id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-316354-pix0hmpj Kennedy, Nicholas A Organisational changes and challenges for inflammatory bowel disease services in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-06-15 .txt text/plain 5234 264 49 ► Essential services for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients including outpatient care, advice lines, endoscopy and infusion units may be affected. The number of whole-time equivalent gastroenterologists and IBD nurses providing elective outpatient care decreased significantly between baseline (median 4, IQR 4-7.5 and median 3, IQR 2-4) to the point of survey (median 2, IQR 1-4.8 and median 2, IQR 1-3) in the 6-week period following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (p<0.001 for both comparisons). The number of whole-time equivalent gastroenterologists and IBD nurses providing elective outpatient care decreased significantly between baseline (median 4, IQR 4-7.5 and median 3, IQR 2-4) to the point of survey (median 2, IQR 1-4.8 and median 2, IQR 1-3) in the 6-week period following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (p<0.001 for both comparisons). ./cache/cord-316354-pix0hmpj.txt ./txt/cord-316354-pix0hmpj.txt