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The British Association of Dermatologists (the BAD) invites other specialist societies to provide a ‘guest parallel session’ at the BAD annual scientific meeting and the BGS was invited to do this at the July 2018 BAD meeting in Edinburgh.
BGS Scotland held its 2017 Autumn Meeting in early November. It was held in Aberdeen. Christine McAlpine reports.
Ten per cent of patients admitted to hospital as an emergency stay more than two weeks, using 55 per cent of all hospital bed days, and 80 per cent of that group are aged over 65 years. The average age of a hospital inpatient is over 80.
Christine McAlpine, reporting on activites of BGS Scotland to the Board of Trustees. Responsibility for the NHS in Scotland is a devolved matter and rests with the Scottish Government.