North East and Yorkshire

Region overview

The North East and Yorkshire region covers the area including:

  • Cumbria and the North East
  • West Yorkshire and Harrogate
  • Humber, Coast and Vale
  • South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw

Meet North East and Yorkshire BGS members

  • BGS members can join our members directory allowing them to connect with other healthcare professionals in their region.
     
  • The forum is free to access for all health professionals with a BGS web account. You can access it via the BGS app. Use the forum to discuss older people's healthcare by theme (e.g. dementia) or topic (e.g. workforce). The forum also allows you to ask questions, or help provide answers to other professionals. It is a forum where health professionals can ask seek help, offer support to others or share their successes. Find out more on the forum information page.

Get involved

There are multiple ways to get involved with your BGS region.

  • Submit content for your regional e-bulletin. The BGS sends a tailored quarterly e-bulletin to each of its six England regions. As the region areas are so vast, you can provide valuable support by sharing updates on what’s happening in your own hospital or Trust. Please email your Co-Chairs with updates.
     
  • Help to plan our online events and webinars. By joining the planning committee, you will have the opportunity to help create programme content, source speakers and support on the day. This will help to enable colleagues to improve the delivery of high-quality healthcare to older people. Please email your region Co-Chairs to express your interest.

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2026 Yorkshire and North East Region Meeting

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2026 Yorkshire and North East Region

This virtual meeting is hosted by the Yorkshire and North East Region.
BGS 2026 Yorkshire and North East Region Meeting

North East and Yorkshire Officers

North East and Yorkshire Region Update March 2026

Our Region Co-Chairs share an update every quarter, highlighting key developments, successes, and priorities from across their region.

There is limited news to report from the North East region at present, however I am currently working on developing a stronger network of contacts across the local trusts. The aim is to establish clearer lines of communication so that we can receive more regular updates and share developments across services in the region.

One positive development is taking place at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, where a new Urology POPS (Perioperative care of Older People undergoing Surgery) clinic has recently been introduced as part of a trial. Early feedback suggests that the clinic is performing very well and is already demonstrating benefits in supporting older surgical patients.

The trial is scheduled to run for six months. If the outcomes continue to be positive, there is potential for the model to be expanded beyond urology and rolled out across other surgical specialties within the trust.

It will be useful to monitor the progress of this initiative over the coming months, as it could provide a strong example of how POPS services can be integrated more widely to improve perioperative care for older patients. 

Dr Elizabeth Clark