Month: June 2025

This meeting addressed growing demand after the final and positive UK NICE recommendations on use of RefluxStop in NHS public hospitals

Implantica AG (publ.), a MedTech company at the forefront of treatment for acid reflux with its unique device RefluxStop™, a treatment field with 1 billion sufferers, announces the successful first UK National Users Meeting bringing together 21 top anti-reflux experts in UK last week. Surgeons exchanged their real-world experiences and delved into the positive National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations on using RefluxStop in NHS hospitals, opening a vast opportunity for RefluxStop procedures in patients with poor motility, representing up to 40-50%1 of the acid reflux (GERD/GORD) sufferers.

Mr. Ahmed Ahmed, a renowned anti-reflux surgeon at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, says, “As more and more patients ask for RefluxStop, I’m very pleased to play a part in this unique opportunity to collaborate with my colleagues to offer the latest and greatest treatment options to our GERD patients, such as RefluxStop. I’m already seeing a rapidly growing demand for RefluxStop, in line with excellent outcomes achieved in my current RefluxStop patients. The recent positive NICE recommendations now allow the use of RefluxStop in NHS hospitals, which is a testament to the UK healthcare system’s prioritization and focus on making the best treatments available to UK patients as soon as possible. On behalf of the GERD community, I would like to thank NICE and all involved stakeholders for their dedication to helping GERD patients who truly need effective treatment for this debilitating disease.”

Founder and CEO of Implantica, Dr. Peter Forsell, adds, “We sincerely thank and appreciate the world-leading healthcare policy advisory body, UK NICE, for their extensive and thorough review and announcement of the final positive recommendations for the RefluxStop™ procedure. Given how rampant GERD is in the UK, with up to 20% of the adult population struggling with the persistent discomfort and pain from the disease, the NICE recommendations for RefluxStop procedure couldn’t be more appreciated among UK specialists, addressing the huge unmet need and treatment gap, especially for the GERD patients who have poor dysmotility.¹

Dr Forsell continues, “I’m truly impressed by the great enthusiasm for RefluxStop™ from the esteemed UK surgeons and other experts. Following the highly successful UK RefluxStop™ users meeting where several UK surgeons presented their excellent outcomes and patient satisfaction results, and now with the very supportive NICE recommendations, it’s clear to me that RefluxStop™ will transform the reflux treatment landscape in the UK, and ultimately worldwide, in the coming future.”
1Shih-Chi Ho et al., Ineffective esophageal motility is a primary motility disorder in gastroesophageal reflux disease. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 2002. 47(3): 652-6

Visit www.implantica.com for further information.

Read Paul’s Story here-

“Hello

This June 24th it will be 5 years to the day that I started on the long journey to recovery. This was made possible due to the fantastic efforts of many people who helped along the way, including the surgical team at Bexley St James, Leeds and Oncology dept, York but most especially the kind volunteers at OPA, without whom I probably wouldn’t be here today.

With this in mind, and as part of reaching the milestone of my 60th Birthday in July, I felt it would be nice to give something back.

On the 18th of June I am embarking on a 60 mile hike across the Yorkshire Dales, encompassing the 3 Yorkshire peaks, over 2 days in order to raise funds for this fantastic organisation to which I’m forever grateful and thankful.

For more than three decades, the OPA has been at the forefront of the battle against oesophageal and gastric cancers. Their primary mission is to provide assistance to patients, families, and caregivers while promoting awareness about these types of cancers and their prevention, and this is exactly why I feel the need to do this. The advice and reassurance that myself and my family received from the volunteers at OPA was more than vital, especially as this was during lockdown.

Thank You for your kind Donation.

Paul.”

If you would like to support Paul in his fundraising, visit his Just Giving page here. 

We are incredibly grateful to Ray for supporting the OPA Cancer Charity by organising another fantastic fundraising event, the Band Appeal 2025. 

Thanks to Ray’s continued efforts, we’re able to raise vital awareness and funds to support patients and families through their cancer journey. 

This event will be on Saturday 18th October 2025, at 7pm/8pm start at Charter Club, Haig Memorial, Pasture Road, Goole, NH14 6HE. Tickets are £5 and are payable on the door. 

The line up for the 2025 Band Appeal is below. 

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Emma’s Story

When my husband Simon was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in December 2013, my world changed overnight. I was suddenly faced with the harsh reality of caring for a terminally ill partner while balancing intense oncology treatments, raising our two children, and continuing my work. Losing Simon – my husband and soulmate – in July 2016, left me heartbroken and plunged into a world of grief, depression, and profound loneliness.

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Just weeks before the pandemic began in 2020, I left my stable career in law to begin training in counselling. This marked the beginning of a two-year journey of unlearning societal norms, immersing myself in psychological theory, and realising that therapists and coaches don’t “fix” people’s problems.

Instead, I discovered the transformative power of holding space – of being present, facing difficult conversations, and allowing healing to unfold within a secure, compassionate, and non-judgemental relationship. I now apply all I’ve learned, including additional training in grief support, in my work as a grief and life coach. I specialise in helping clients navigate both the emotional realities of loss and the practical side – what I call the “Sadmin” – while learning to grow a meaningful life around grief.

 
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