BGS Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland has a relatively small number of BGS members compared to the other devolved branches of the Society. The region holds regular local educational meetings and enjoys close collaboration with our Irish colleagues south of the border. On occasion it holds joint meetings with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and BGS Scotland.

Like the other devolved nations, Northern Ireland has representation on the BGS Board of Trustees and co-operate in workforce surveys.

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BGS Events

2025 Reducing sedentary behaviour in hospital Webinar

05 February 2025
ONLINE

2025 Reducing sedentary behaviour in hospital Webinar

Webinar

2025 Frailty and Urgent Care Meeting

Live 14 March 2025. On demand until 14 March 2026
GLASGOW
SIG Meeting

2025 Spring Meeting

Live 9 - 11 April 2025. On demand until 11 April 2026
BELFAST
Spring Conference

2025 Trainees in Geriatric Medicine Meeting

15 - 16 May 2025
LEEDS

2025 Trainees in Geriatric Medicine Meeting

Trainee Meeting

Training in Geriatric Medicine in Northern Ireland

“Hart to Heart” a presentation about training in geriatric medicine.

Presented by Dr Dominic Hart, Consultant Geriatrician, Downe Hospital and TPD Geriatric Medicine Northern Ireland

At the Geriatrics 4 Everyone event on the 14th October 2023

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BGS News

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BGS Blog

Avoiding hospital associated harm for older people this winter

27 Dec 2022

As we pass the winter solstice and the days start to lengthen, it feels hard to believe we will ever leave ‘winter’ in the NHS. Back-to-back ‘crises’ for health and social care, a perfect storm of a continuing pandemic/pandemic recovery, a chronically under-funded and under-staffed health service and social care sector and a cost of living crisis mean that our patients are going to struggle even more than usual this winter.

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The REDUCE Study: improving outcomes after hip fracture

07 Dec 2022

Multiple hospital organisational factors are associated with adverse patient outcomes post hip fracture in England and Wales: the REDUCE record-linkage cohort study.

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Is Advanced Clinical Practice one of the solutions to workforce shortages in older people’s healthcare?

15 Nov 2022

We should never lose sight that most older people live well in older age. However, we are also very familiar with the challenge of a population that is ageing with all the risks associated with co-morbidities and complex health and social care issues.

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Dying of ‘Old age’ – A lesson from the Queen

02 Nov 2022

Our beloved Queen Elizabeth II recently died of ‘old age’, surrounded by her family. She was very fortunate not to endure spending her last few weeks in hospital or institutional care, which is often the case for a lot of older people. Their journey frequently starts in an ambulance waiting outside a hospital, followed by lingering for hours on a trolley in the emergency department before being admitted to a ward.

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