News - Any group -BGS EnglandBGS Northern IrelandBGS ScotlandBGS Wales/CymruCardiovascularDementia, Delirium and Brain HealthEnd of Life CareFalls and Bone HealthGastroenterology/Nutrition Medical StudentsMovement DisordersNurses and AHPs Council OncologyPeri-operative care of Older People undergoing Surgery Rehabilitation GroupResearchers and AcademicsSarcopenia and Frailty ResearchTrainees CouncilUrgent care and Frailty SIG Apply 22 May 2024 Dr Liam Barrett awarded 2024 BGS/Dunhill Medical Trust Doctoral Fellowship Dr Liam Barrett has been awarded a joint British Geriatrics Society/Dunhill Medical Trust Doctoral Training Fellowship to carry out PhD research benefiting the healthcare of older people 15 May 2024 BGS report finds lack of rehabilitation hinders older people… The BGS has published ‘Reablement, Rehabilitation, Recovery: Everyone’s Business’. This report focuses on rehabilitation for older people experiencing frailty or loss of function because of acute… 02 May 2024 Professor Roy Soiza announced as new Editor-in-Chief of Age… The BGS is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Roy Soiza as the new Editor-in-Chief of its journal, Age and Ageing. Professor Soiza is a Consultant Geriatrician at Aberdeen Royal… 03 Apr 2024 BGS welcomes new National Clinical Director The British Geriatrics Society is delighted that Dr Tom Downes has been appointed as the next National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Person-Centred Care. 22 Feb 2024 New BGS report exposes continuing shortage of geriatricians The BGS has published a new report, ‘The state of the consultant geriatrician workforce’. The report analyses data from the most recent UK census of consultant physicians conducted by the Royal College of Physicians London on behalf of the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK. The BGS brings the data on consultant geriatricians up to date and explores the potential impact on healthcare for older people. 09 Feb 2024 BGS report finds that short-staffing negatively affects… The BGS has published a new report 'The state of the older people’s healthcare workforce'. The findings in this report were gathered following analysis of a survey of the BGS membership. 08 Feb 2024 BGS responds to new research showing link between frailty… The British Geriatrics Society welcomes this new study published on 7 February in the journal Plos One which looked at rates of frailty among older people in England between 2002 and 2018. It found… 11 Jan 2024 BGS Statement on job titles The BGS are proud of the role we played in supporting our late friend, colleague and BGS member, Dr Kate Granger, with her #hellomynameis campaign. This approach has now become established as routine… 12 Jan 2024 Prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize awarded to scientific paper enabling early detection of age-related functional decline The prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize has been awarded to an Age and Ageing paper which analyses a major Canadian dataset, the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, to determine normative values for five measures of performance relevant to ageing. 19 Dec 2023 BGS responds to long-awaited publication of proactive care… The BGS is pleased to see that the long-awaited guidance on proactive care, 'Providing care and support for people living at home with moderate or severe frailty', has been published by NHS England… 01 Dec 2023 Transforming the quality of care in care homes through… A new BGS report makes key recommendations for the effective use of a national minimum dataset to deliver the best possible care in UK care homes and domiciliary care. 20 Nov 2023 BGS launches new Front Door Frailty resource BGS has today published a new resource aimed at supporting healthcare professionals who want to offer a front door frailty (FDF) service to older people presenting at emergency departments (EDs). Pagination First page First Previous page Previous … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 … Next page Next Last page Last
