Reporting
The Adolescent & Young Persons (AYP) Section Committee is accountable to the President Elect of the BSG.
Purpose To support training, education, research and guidelines for The Adolescent & Young Persons (AYP) within the BSG
- To work alongside different external bodies to promote developmentally appropriate healthcare for AYP with GI Disorders in the UK.
- To represent the interests and issues of the BSG members with a special interest in AYP.
- To manage the future direction of the AYP committee in accordance with shifts In the NHS.
- To develop professional collaborations nationally and internationally with the formal approval of the Executive.
- To hold regular monothematic meetings to promote the work of the specialty group to the broader community.
Duties- Raise the profile and importance of delivering developmentally appropriate healthcare (including transitional care) to adolescents and young people with GI conditions.
- Deliver educational meetings that increase the understanding of managing AYP with GI disorders.
- Proactively engage with other committees in the BSG and other relevant national groups to ensure AYP care remains high on the clinical and research agenda.
Membership- The AYP Section Committee must have a minimum of 4 members and a maximum of 12, at least one of which must be a Trainee. The committee is composed of paediatric and adult colleagues (50% each).
- The Committee will be responsible for ensuring that the section meets its strategic objectives.
- The appointment term for committee membership is 3 years.
- Committee members must be fallow 12 months at the end of their term before reapplying to join the Committee.
- The Chair and Secretary will be elected from the membership of the Committee and will each serve 3 years.
- Paediatric and adult colleagues alternate as Chair and Secretary reflecting the membership
- The Chair is able to co-opt members to join the Committee with the approval of the Section.
- Co-opted members will be ‘task and time limited’ to respect the democratic election process within the Society. Co-opted members should not be granted ongoing roles within the Committee after the timebound task for which they have been co-opted. A record of co-opted members should be agreed by the Committee and members should be stood down once their task is completed.
- Members from patient/carer charities can also be co-opted by the Chair.
The meeting will be quorate if, as a minimum, the following members are present:
- Chair or Secretary
- At least 4 Committee representatives
