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Standards for Healthcare Service Design and Delivery in the UK for Adults and Children with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: 2026 Update

  • By

  • Christopher A Lamb

  • Catherine Picton

  • Ian Arnott

  • Pearl Avery

  • Debra Attwood

  • Saswata Banerjee

  • Sarah Bayliss

  • Graham Bell

  • Gauraang Bhatnagar

  • Caroline Brocklehurst

  • Vicky Buckley

  • Valerio Celentano

  • Rachel Dodd

  • Amy Gittins

  • Katie Keetarut

  • Gayle Martin

  • Rafeeq Muhammed

  • Marianne Radcliffe

  • Fiona Rees

  • Ruth Rudling

  • Clare Tibbatts

  • Jessica Turner

  • Catherine Winsor

  • Nathaniel Woo

  • Lisa Younge

  • Christian P Selinger

  • IBD UK Board

  • A Barney Hawthorne

  • April 7, 2026

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    The 2026 IBD UK Standards consist of 60 statements, with 48 updated, 6 unchanged, 7 deleted, and 6 new.

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    The standards emphasize multidisciplinary care, structured transition pathways, and patient involvement in service development.

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    Key themes include timely referrals, access to diagnostics, personalized care plans, and holistic assessment of needs.

  • 4

    The standards aim to reduce care disparities and improve patient experience through shared decision-making and quality improvement.

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    The 2026 standards will support future national benchmarking and local audits to identify variations in service provision.

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The 2026 IBD UK Standards of healthcare service design and delivery for adults and children living with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis

  • by Christopher A Lamb, Catherine Picton, Ian Arnott, Pearl Avery, Debra Attwood, Saswata Banerjee, Sarah Bayliss, Graham Bell, Gauraang Bhatnagar, Caroline Brocklehurst, Vicky Buckley, Valerio Celentano, Rachel Dodd, Amy Gittins, Katie Keetarut, Gayle Martin, Rafeeq Muhammed, Marianne Radcliffe, Fiona Rees, Ruth Rudling, Clare Tibbatts, Jessica Turner, Catherine Winsor, Nathaniel Woo, Lisa Younge, Christian P Selinger, IBD UK Board, A Barney Hawthorne

  • April 7, 2026

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