Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) use PKB as a patient portal for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and as an integrated digital care record as part of the Surrey Care Record program. Below are materials from the patient portal work:

• Secretary of State for Health and Social Care case study on the benefits for IBD patients

• Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network​ research on how working with IBD patients saved £4 million

• Liam, a patient with IBD, talks about using PKB at SASH

• Launch press release from 2016

Dr Azhar Ansari Dr Gastroenterologist  is leading the research activity of the IBD department . Currently there is an ongoing activity however, these are below some of the papers have been published : 

• Low‐dose azathioprine or mercaptopurine in combination with allopurinol can bypass many adverse drug reactions in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

• Flare to Care – a patient centered approach - see PDF below 

• Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Low-dose Azathioprine and Allopurinol Cotherapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Large Observational Study

• PTH-153 The Impact of an Open Access, Non-Face to Face Nurse Led Inflammatory Bowel Disease Service on Service Transformation and Patient Outcomes

• A population-based model of care for people with inflammatory bowel disease – patient-reported outcomes