BAPEN

British Intestinal Failure Alliance - BIFA

Terms of Reference

BIFA is a special interest group within BAPEN. Though interested in both acute and chronic intestinal failure its principal focus is on specialised IF services. It consists therefore of healthcare professionals involved or interested in home parenteral nutrition (HPN) and the management of Type 2 intestinal failure. Its focus is pan-UK, adult and paediatric, and multiprofessional. Membership of BIFA is open to those who are individual members of BAPEN or affiliate members through a Core Group of BAPEN.

Aims:

1. To provide a multi-professional forum enabling communication between those health professionals in the UK who provide HPN to adults and children.
2. To foster excellence in the provision of HPN and in the management of Type 2 intestinal failure in the UK through communication, education, research and audit.
3. To foster, develop and support networks to assist clinicians in the management of Type 2 intestinal failure and delivery of HPN across the UK.
4. To assist BAPEN and other external organisations where appropriate in any matters relating to HPN or acute intestinal failure.

Objectives:

1. To organise regular meetings of interest to its members which may have an organisational, audit, educational, or scientific content.
2. To assist in the development of consistent and best practice across the UK for activities related to HPN or the management of type 2 intestinal failure. This might include guideline development, setting up a communications network for support and advice amongst its members, guidance on organisational matters, and relevant audit and research activities.

Operation:

1. Membership of the group will be open free of charge to any health professional who has an interest in HPN or Type 2 intestinal failure and who is a member of BAPEN (as above)
2. The group will be a deemed a Special Interest Group within BAPEN, and therefore will adhere to the BAPEN Constitution.
3. The Chair of the group will liaise closely with the Chair of the British Artificial Nutrition Survey (BANS) and these two individuals will link with an honorary secretary to form a committee, which may be expanded in time to six to eight individuals. The chair will represent HPN on BAPEN council.
4. The committee will communicate by email, but may exceptionally arrange meetings.
5. The group as a whole will communicate via email.
6. The group will hold regular meetings to support its aims and objectives.
7. The activities of the group will be reported to the BAPEN Executive Committee and to Council by the Chair of the committee.
8. Finances : Expenses incurred by Committee members will be reimbursed by BAPEN following receipt of an expenses claim form. Meetings of the group will be organised in line with BAPEN guidelines and all costs involved recorded in the BAPEN accounts.

Contact:
Prof Powell-Tuck - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dr Baxter - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members of the Committee

• Professor Jeremy Powell-Tuck (Chair)
• Dr Janet Baxter (Honorary Secretary)
• Dr Jeremy Nightingale (Honorary Treasurer)
• Mr Keith Gardiner
• Dr Barney Hawthorne
• Ms Lynn McCready
• Dr Ruth Mckee
• Dr Alastair McKinlay
• Dr Sue Protheroe
• Dr Jon Shaffer
• Dr Trevor Smith

The next meeting is provisionally planned to be held Wednesday 14th November 2012, the day before the BAPEN Medical/Pancreatic Society joint meeting  at the same hotel - registration fee £25 for BAPEN members:

• Click here for the programme and registration form

BIFA 2012
Wednesday 14th November,
Cameron House Hotel, Loch Lomond.

Coffee on arrival from 9.45

10.25 Intro Jeremy Powell-Tuck
Chair BIFA, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Nutrition, Barts and the London.

1 1030-10.50 lecture 1 Recent Advances Adult IF
Dr Simon Gabe, Consultant Gastroenterologist, St Marks Hospital

10.50-11.05  discussion

2 11.05-11.25 lecture 2 Recent developments in paediatric IF
Dr Susan Hill, Consultant Paediatrician Great Ormond Street Hospital

11.25-11.40 discussion

3 11.40- 12.00 lecture 3 Pharmaceutical developments in IF TBA

12.00-12.15 discussion

4 12.15-1235 lecture 4 The new BANS

Dr Janet Baxter Manager of Care of Burns in Scotland (COBIS) National Managed Clinical Network and Dr Trevor Smith Chair BANS committee, Consultant Gastroenterologist Southampton General Hospital:

12.35- 1300 discussion

1300 – 1400 Lunch

5 1400 -1420 lecture 5 Long term nutritional support and pancreatic surgery  TBA

1420- 1435 discussion

6 1435- 1455 Lecture 6 Nursing aspects of pancreatic surgery-related IF TBA

1455-1510 Discussion

1510 – 1530 tea

7 1530  -1540 the ESPEN IF group

Dr Jon Shaffer, Consultant Gastroenterologist,  Salford Royal Hospital

1545-1550 discussion

8 1550- 1630  updates – Regional and National plus discussion, Andrew Bibby, Keith Gardiner and others TBA

1630 END