Dr Vivek Goodoory, trainee associate editor at Frontline Gastroenterology and Gastroenterology registrar at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds UK, Dr Philip Dunne, Trainee Associate Editor at Frontline Gastroenterology trainee editor and Gastroenterology registrar in the West of Scotland deanery, Glasgow UK and Dr Giovanna McGinty, Trainee Associate Editor at Frontline Gastroenterology and a gastroenterology registrar at North Bristol Trust, Bristol, UK interview Dr Elizabeth Ratcliffe, Gastroenterology registrar and ex-chair of the BSG trainees' section committee, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK and Dr Emma Saunsbury, Gastroenterology registrar and Severn and Peninsula BSG representation to the trainees' section, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK on the paper "UK-wide survey of gastroenterology and hepatology trainees in 2022: endoscopy, workforce planning and the Shape of things to come published online in Frontline Gastroenterology in October 2023 - https://fg.bmj.com/content/15/1/35