British Geriatrics Society

Doctoral Training Fellowship offers frontline health professionals the opportunity to undertake research

25 Apr 2021

COVID-19: Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes

04 Dec 2020

Live 28 - 30 April 2021 - On Demand until 30 April 2022

Good practice guide

Events

28 April

Spring Meeting 2021

ONLINE

The BGS Spring Meeting 2021 is taking place on 28-30 April. Click here to view the programme, register or find out how to join online live or on demand.

Spring Conference

14 May

Cardiovascular SIG meeting 2021

Trainees Weekend 2021

10-11 June 2021

ONLINE

Trainee Meeting

Popular Resources

Featured Policy & Media Blogs Resources

COVID-19: Vaccinations and older people

06 January 2021

The first vaccines for COVID-19 have been approved for use in the UK and older people are being prioritised for access to the vaccine. This page brings together current information on vaccination, including BGS position statements, Q&As and useful external links.

First published 30 Mar 2020

Position statement

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.

#BGSFairCare: Our letters to Ministers

02 November 2020

Read our letters to the Health Ministers in each of the four nations of the UK asking them to take urgent action to protect older people during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes

The COVID-19 pandemic raises particular challenges for care home residents, their families and the staff that look after them. This guidance has been developed to help care home staff and NHS staff who work with them to support residents through the pandemic.

Good practice guide

Frailty Hub: Introduction to frailty

23 June 2020

Find out what frailty is and how it can be diagnosed and managed.

Keeping older people safe and well at home

21 April 2020

These resources have been developed to help keep older people safe at home by reducing deconditioning and falls hazards, supporting people with conditions such as dementia or Parkinson's, and improving overall wellbeing to help to keep their minds and bodies active.

Fact sheet

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

Atypical Covid-19 presentations in older people – the need for continued vigilance

14 April 2020

Over the past month the landscape of healthcare has dramatically changed as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. All acute trusts, primary care organisations and social services have had to remodel their working patterns in order to manage the rising number of patients with Covid-19.

BGS responds to the Queen's Speech 2021

11 May 2021

Today the Queen outlined the government's priorities for the year ahead, as she officially reopened Parliament.

Policy

Interview with BGS Special Medal Winner Bex Townley

25 April 2021

The BGS Special Medal is awarded to a non-clinical professional who has made an outstanding contribution to promoting the health and wellbeing of older people.

Doctoral Training Fellowship offers frontline health professionals the opportunity to undertake research

25 April 2021

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) and the Dunhill Medical Trust (DMT) are inviting front-line health professionals to apply for a Doctoral Training Fellowship to undertake vital research relevant to age-related diseases and frailty.

The BGS has published a manifesto for the Senedd election in Wales outlining how an incoming Welsh Government can better support older people.

Our manifesto for the Senedd Election 2021

22 April 2021

Policy

Our manifesto for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election

22 April 2021

The BGS has published a manifesto for the Scottish Parliament election outlining how incoming Scottish Government can better support older people.

Policy

BGS launches COVID-19 second wave survey

14 April 2021

The BGS encourages all members to complete this second COVID workforce survey to better understand your experiences of working through the pandemic during the winter and how BGS offer support over the coming months and years.

BGS comments on creation of new Office for Health Promotion

30 March 2021

The Department of Health and Social Care announced on 29 March that the health promotion functions of Public Health England will be transferred to a new Office of Health Promotion in the autumn of 2021.

Announcing Emergence Volume 2

26 March 2021

The editorial team are also pleased to announce that submissions for the second volume are invited from British Geriatrics Society members of any discipline or grade, as well as those in the IGS.

Medicine Optimisation: Join the evolution...

13 May 2021

The BGS ‘Drugs and Prescribing’ Special Interest Group (SIG) was established in 1988. Recently the name was modified to the ‘Medicines Optimisation’ SIG in order to reflect the evolving way that we approach therapeutics in older people.

A Poet’s-Eye-View of Illness, Recovery and Rehabilitation

23 April 2021

So runs the refrain in ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen, a classic so many of us have enjoyed with our children.

Greening the NHS: Where do I Start?

22 April 2021

There’s a wave of excitement sweeping through my Zooms. More and more of us in the NHS are hungry for advice about how to reduce our carbon footprint, but many of us just don’t know where to start.

Enhanced Health in Care Homes: How is it for you?

16 April 2021

Those of us working a lot with care homes have been involved in implementing the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Directed Enhanced Service (EHCH DES) that came into effect last year.

The challenges and opportunities of COVID-19 for research in care homes

12 April 2021

When my team received National Institute for Health Research funding for ‘Understanding stakeholders’ perspectives on implementing deprescribing in care homes’ (or STOPPING) study in 2019, we were looking forward to 2020.

Don’t ask, don’t tell: Silence in the medical encounter when sexual problems, ageing, and health conditions meet

08 April 2021

Evidence shows that high numbers of women and men aged 50+ have a sexual problem caused by a health condition or the medications taken to manage it, but that they do not always seek help.

A review of ‘Emergence’

31 March 2021

I was delighted and intrigued when I first heard about Emergence, an anthology of prose and poetry related to ageing, all nominated by clinicians working with older adults in Ireland.

Frailty predicts adverse outcomes in older adults admitted with trauma

30 March 2021

Trauma is becoming a geriatric specialty, with the majority of major trauma admissions now adults over 65 years. Injury severity in these older adults is comparable to that of younger patients, yet mortality is far higher.

Presentation Recordings: Webinar Health of older people living in care homes: What can we learn from big data linkage projects?

06 May 2021

Webinar recording for 5 May 2021 Webinar: Health of older people living in care homes: What can we learn from big data linkage projects?

Presentation

Presentation Recordings: Trent Region Spring Meeting 2021

28 April 2021

The Trent Region Spring Meeting 2021 was held on 22 April 2021

Presentation

BGS Northern Ireland: AGM Papers

02 October 2020

This page contains materials relating to the adjourned BGS Northern Ireland Annual General Meeting 2020 that will be held virtually on the 28 April 2021.

Presentation Recordings: Northern Region Spring Meeting 2021

30 March 2021

The Northern Region Spring Meeting 2021 was held on 24 March 2021

Flexible Working in Geriatric Medicine

24 March 2021

This BGS position statement sets out the benefits of less than full time (LTFT) working in geriatric medicine for both individuals and organisations, and provides six guiding principles as well as tips for sucessful flexible working.

Position statement

COVID-19: Vaccinations and older people

06 January 2021

Position statement

Talking heads: Perspectives from the COVID-19 pandemic

10 March 2021

Perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic and its affect on members' mental and emotional health, aired at the BGS Autumn Meeting 2020.