{"id":330,"date":"2022-11-09T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T10:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/the-ibd-team-and-their-roles\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T09:11:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T09:11:20","slug":"the-ibd-team-and-their-roles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/the-ibd-team-and-their-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"The IBD Team and their roles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you are diagnosed with IBD and as part of the ongoing management of your condition, you will be seen by a number of health professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-accent-plum-background-color has-background\"><strong>We work as a multidisciplinary team to provide the highest standard of care to you with the resources we have.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IBD Nursing Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Role includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Disease education and support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medication education and initiation of treatment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advice during a flare up of your disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advice on side effects from medications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gastroenterologists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gastroenterology doctors specialise in intestinal disorders such as IBD and are responsible for making decisions with you about your care and appropriate treatment options for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be assigned to one of the Gastroenterology Consultants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specialist Pharmacists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Medication advice and management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other members of the IBD Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dietitians, Endoscopy Staff, Surgeons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are diagnosed with IBD and as part of the ongoing management of your condition, you will be seen by a number of health professionals. We work as a multidisciplinary team to provide the highest standard of care to you with the resources we have. IBD Nursing Team Role includes: Gastroenterologists Gastroenterology doctors specialise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-330","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"When you are diagnosed with IBD and as part of the ongoing management of your condition, you will be seen by a number of health professionals. We work as a multidisciplinary team to provide the highest standard of care to you with the resources we have. IBD Nursing Team Role includes: Gastroenterologists Gastroenterology doctors specialise","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/330\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/gi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}