TY - JOUR T1 - British Society of Gastroenterology policy and processes for the development of guidelines JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1184 LP - 1185 DO - 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309164 VL - 64 IS - 7 AU - Tony CK Tham AU - Dermot Gleeson AU - Simon M Greenfield AU - Adam Harris AU - Simone Cort Y1 - 2015/07/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/64/7/1184.abstract N2 - We refer to two recently published guidelines in this journal from the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) on coeliac disease1 and Barretts oesophagus.2 We describe our BSG policy on the production of guidelines, which sets a sufficiently high quality benchmark such that we have been awarded National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) accreditation for our production process.3 The full policy and advice document are available on our website.4 Most guidelines are commissioned by the BSG clinical services and standards committee (CSSC). The formulation of guidelines are driven by a Guideline Development Group (GDG), include a writing committee, members of which are recognised authorities in the field, and others representing a range of relevant expertise, … ER -