xxx GI Medicine Dr Shahida Din Email: Shahida.Din@nhs.scotSpecialty: GI MedicineConsultant Gastroenterologist, NHS LothianCommercial research interests:Inflammatory Bowel Disease| Diagnostic Pathways| Complications of Long term chronic IBD| Quality of Life| Patient Advocacy| Clinical Services Dr Peter Vaughan-Shaw Email: pvaughan@ed.ac.ukSpecialty: Colorectal SurgeryConsultant colorectal and robotic surgeon and NRS researcher, NHS LothianCommercial research interests:Innovation and surgical technology | Vitamin D use in adjuvant chemoprevention and chemotherapeutics | Neutraceuticals Dr James Blackmur Email: james.blackmur3@nhs.scotSpecialty: UrologyConsultant Urologist, NHS LothianCommercial research interests :Kidney cancer| kidney cancer imaging| ureteric obstruction| imaging for ureteric obstruction| urology biomarkers GI Surgery Dr This article was published on Wednesday 25 March 2026