Dr Philip Smith, Deputy Editor of FG and Social Media Associate Editor and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Dr Simon Everett, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK and BSG ERCP and EUS Quality improvement Lead, on the paper 'Individualised consent for endoscopy: update on the 2016 BSG guidelines’ published online in Frontline Gastroenterology in February 2023: https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2023/02/07/flgastro-2022-102353