At UEG Week 2025, EOS Network's CEO & Founder, Amanda Cordell, joined the 3^rd Digestive Health Roundtable to foster collaboration and shape the future of digestive health.

The meeting featured insights from UEG experts and European patient leaders, followed by breakout sessions that laid the groundwork for the Digestive Health Manifesto.

The resulting manifesto presents actionable recommendations to guide policymakers, healthcare professionals and researchers across Europe, underscoring the vital role of patient voices in shaping care, research, and policy for a healthier future. 

The Digestive Health Manifesto outlines three key areas:

1. Digestive Cancer Care: Advancing prevention and screening, expanding patient support, fostering collaboration, and promoting innovation in early detection.
2. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs): Standardising PROMs, promoting inclusivity and health literacy, and embedding patient-centred outcomes into policy and practice.
3. Patient Involvement in Clinical Trials: Fostering meaningful engagement, ensuring equitable access, and aligning research practices with the lived experiences of patients.

By amplifying the patient voice, we aim to drive innovation and create a landscape where patients are co-creators of progress, helping to improve outcomes and transform digestive health across Europe.

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Read the full manifesto

Download the manifesto in PDF

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"A warm thank you to our partners for their invaluable collaboration and commitment".

The UEG Public Affairs Committee - Digestive Health Roundtable

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UEG Digestive Health Manifesto Partners

Digestive Cancers Europe (DiCE), the Association of European Coeliac Societies (AOECS), the European Liver Patients’ Association (ELPA), the International Federation of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Associations (IFCCA), the European Coalition for People living with Obesity (ECPO), the International Liver Cancer Movement (ILCM), EOS Network, and Pancreatic Cancer Europe (PCE).

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