2024 Wales Spring Meeting

Date(s)
18 - 19 April Wales
Credits
This meeting has applied for 6 credits of live CPD credit (expires 19 May 2024) and 6 credits distance learning CPD accreditation (expires 19 April 2025) with RCP (London)
This event is a local forum covering the latest scientific research and the best clinical practice in care of older people. This meeting will cover core areas of interest to all specialists responsible for the health care of older people and is open to attendees from near and far.

Flexible attendance options & registration fees for 2024: In person or online

There is no difference in registration fees for in person and online meeting attendance. The registration fee provides access to the conference or online platform for the days you are registered. On demand viewing post event will be limited to the days for which you have registered and paid.

There is a flexible transfer from in person to online attendance as clinical service and life balance require. Please check our FAQs first for any queries you may have about attendance or on demand watching.

Call for abstracts: Closed:

The closing date was  5pm Friday, 1 March 2024. Results will be communicated shortly to the submitters.

Accommodation

BGS have negotiated a rate for delegates at the conference venue: £90 B&B single occupancy or £101.50 B&B double occupancy. Please contact the hotel directly, info@ramadaplazawrexham.co.uk or Phone +44 (0)1978 291 400 and quote "British Geriatrics Conference Attendee" to book - please note that the preferential rate is subject to availability and will be released on 8 March 2024.

Other booking sites may be cheaper - please do shop around.

Who should attend:

  • Consultants & specialist doctors in geriatric medicine
  • Medics and Healthcare professionals training in related specialties
  • GPs with an Extended Role in Older People and GP trainees
  • Nurses and allied health professionals
  • Advanced and Specialist practitioner
  • Consultant Practitioners/Consultant Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physician Associates
  • Internal Medicine Trainees  (especially those considering a career in geriatric medicine)
  • Medical, Nursing, Allied Health professional students
  • Researchers into Ageing and Age-Related Conditions

Why participate:

  • Understand more on the key areas & challenges faced in geriatric medicine  
  • Hear focused presentations on core areas of the geriatric medicine
  • Present the latest scientific research to British Geriatrics Society members and elected officers
  • Attend small group workshop sessions
  • Network & socialise with other healthcare professionals

Networking Dinner, Ramada Park Plaza Hotel

KEYNOTE: Thursday 18 April 2024
Dr John Hindle
Guest Lecturer

Dr John Hindle

Retired Consultant Physician for the care of the elderly and 2018 recipient of the British Geriatrics Society Marjory Warren Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr Hindle worked at Llandudno Hospital for 28 years up until his retirement in 2018 and was responsible for setting up the first specialised Parkinson’s and Movement Disorder Clinic in Wales.

Tickets can be purchased at a cost of £35 to include a 2 course meal and drinks.

If you have already registered and would like to purchase a dinner ticket, pleaes contact us to do so.

18:30 Drinks & Speeches; 19:30 Dinner

So why not join us in Spring... we look forward to seeing you.

Event Details:

Cost to attend
All fees inclusive of VAT.
There is no cost difference between in person or online
BGS Member Non-Member
Fee Fee
Senior Doctors – Post CCT or CESR CP Professions £60 £120
Pre CCT or CESR CP Professions, Healthcare professionals (Nurses, Physiotherapists, Researchers) £30 £60
Retired member/ Students (Undergraduates in Medical School, Nursing or AHP courses) £15 £30
Corporate Representatives   £120
Card payments only. We don't accept PO or invoice payments.

*An early bird discount of 10% is available until 19 February 2024.

Your organization can register attendees and pay the registration fee by card only they hold on your behalf (A Proxy registration). There isn’t an option for invoice payment for our virtual and hybrid  conferences. The steps for a proxy registration are outlined on https://www.bgs.org.uk/hybrid-event-participants.

