Finally after 2 years, the equipment for our new small bowel capsule enteroscopy service has arrived. We have a small waiting list of 26 patients to catch up on, but will then be able to offer it at the point of need to both inpatients and outpatients conforming to NICE guidance.
This week we finally opened our new faecal calprotectin service. Presently we are calibrating our system with samples donated from volunteers, but shortly we will be able to offer this routinely to our catchment patients. Faecal calprotectin is a neutophil degradation product which can be used as a non-invasive marker of inflammation. My own published research demonstrated a direct correlation…