Registrar, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust; Trainee Representative

IThe BSACI training days continue to be received well. I would encourage everyone to register for BSACI 2023 conference to be held in Harrogate. The programme includes engrossing sessions like ‘Rapid Review sessions’, joint session with British Association of Dermatologists and an expert-led discussion of ‘Tricky cases’. There’s also an amazing opportunity to submit any particularly interesting or challenging case in BSACI “Case Rounds” sessions. Medical Scholarship to attend BSACI conference continues to help encourage medical students and junior doctors to consider this diverse and growing speciality. BSACI monthly grand rounds are a great source of learning and I would strongly encourage participating in them. The recorded sessions are later available on the website to watch. Our next training day will be held in September by Manchester University NHS Foundation trust on anaphylaxis, new developments in allergy and psychology in allergy. The details of the programme will follow soon. For any queries/communication, please contact us at juniormembers@bsaci.org.

Primary Care Committee

Dr Matt Doyle GP, Jersey; Chair of Primary care Committee

We are pleased to announce the successful completion of the GP With Extended Role (GPWER) framework, which has now been endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). The document contains key elements of competencies for GPs with this role and is based upon both the prior Respiratory and current Dermatology frameworks.

The document was led by Dr Liz Angier who also led efforts to include Allergy in the GP curriculum, supported by members of the Primary Care Committee, the BSACI and NASG.

Dr Angier and Dr Doyle have been engaging with the main medical education companies for GP Education with a podcast already recorded and released by NB Medical Education and reviews having taken place of the existing Allergy content for Red Whale.