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16 August 2022

ROI website changes following GRS standards 2022 update
JAG accreditation successfully launched the updated ROI GRS standards in May 2022. From 1 October, the updated standards will be integrated with the self-assessments function on the ROI website. This means… Read more...

5 August 2022

Recruitment now open for JAG Positions
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) are accepting applications for several Joint Advisory Group (JAG) positions. These positions are JAG chair, JAG Research Lead and JAG National Endoscopy Database chair.… Read more...

21 July 2022

HEE Clinical Endoscopist Training Programme
Health Education England (HEE) is offering students and endoscopy services a flexible way to train healthcare professionals to perform safe endoscopic procedures in 2022. GI endoscopic procedures, traditionally carried out… Read more...

21 June 2022

Making Endoscopy Greener - Guest article
Climate change is affecting all of us and it is thankfully high on the NHS agenda with the aim to reach net zero by 2040, and an ambition to reach… Read more...

31 May 2022

JAG biennial census 2021
The JAG 2021 biennial census manuscript was published on May 9, 2022. The article, entitled ‘National census of UK endoscopy services 2021’ provides a unique view of how endoscopy services are adapting… Read more...

25 May 2022

Find out about pre-procedure testing, vaccination, prioritisation and more...
JAG, in collaboration with stakeholders representating BSG, ACPGBI and AUGIS, have issued guidance for endoscopy services regularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen the emergence of highly transmissible variants… Read more...

12 May 2022

International Nurses Day - Part 2
As part of International Nurses Day 2022, we sat down with Claudio Buggiotti who teaches the ENDO1 course for the JETS Workforce programme AO: Can you give us a background… Read more...

12 May 2022

International Nurses Day - Part 1
As part of International Nurses Day 2022 we sat down with lead assessor, Sarah Marshall, to talk about her career as a nurse. AO: Can you tell us who you… Read more...

3 May 2022

New GRS standards for services in the Republic of Ireland
The GRS has been updated for the Republic of Ireland. We are now hosting a GRS census throughout the month of May for all unaccredited services in the Republic of… Read more...

28 March 2022

Welcome to new chair of JAG accreditation
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Mark Jarvis as the new chair of JAG accreditation. Mark trained at Oxford University and Imperial College London. During this time, Mark… Read more...

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