CPD and Post Event Access

We understand that you may not be able to tune-in to a live-streamed event or webinar as a result of clinical pressures. Therefore, if you view an archived version of a Federation-approved live-streamed event or live webinar within four weeks of it being broadcast you can still claim it as an approved external CPD course. BGS won't send certificates if you watch post event.

The live CPD codes will be found in the RCP diary.

After 4 weeks post-broadcast date
This will be classed by the RCP as distance learning and will be assigned a distance learning code and can be added to the diary as usual distance learning activities would be. 

  • As long as you are registered you can access the event live, or for up to 12 months post-broadcast via the platform 
  • The videos are instantly available
  • You can rewatch content for 12 months if you can’t join them all live.  
  • The RCP will allow you to claim CPD for up to 12 months after the delivery of a meeting where the archives are accessible.
  • If you watch you will need to record this in your CPD diary using the event code and hours but we won’t send a certificate for people who only watch post event. 
  • Further information about CPD can be found here https://www.federationcpd.org/covid-19.

Distance Learning

For the 2022/23 CPD year there will be no limit to the number of external credits that can be claimed for distance learning. In addition to the maximum of 10 approved distance learning credits you may add under the ‘Add Approved Entry’ tab, you may also add unlisted distance learning under the ‘Add Self-Certified Entry’ tab under the ‘Distance Learning’ sub-section. You will need to add them as an ‘External Self-Certified Distance Learning, Clinical or Non-Clinical’. Reading articles in online journals and e-libraries that are not approved should still be recorded as personal self-certified distance learning. Online mandatory training required by your employer should still be recorded as internal CPD.

Venue
Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Wrexham

The Ramada Plaza By Wyndham, Wrexham The Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Wrexham is easily accessible from Manchester and Liverpool Airports (approximately 45-minute drive), Wrexham General Train Station (5-minute drive/20-minute walk) and the major road network including M56/M53/M54 motorways. Please visit the Venue website for more information.

Accommodation

BGS have negotiated a rate for delegates at the conference venue: £90 B&B single occupancy or £101.50 B&B double occupancy. Please contact the hotel directly, info [at] ramadaplazawrexham [dot] co [dot] uk or Phone +44 (0)1978 291 400 and quote "British Geriatrics Conference Attendee" to book - please note that the preferential rate is subject to availability and will be released on 8 March 2024.

Other booking sites may be cheaper - please do shop around.

  • Session overview

    18 April Trainees Session HEIW 10.00 - 15.00

    Yes, I will attend Trainees Session
    BGS Trainee Spring Meeting 2024
    Thursday 18th April - Wrexham Medical Institute 

    10:00 CPET and pre-operative anaemia - Dr Neil Agnew, Consultant Anaesthetist, Wrexham Maelor
    11:30 Hip fractures - which operation for the patient and their fracture?- Mr Ian Starks, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Wrexham Maelor 
    12:15 National Audit of Inpatient Falls - Dr Sara Gerrie, Consultant Geriatrician, Wrexham Maelor 

    Lunch

    13:30 Hip Fracture - First Steps in Orthogeriatric Assessment, Key Aspects of Acute Hip Fracture Care and Using Hip Fractures to Help Us Understand  Osteoporosis.- Prof Antony Johansen, Consultant Orthogeriatrician, University Hospital Wales Cardiff. NHFD Lead.

    14:30 Anaesthetic care and hip fractures Dr Jac Points, Consultant Anaesthetist, Wrexham Maelor 
    No, I won't attend the Trainees Session

    Session 1 9.15 - 10.45

    Session 1
    Cardiovascular Health

    Session 2 11.15 - 12.30

    Session 2
    Frailty score debate

    Symposium 13.00 - 13.30

    This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by Daiichi Sankyo

    Session 3 13.45 - 15.00

    Session 3
    Palliative Medicine

    Session 4 15.15 - 16.00

    Session 4 Platform Presentations
    Poster presentations

    Session 5 16.00 - 16.30

    Session 5
    Education Update