News and events

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2022

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK. Almost 9 out of 10 people diagnosed are diagnosed when they are over the age of 60....

31st March 2022

Shape the future of IBS research!

Update July 2023 Our Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) for IBS has now been completed. This PSP sets out the top 10 research priorities within IBS in the UK and Republic of Ireland and can be...

27th July 2021

Join us: Digestive Disorders Workshops

@StoryingH (twitter) Have you recently been diagnosed with a digestive disorder that you’re learning to adapt to? Have you been searching for different ways to manage the symptoms of your health condition for years? Or...

28th January 2021

Medically Not Yet Explained Symptoms: Be Part of Research

Medically not yet explained symptoms (MNYES) priority setting partnership (PSP) Have you got 10 minutes to spare to help guide future research? Guts UK are helping the University of York, The Clinical Center of Excellence...

23rd July 2020

Trainee Awards: Now Open

Guts UK and the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) are passionate about nurturing the researchers of the future, to discover new knowledge about our guts. We’re proud to open the 2020 ‘Trainee Research Awards’. These awards are open...

14th July 2020

World IBD Day

On World IBD Day every year, patient organisations come together from all over the globe to raise awareness of Crohn’s disease & Colitis. Guts UK is proud to fund over 10 current active research projects into...

19th May 2020

Could cancer anti-sickness drug help IBS patients?

Could a commonly-prescribed anti-sickness drug be the answer for the 1.3 million people in the UK who struggle with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D)? A nationwide clinical trial led by researchers at The University...

2nd March 2020