The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) recently covered CCA’s recommendations and findings from the IBD Paediatric Quality of Care Hospital Audit report. 

The article featured interviews from CCA CEO Leanne Raven, and paediatric gastroentorologist and audit chair, Associate Professor Ed Giles. 

“Crohn’s and Colitis Australia Chief Executive, Associate Professor Leanne Raven, said GPs can be key to patients receiving quicker diagnoses and greater knowledge about their condition, and should not be kept in the dark.
 
‘GPs play a really prominent role in this care, particularly in terms of kickstarting diagnoses … it makes a huge difference to these kids,’ she told newsGP.
 
‘Now that we have tests like faecal calprotectin, which can differentiate between irritable bowel syndrome and conditions like IBD, we’re hoping that GPs will be using that more when people present with symptoms.’
 
‘The best thing for a GP to do, once a patient is diagnosed, is to make sure they’re getting that multidisciplinary support, to communicate well with the other specialists, and for that communication to go both ways so everyone’s on the same track.’“

You can read the article, and our Paediatric Quality of Care reports, in the links below:

RACGP – GPs being left out of patients’ IBD treatment

IBD Paediatric Quality of Care – Crohn’s & Colitis Australia (CCA) (crohnsandcolitis.org.au)