Policy & Media

This manifesto highlights seven areas that we think the incoming Welsh Government must prioritise to ensure that everyone in Wales is supported to age well and has access to the care that they need…

The BGS is pleased to have contributed to the NHS England publication, Urgent community care: clinical decision-making framework.

Today, the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee published a report on palliative care, which outlines recommendations for the Government’s Palliative and End of Life Care Modern Service…

The BGS welcomes the next stage in the Government’s plans to eradicate corridor care. 

Frailty is not an inevitable part of ageing, and must be understood at every level of society.

Climate change and the resulting increase in the number and intensity of heatwaves experienced in the UK are having a profound effect on the mortality rates of nursing and care home residents, a new…

Last week, we held our 2025 Autumn Meeting in the great city of Nottingham. It truly was a fantastic 3 days. 

The BGS is pleased that the National Audit Office has produced a report on primary and community healthcare for people living with frailty, and we welcomed the opportunity to contribute to the process…

We are delighted to announce that dietitian Kirandeep (Kiri) Marsh has been awarded the 2025 joint British Geriatrics Society/Vivensa Foundation Doctoral Training Fellowship. 

The report sets out the gap between the care older people need and the social care they currently receive. Too many people feel let down by social care and, as this report states, are dissatisfied…

Our Demystifying neighbourhoods document outlines what neighbourhood working means in practice, how it differs from existing models, and what it could mean for older people’s care.

The BGS is delighted that our President, Professor Jugdeep Dhesi, will serve as one of three co-chairs of the Frailty and Dementia Modern Service Framework (MSF).