Adrian is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Brunel University London, dual registered in adult and mental health nursing. His clinical and academic work bridges pharmacology, addiction, and long-term condition management, with a particular focus on patient concordance and structural stigma in healthcare. Adrian leads educational programmes that connect evidence, compassion, and practice innovation. He is also active in international nursing networks, promoting equitable care and professional development across disciplines. He is also a peer reviewer for GIN

Ellie is a registered mental health nurse with nearly 30 years of clinical, managerial, and national policy experience. She has served as both policy advisor and clinical lead in learning disability and mental health, contributing to national policy development and implementation. Ellie led the Baroness Mary Watkins Review of Mental Health Nursing in England, integrating data, stakeholder input, and clinical insight into a coherent national vision. As Chair of the RCN Mental Health Forum, she has championed the voice of mental health nursing in shaping policy, including Mental Health Act revisions. Ellie also maintains clinical practice as a non-medical prescriber in specialist addiction services.

Emma is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner with an extended scope of surgical practice currently working in General and Breast Surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. Emma previously worked in various Nurse Practitioner/Specialist Nurse roles in hepatobiliary and gastroenterology services. Her earlier experience includes research and critical care nursing positions at the regional liver unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. In addition to her clinical practice, Emma is an experienced Expert Witness providing impartial expert opinion in clinical negligence cases with extensive knowledge of the medical-legal system.

Hazel is originally from the Philippines. She works at Northumbria NHS Trust for over 21 years. Hazel has started her career in specialist nursing as a Stoma Care Nurse Specialist, Colorectal Cancer Nurse Specialist and currently a Clinical Endoscopist trained to perform Upper GI and Lower GI endoscopy. Hazel is a Non - Medical Prescriber. She has led a Service Improvement Project on Patient Information. She has co-published articles on Review of Patient Information on Colorectal Cancer Patients, The Deborah James Effect on cancer referral and Barriers to Non- Medical Prescribing. She has recently been awarded Best Free Paper Prize in UEG 2025, Berlin. Currently facilitate 2ww cancer referrals via triage and nurse -led telephone clinic.

Julian has been a qualified nurse for fourteen years with over ten years’ experience within the endoscopy specialty, seven of those as a clinical endoscopist. He is an elected member of the British Society of Gastroenterology Nursing Committee member and Supporting Women in Gastroenterology Committee member (SWiG), and has a specialist interest in LGBTQIA+ patient care.

Dr. Laurenda Obeng is a Gastroenterology Specialty Registrar at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London. She has a special interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and leadership development within healthcare. Alongside her clinical training, Laurenda is the CEO and founder of LW Training, an organization dedicated to empowering healthcare professionals through leadership and personal development programmes. Passionate about advancing gastroenterology and nurturing future leaders in medicine, she combines her clinical expertise with a commitment to education, mentorship, and improving patient care through innovative leadership approaches.

Rebekah is the Chair of the RCN Gastrointestinal Forum and presents, with the Committee members, the work the group are undertaking to promote Gastrointestinal nursing in the UK.

Sarah has been a qualified nurse for 25 years, her career started in surgery at the Freeman Hospital, she then moved into the endoscopy department 20 years ago as a band 5 staff nurse, and is now the band 7 unit manager. Her passion for endoscopy lies within the PB endoscopy service that is delivered in the department. Over the last 15 years she has developed a national nurses course for endoscopy nurses, which covers EUS/ERCP. She is currently a co-opt member of the BSG nursing section, and is the Deputy training lead for NYETA.