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BGS report finds that short-staffing negatively affects healthcare professionals’ mental health

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.

Feb

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…

Jan

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…

Jan

Prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize awarded to…

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…

Dec

BGS responds to long-awaited publication of proactive care guidance

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 today.

Dec

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.

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).

BGS sounds the alarm as winter approaches

The BGS, supported by three Royal Colleges, is calling on governments across the UK to act now to ensure that older people have access to the health and social care that they need this winter.

BGS responds to CMO report

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, has today published his annual report for 2023, Health in an Ageing Society.

Guidance on frailty assessment and management in oncology…

The Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology (JCCO), the inter-collegiate body for non-surgical oncology in the UK, has published new frailty guidance in association with the British Geriatrics Society…

Oct

WHO unveils special issue on measuring healthy ageing

The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with Age and Ageing, the journal of the British Geriatrics Society, has released a Special Issue on the Measurements of Healthy Ageing.

Oct