British Geriatrics Society
Position Papers
Index

Date published Topic
Dec 2009 BGS response to CQC Strategy for 2010-15. See original CQC strategy document
July 2009 Consultation on guidance about compliance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Registration Requirements) Regulations 2009 - CQC consultation document
BGS response
July 2009 National review of age discrimination in health and social care
Department of Health consultation document
BGS response
July 2009 Assessment of Workforce Priorities 2009 - BGS submission to the Workforce Review Team
June 2009

Framework for the registration of health and adult social care providers
Department of Health Consultation document
BGS response

April 2009 Common Assessment Framework for Adults - a consultation to improve information sharing around multi-disciplinary assessment and care planning. Original Dept of Health consultation and BGS response
March 2009 Statement of involvement
BGS response to a CQC consultation on issues ranging from human rights and equality, governance anc policy involvement.
Download original consultation document
March 2009 Commissioning - Reviews in 2009/2010
Submission by BGS to Care Quality Commission
Download original consultation document
February 2009 Developing the quality and outcomes framework: proposals for a new independent process
submission by the BGS to the Dept of Health
February 2009 The End of Life Care Strategy: Quality Markers Consultation
submission by the BGS to the Dept of Health
October 2008 Changes to arrangements for regulating NHS bodies in relation to healthcare associated infections for 2009/10. BGS contribution to the debate
October 2008 The NHS Constitution. BGS submission to the debate
Sept 2008 Transforming the quality of dementia care: BGS response to consultation on a national dementia strategy
August 2008 A Review of the Consequences of Additional Private Drugs for NHS Care - BGS response to the Dept of Health
July 2008 NHS Next Stage Review: Our vision for primary and community care
Response by the BGS to the Department of Health
July 2008 Marking the electronic care records of violent patients
submission by the BGS to the NHS Security Management Service
July 2008 Dementia: ethical issues
BGS response to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
June 2008 The future regulation of health and adult social care
BGS response to a Department of Health consultation questionnaire
October 2007 Modernising Medical Careers
BGS submission to the House of Commons Health Committee Inquiry
October 2007 Essence of Care - Consultation on Patient Care Environment
BGS submission to the Department of Health
September 2007 A new ambition for stroke: a consultation on a national strategy
BGS submission to the Department of Health
August 2007

The Draft Statement: Decisions relating to Cardio-Respiratory Resuscitation
BGS submissionto the British Medical Association, Resuscitation Council ( UK ) and the Royal College of Nursing

July 2007 Independent Inquiry into Modernising Medical Careers (MMC)
BGS Submission to the Professor Tooke Inquiry
Feb 2007 The Human Rights of Older Persons in Healthcare Call for Evidence
BGS submission to the UK Parliament, Joint Committee on Human Rights
Jan 2007 A recipe for care - not a single ingredient
BGS response
Nov 2006 Mental Capacity Act 2005: Consultation on Draft Research Regulations
Submission to the Department of Health
Nov 2006 Good Doctors, Safer Patients
BGS response
Oct 2006

Implementation of the NICE guidance on donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Postition statement by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of the Psychiatry of Learning Disability, and the British Geriatrics Society

Sept 2006 National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care in England. [The National Framework was published 1 October 2007]
Submission to the Dept of Health
May 2006 BGS response to Living Well in Later Life - a Health Care Commission, Audit Commission and Comission for social care inspection recognising improvements.
May 2006 BMJ Leader
"Decent Health Care in Older People" by Drs J Morris, D Beaumont and D Oliver, published in the BMJ
May 2006 BGS submission to the European Commission on "Improving Mental Health of the Population: Towards a Strategy on Mental Health for the EU"
Apr 2006 BGS response to consultation paper issued by the Dept for Constitutional Affairs on the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice
Apr 2006 BGS response to the publication of "A New Ambition for Old Age, Next Steps in Implementing the National Service Framework for Older People. Click here for a fuller version of our response is published here
Apr 2006 BGS response to the Wanless Review of Social Care
Mar 2006 Workforce Needs and Planning for the Health Service
BGS responds to the House of Commons Health Committee Inquiry
Feb 2006 BBC Panorama programme - NHS Care Homes Swindle
BGS's view
Jan 2006 Independent Sector Treatment Centres (ISTCs)
BGS responds to the House of Commons Health Committee on the role and merits of ISTCs
Jan 2006 Payment by results and services for older people
BGS response in collaboration with the Specialist Societies Forum in England
Jan 2006 BGS points out that NICE has overlooked important benefits of antidementia drugs
Oct 2005 BGS response to Health Committee consultation on potential changes to the function and number of PCTs
Oct 2005 BGS response on equity and quality of dermatology services for older people
Sep 2005 BGS response on future housing and care for older people
Sep 2005 BGS response to DoH scoping study on Rehabilitation in the NHS and Social Care
April 2005 BGS response to Government White Paper on Public Health
April 2005 BGS submission to the House of Commons Health Committee on NHS Continuing Care
April 2005 BGS response to RCP (London) Working Party
Professional values in medicine
November 2004 BGS Position on a private House of Lords Bill on Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill
September 2004 BGS evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Scientific Aspects of Ageing
April 2004 Specialist Medical Input to Residential and Nursing Home Residents
Produced by Dr Noeleen Devaney on behalf of the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry and the British Geriatrics Society Special Interest Group on Cerebral Ageing and Mental Health in consultation with Dr Joe Neary on behalf of the Royal College of General Practitioners. The statement has been endorsed by Pauline Ford on behalf of the Royal College of Nursing