Characteristics of papers presented at the BAPES congress, 2019-2022

To review characteristics of papers presented at the BAPES congress over a 4 year period.

Papers presented at BAPES congresses 2019–2022 were identified from publicly available congress programmes. Papers were grouped by sub-specialty and centre. Descriptive statistics performed in Microsoft Excel.

The total number of papers presented was 2019: 57, 2020:22, 2021:48, 2022:41. The most presented subspecialty was urology (57 papers, 34%). In 2019, upper GI had the largest share (30%); subsequently, urology has had the largest share (2020:45%, 2021:35%, 2022:41%). 79% of papers were from UK centres. In 2019, 12% of papers were from international centres. This rose in 2020 (31%) but has since decreased (2021:27%, 2022:22%). Within the UK, the most represented consortium is London and the South-East (62% of UK papers). The most represented centres are Great Ormond Street (26, 20%) and Evelina (18, 14%).

Since 2020, urology has consistently been the most presented subspecialty. The majority of papers are from UK centres. Following an increase in 2020, the number of international papers is falling– this may be due to international centres wishing to attend local in person conferences. 34% of UK papers are from 2 centres in the London and South-East consortium.