Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Professor Peter Malfertheiner, Gastroenterologist, who is senior Professor of Medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany, on the paper 'Management of Helicobacter pylori infection—the Maastricht VI/Florence Consensus Report' published in paper copy in Gut in September 2022 and online at: https://gut.bmj.com/content/71/9/1724