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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) use PKB as a patient portal for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and as an [integrated digital care record as part of the Surrey Care Record program](https://www.patientsknowbest.com/surrey.html). Below are materials from the patient portal work:

- [Secretary of State for Health and Social Care case study](https://www.patientsknowbest.com/sashsos.html) on the benefits for IBD patients
- [Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network​ research](https://www.patientsknowbest.com/flaretocare.html) on how working with IBD patients saved £4 million
- [Liam, a patient with IBD](https://www.patientsknowbest.com/sashibdpatient.html), talks about using PKB at SASH
- [Launch press release](https://www.patientsknowbest.com/sash2016.html) from 2016

[Dr Azhar Ansari Dr Gastroenterologist ](https://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/our-services/consultant-directory/dr-a-ansari/) is leading the research activity of the IBD department . Currently there is an ongoing activity however, these are below some of the papers have been published : 

- [Low‐dose azathioprine or mercaptopurine in combination with allopurinol can bypass many adverse drug reactions in patients with inflammatory bowel disease](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04221.x)

- Flare to Care – a patient centered approach - see PDF below

- [Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Low-dose Azathioprine and Allopurinol Cotherapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Large Observational Study](https://academic.oup.com/ibdjournal/article-abstract/22/7/1639/4561991?redirectedFrom=fulltext)

- [PTH-153 The Impact of an Open Access, Non-Face to Face Nurse Led Inflammatory Bowel Disease Service on Service Transformation and Patient Outcomes](https://gut.bmj.com/content/65/Suppl_1/A295.1)

- [A population-based model of care for people with inflammatory bowel disease – patient-reported outcomes](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520085/)