British Geriatrics Society

BGS responds to NHSE’s Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service Specifications

16 Jan 2020

Presentation slides: BGS Autumn Meeting 2019

Events

24 January

24th Annual Cardiovascular SIG Meeting 2020

24 January 2020

LONDON

Cardiovascular ambulatory care in the older person: what is possible? This event is intended for clinicians and healthcare professionals working with older people with cardiovascular disease.

SIG Meeting

31 January

BritMODIS 2020

Trainees Weekend 2020

07-08 February 2020

GLASGOW

This annual 2 day weekend meeting is built around the current curriculum needs and experiences of junior doctors training for a career in geriatric Medicine.

Trainee Meeting

Latest

Featured Policy & Media Blogs Resources

NHS RightCare: Frailty toolkit

05 June 2019

This toolkit provides expert practical advice and guidance on how to commission and provide the best system wide care for people living with frailty.

Presentation slides: BGS Scotland Spring Meeting 2019

04 June 2019

View and download slides from the BGS Scotland Spring Meeting & NRS Ageing Specialty Group held on 26 April 2019 in Edinburgh.

BOAST: The care of the older or frail orthopaedic trauma patient

03 June 2019

This standard has been jointly produced by the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) and other organisations.

Age and Ageing collection: Longitudinal studies of ageing

02 May 2019

Highlights the approaches, scope and impacts of a selection of longitudinal studies of ageing published in Age and Ageing within the past 10 years.

Presentation slides: BGS Spring Meeting 2019

01 May 2019

The BGS Spring Meeting was held on 10-12 April 2019 in Cardiff.

Care homes in Wales: Your questions answered

19 March 2019

The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has published an information guide for older people and their families giving information about care homes.

Fact sheet

Abstracts of work presented at the British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting 2019

07 March 2019

View, download and print the complete abstracts of work from the BGS Spring Meeting Cardiff, 10-12 April 2019.

Abstract

People’s experience using adult social care services

04 March 2019

This NICE quality standard (QS182) covers the experience of adults using social care services and is endorsed by the BGS.

Clinical guidelines

BGS responds to NHSE’s Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service Specifications

16 January 2020

Opportunity for a nurse practitioner and a general practitioner to join the DGM Exam Development Group

15 January 2020

Prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize awarded to ‘Everyday life after a hip fracture'

14 January 2020

The prize is given annually to the most deserving medical research relating to the needs of older people, published over the last year in the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, Age and Ageing.

Applications invited for the BGS Movement Disorders SIG Essay Prize 2020

12 January 2020

The BGS Movement Disorders SIG runs an essay competition, open to medical, nursing and therapy students. Closing date for entries is 31 May 2020.

43rd Amulree Prize now open for submissions

12 January 2020

We invite entries from medical and dental students for the 43rd award of the Amulree Prize, to be submitted by 5pm on 30 June 2020.

Interested in getting involved in BGS policy? Get in touch about our new Policy Advisory Panel!

08 January 2020

Policy

BGS responds to Age UK analysis

19 December 2019

Better equip the NHS to tackle debilitating loneliness in older people, say leading health organisations

17 December 2019

Early identification and treatment of health conditions that increase loneliness are crucial to improving the lives of older people, according to a new report published by the British Geriatrics Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

NHSE’s Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service Specifications; What are they, and why do they matter?

17 January 2020

Over the Christmas/New Year period, NHS England and NHS Improvement held what must have been one of the shortest and unfortunately ill-timed public consultations ever by publishing the Draft Outline Service Specifications for the Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service on 23 December.

Associations of 4AT (Alertness, Abbreviated Mental Test-4, Attention and Acute change or fluctuating course)

16 January 2020

Geriatric Medicine Research Collaborative publish results of first round of delirium audit in BMC Medicine

13 January 2020

Worldwide, there was an estimated 46.8 million individuals living with dementia in 2015, and this number is growing every day. Therefore it is difficult to pursue a career in modern medicine without encountering a person living with dementia.

Audit is Dead - Long Live Audit

11 December 2019

We’re all occasionally tempted to consider ourselves immune to the ageing process. I am a consultant of more than 20 years, yet I can’t help but think of myself as a peer to the new consultants and junior staff I work with.

Book review: Using technology in dementia care

09 December 2019

Being both a doctor and a massive geek, healthcare technology is an interest of mine. I’ve attended and organised healthcare-related hack days with the focus on making healthcare IT less bad.

BGS GeriGPs Group and the NHS Long Term Plan

10 December 2019

GeriGPs and the GeriGP group of the BGS offer a constructive solution to some of the challenges facing the NHS.

Position paper

Presentation slides: BGS SE & SW Thames Joint Region Meeting 2019

16 October 2019

The BGS SE & SW Thames Joint Region Meeting 2019 was held on 16 October 2019 in West Sussex.

Presentation slides: Improving Continence Care in Older People 2019

Improving Continence Care in Older People 2019 was held on 13 September 2019 in Glasgow.

Presentation slides: 20th International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability

The 20th International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability was held on 20 September 2019 in London.

Presentation slides: BGS Wales Autumn Meeting 2019

The BGS Wales Autumn Meeting 2019 was held on 5-6 September 2019 in Swansea.

Presentation slides: G4J 2019

Geriatrics 4 Juniors (G4J) 2019 was held on 23 November 2019 in Manchester.

Presentation slides: BGS Scotland Autumn Meeting 2019

The BGS Scotland Autumn Meeting 2019 was held on 21-22 November in Dumfries.

Presentation slides: BGS Autumn Meeting 2019

6-8 November 2019

The BGS Autumn Meeting 2019 was held 6-8 November in Leicester.