British Geriatrics Society

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AGENDA: Issue 84 | Future of ageing

15 March 2022

What will geriatrics look like for the next generation? From living longer with Down's syndrome to ageing without children or living with the effects of climate change, we look at what the older people of tomorrow will experience, and how we can plan ahead to optimise their health and care. This content is limited to members only.

Members only

Newsletters

AGENDA: Issue 83 | Community

30 November 2021

The relaunch issue! With a brand new look, feel and name, the BGS Newsletter debuts as AGENDA, with a celebration of community services around the country working to keep older people healthy and out of hospital. This content is limited to members only.

Members only

Newsletters

Delirium Hub: Introduction

24 November 2021

A series of resources which provide an introductory overview of delirium.

End of Life Care in Frailty: Introduction and Foreword

12 May 2020

Introduction from Dr Eileen Burns, Consultant Physician and Past President of British Geriatrics Society, and foreword by Dr Sarah Russell, family carer.

Clinical guidelines

Silver Book II: Foreword and Introduction

22 February 2021

This chapter of the Silver Book II sets out the context, scope and purpose of the publication.

Good practice guide

Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) Project

20 January 2021

Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) is a Scottish national evaluation project focusing on care of older people across Scotland in both primary and secondary care settings.

Winter vaccines for older people

11 Jan 2023

This winter, respiratory illnesses, including COVID and flu, are prevalent across the NHS affecting both older people and the healthcare professionals who care for them. It is important for both older people and healthcare professionals to be vaccinated to give them the best chances of staying well.

Fact sheet

BGS responds to ongoing UK COVID Inquiry

08 December 2023

The BGS has watched the UK Covid Inquiry with growing concern. This response highlights our disappointment at the failings towards older people, and sets what we call for as a result of its findings.

Policy

Transforming the quality of care in care homes through better use of data

01 December 2023

A new BGS report makes key recommendations for the effective use of a national minimum dataset to deliver the best possible care in UK care homes and domiciliary care.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) have today published a new report providing case studies and analysis of last year’s crisis in emergency care. The BGS was among the organisations who contributed to the report.

BGS responds to RCEM report about emergency care

21 November 2023

Policy

BGS launches new Front Door Frailty resource

20 November 2023

BGS has today published a new resource aimed at supporting healthcare professionals who want to offer a front door frailty (FDF) service to older people presenting at emergency departments (EDs).

BGS sounds the alarm as winter approaches

15 November 2023

The BGS, supported by three Royal Colleges, is calling on governments across the UK to act now to ensure that older people have access to the health and social care that they need this winter.

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, has today published his annual report for 2023, Health in an Ageing Society.

BGS responds to CMO report

10 November 2023

News

Guidance on frailty assessment and management in oncology published

08 November 2023

The Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology (JCCO), the inter-collegiate body for non-surgical oncology in the UK, has published new frailty guidance in association with the British Geriatrics Society, the International Society of Geriatric Oncology and Macmillan Cancer Support.

WHO unveils special issue on measuring healthy ageing

30 October 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with Age and Ageing, the journal of the British Geriatrics Society, has released a Special Issue on the Measurements of Healthy Ageing.

Charting the course: Healthy mobility as we age

16 November 2023

Change is the only constant in life, and this includes shifts in how our bodies function as we grow older. A recent paper published in Age and Ageing provides an alternative to the traditional cutoff approach, taking the age-associated decline of physical function into account.

Critical care admissions for people with dementia are increasing in the last year of life

10 November 2023

A study published in Age and Ageing has found that whilst critical care admissions for people with dementia are decreasing overall, the number of admissions of those living with dementia who are in the last year of their life is slightly increasing.

Reflections, resources and hopes

03 November 2023

Top tips for virtual wards coming into winter

02 November 2023

Dr Shelagh O’Riordan gives her top tips on how to make virtual wards more effective and efficient.

Intermediate care

01 November 2023

If you want to ensure older people who have been acutely unwell are supported to recover, then you need services that facilitate rehabilitation, reablement and recovery.

Every winter has its spring

31 October 2023

Dr Rowan Wallace writes about national healthcare initiatives in Scotland and how these can be implemented locally.

Winter is coming! Protecting care home residents

30 October 2023

How can we best support care home residents to remain in their homes and avoid the exposure to unintended harms of a hospital admission?

A less awful winter: what can we do?

27 October 2023

In the opening blog of our Winter Pressures series, BGS President, Professor Adam Gordon, writes about the tremendous pressures on the health system last winter and hopes for this year.

Smarter data, better care: Empowering care homes to use data to transform quality of care

01 December 2023

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) hosted an event in London in September 2023 on ideas and practice around a minimum dataset for care homes. This report, which is based on presentations at the event and the debate that followed, makes 12 recommendations for the effective implementation and delivery of a national minimum dataset that we believe policy-makers and regulators should consider.

Position statement

BGS responses to external consultations

25 April 2023

The BGS regularly responds to external consultations by the UK government and those of the devolved nations that relate to older people's health, social care and wider issues, such as workforce. On this page you can find copies of our responses to recent consultations.

Position statement

Frailty Hub: Patient information

29 March 2023

This section of the Frailty Hub provides information that can be passed onto patients and their families living with frailty.