AUGIS News Winter 2017

President’s Message
Mr Richard Hardwick

I am over half way through my part of the main meeting. Your
Presidency so it is a good time to feedback on these changes will be
reflect on what has been achieved important for us to see what has

and look at what the coming year worked and what needs changing.
will bring. As an ex-president said
AUGIS runs and contributes to
to me when I took on this role, “if many meetings each year and 2017
you achieve one thing in two years
you will have done well!”
has been no exception. The
Consensus meeting on
We conducted a strategic review of Laparoscopic Liver Surgery in

our activities in Oct 16 and
Southampton, the IFSO meeting in
concluded that AUGIS should London and the AUGIS annual

continue to represent the needs of meeting in Cork, were all very well
patients and clinicians in the attended and you can read more

generality of upper GI conditions about them in Mark Taylor’s
and avoid becoming a super- roundup in this newsletter. A big
specialist cancer and metabolic “thank you” to everyone who

surgery group. I am confident that worked so hard to make these and
this was the right decision. other meetings successful in 2017.

Speaking to surgeons at the Cork Our IT systems have been (IST) and the first Core Trainees
meeting with a benign upper GI will take up their posts in the pilot
upgraded in the last year which will
practice was particularly useful, improve our ability to communicate sites soon. The IST scheme is likely
identifying that there is currently a with members and cut costs. to change the way we deliver core
gap in representing relevant
Traditionally, AUGIS paid ASGBI to training throughout the NHS,
complex problems such as surgery manage all IT including our hopefully for the better. For more
for para-oesophageal hernias and information go to:
membership database. This
GORD at our meetings. With this arrangement has now ended; our www.rcseng.ac.uk/careers-in-
in mind we have agreed to change surgery/trainees/ist. AUGIS has
broadband and hardware is
the format slightly for our next provided by RCSEng and we have also been involved in the SAC
annual meeting which will take our own software to manage curriculum review for General
place in Edinburgh from 19th – 21st
membership and meeting Surgical training. The GMC is now
September 2018. The meeting will registration. This is already proving considering its response but all the
start at lunchtime on the indications are that the new
more efficient. BJS subscriptions
Wednesday and run through to will also be offered to AUGIS curriculum will be adopted. Go to
lunchtime on the Friday. This will www.gmc-uk.org/education/29569.asp
allow us to include many more members at significantly reduced
rates. Members will be sent further to find out more. There are
presentations and discussions but details in the New Year. While the fundamental changes which will
also get people off home at a
RCSEng building is being re-built affect trainees and trainers alike.
decent time on Friday. The AHP we are housed in new offices in the The increase in consultant posts
programme will be re-vamped as with an interest in Emergency
old Nuffield Building next door.
per requests from members who Click on the following link for General Surgery continues and
attended Cork, and include a series AUGIS has been working with the
of workshops on the Wednesday
contact details:
www.augis.org/contact-us
ASGBI to develop guidance on
morning followed by a multi- appropriate job plans. The NHS has
disciplinary symposium in the AUGIS has contributed to the never been good at work-force
RCSEng Improving Surgical Training
afternoon which will be
planning and we are in danger of

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