BGS

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