British Geriatrics Society | Improving healthcare for older people

Featuring a guide to big data, the lowdown on the long-awaited NHS Long Term Plan, polypharmacy and how podiatry interventions could help to reduce falls.

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Newsletters

Presentation slides: Trainees Weekend 2019

14 February 2019

View and download presentation slides from the Trainees Weekend 2019

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Presentation

Presentation slides: MDOP 2019

14 February 2019

Slides for the meeting held on 1 February 2019 in Birmingham organised by the BGS Movement Disorders Section

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Presentation

Present your work at BGS meetings

13 February 2019

Do you have an interesting abstract presented elsewhere that you feel would also be of benefit to delegates at BGS meetings?

News

New Chair for BGS Community Geriatrics Special Interest Group

12 February 2019

BGS Community and Geriatrics Special Interest Group announces Dr Shelagh O'Riordan as its new Chair.

News

BGS Nurse and AHP Council position statement on workforce and education

12 February 2019

BGS Nurse and AHP Council have identified five levels of health and care staff in the workforce where specific knowledge and skills pertaining to working with older people, who may be living or dying with frailty, requires a tailored educational and practice development response.

Policy

BGS response to the Welsh Government's strategy on tackling loneliness and social isolation

24 January 2019

The BGS has submitted a response to the Welsh Government's 'Connected communities - Tackling loneliness and social isolation' strategy.

Policy

Prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize awarded to ‘Projections of multi-morbidity in the older population in England to 2035’

14 January 2019

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

News

Present your work at BGS meetings

13 February 2019

Do you have an interesting abstract presented elsewhere that you feel would also be of benefit to delegates at BGS meetings?

News

BGS Nurse and AHP Council position statement on workforce and education

12 February 2019

Policy

New Chair for BGS Community Geriatrics Special Interest Group

12 February 2019

BGS Community and Geriatrics Special Interest Group announces Dr Shelagh O'Riordan as its new Chair.

News

The British Geriatrics Society welcomes improved access to primary care

31 January 2019

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) welcomes the announcement of a new five-year plan for the NHS in England

News

BGS response to the Welsh Government's strategy on tackling loneliness and social isolation

24 January 2019

The BGS has submitted a response to the Welsh Government's 'Connected communities - Tackling loneliness and social isolation' strategy.

Policy

January 2019 issue of Age and Ageing journal is out now

22 January 2019

The latest issue includes papers on new guidelines for diagnosis of sarcopenia and hepatitis B and C in the older adult.

News

Professor John Starr 1960-2018

16 January 2019

Professor John Starr died suddenly on 8 December 2018, aged just 58.

News

Prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize awarded to ‘Projections of multi-morbidity in the older population in England to 2035’

14 January 2019

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

News

Wolverhampton’s Rapid Intervention Team

18 February 2019

Wolverhampton’s Rapid Intervention Team or RITS to those locally, is now a fairly large team. 21 registered nurses between bands 6 to 8a, 3 HCAs, 1 administrative assistant and 1 consultant in Care of the Elderly. At any one time, we have between 160 and 180 people under our care, and have seen emergency hospital admissions of people over the age of 75 decrease by 8.5% in Wolverhampton in the year 2017/8.

Blog

RCP assisted dying survey – voting now open!

13 February 2019

Blog

Suffering in silence - a time to speak up

11 February 2019

Both mental health and old age continue to attract stigma. It is hardly a surprise, therefore, that ageism in relation to mental health issues continues to blight society and that it remains a major problem in the NHS – the very institution intended to promote health and well-being.

Blog

Book review: Perioperative Care of the Elderly

08 February 2019

Thanks to the excellent work of the POPS team and many others around the UK, older people with surgical problems are now increasingly benefiting from specialised geriatric input. The evidence base has been strengthening, innovative new models have been explored and our surgical and anaesthetic colleagues have been enthusiastic advocates. So it’s great to see a full textbook devoted to the area, with 360 pages and 50 chapters.

Blog

NHS Long-Term Plan: The Ambitious Plan

04 February 2019

Health leaders have come together to develop the NHS Long Term Plan to make the NHS fit for the future. The plans, drawn up by patient groups, frontline staff, and a variety of experts, set out the key ambitions for improvements in services in every part of England that aim to improve the lives of many people.

Blog

Bladder & Bowel Problems: Being Brave Enough to Ask

01 February 2019

Blog

UTOCs – Unnecessary Transfers of Care

31 January 2019

One of my least favourite moments of my otherwise very enjoyable MDT meeting is when we come to discuss the new admissions on our rehab ward that week. There are two types of transfer which seem to be increasingly common. Let’s call them Mr Smith and Mr Jones…

Blog

Geriatric medicine research collaborative (GeMRC): update and research sandpit

29 January 2019

Performing research and good quality audits or Quality Improvement Projects (QIPs) as a trainee is difficult. This is due to issues such as time constraints, rotating jobs, and a lack of consistency of practice.

Blog

BGS Newsletter: Issue 69 February 2019

14 February 2019

Featuring a guide to big data, the lowdown on the long-awaited NHS Long Term Plan, polypharmacy and how podiatry interventions could help to reduce falls.

Members only

In a series

Newsletters

Presentation slides: MDOP 2019

14 February 2019

Slides for the meeting held on 1 February 2019 in Birmingham organised by the BGS Movement Disorders Section

Members only

Presentation

Presentation slides: Trainees Weekend 2019

14 February 2019

View and download presentation slides from the Trainees Weekend 2019

Members only

Presentation

Out-of-hospital management of UTIs in elderly patients

12 February 2019

Health Education England has commissioned an educational film, in collaboration with Public Health England’s Primary Care Unit, on the treatment of UTIs in older adults

Video/podcast

BGS Social & Environment Questionnaires

08 February 2019

The BGS Social Questionnaire and Environment Questionnaire can be adapted for use in social assessments.

Fracture Liaison Service Database Annual Report 2018

30 January 2019

The FLS Database Annual report 2018 from the Royal College of Physicians' Fracture Liaison Service Database (FLS-DB) provides the second national benchmark for the performance of FLSs at the patient level.

Report

13. CGA in Primary Care Settings: Patients presenting with depression

29 January 2019

Dealing with the management of depression as part of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment including the treatments to consider.

In a series

Good practice guide

14. CGA in Primary Care Settings: Patients presenting with confusion and delirium

29 January 2019

The prevalence of delirium in the community is 1-2 per cent but this rises to 14 per cent in people over 85, and in nursing homes or post acute care settings, can be up to 60 per cent. This guide deals with risk factors, diagnosis and management of this condition.

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Good practice guide

@gerisoc on Twitter

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