Policy & Media

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) President’s Medal is a new award for 2024 to celebrate outstanding contributions to the healthcare of older people. The winner is proposed by the BGS President and…

The British Geriatrics Society is delighted to announce that Professor Jugdeep Dhesi is its new President, following a successful term as President Elect. She will be supported in the role by…

This year’s BGS Special Medal winner is Angela Conlan, Project Lead at Oxford Health Arts Partnership, which brings creative arts to older people in community hospitals, helping to ensure they can…

A new BGS document is aimed at healthcare professionals, clinical leaders, commissioners and system designers seeking advice on how to implement services in their locality.

Assisted Dying is currently an issue featuring regularly in the media and occupying the public’s attention, with Bills proposing the legalisation going through both the Scottish and Westminster…

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has launched a new elearning course, to help health and social care professionals to better support older people living with cancer.

Could the DGM be the next step in your career? Applications open in January 2025, with candidates undertaking self-guided study ahead of the Part 1 examination in February 2025.

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has published evidence-based guidance to support healthcare professionals in implementing proactive care for older people with frailty.

The BGS, supported by 16 organisations including four medical Royal Colleges, has expressed grave concerns about the impact of the winter months on the health and wellbeing of older people.   

The BGS has responded to news that the planned budget for NHS England’s Ageing Well programme has been cut by £390million (70%), as reported in HSJ.

The BGS is looking for up to 10 volunteer undergraduate Medical, Nurse or AHP Students for each day of its Autumn Meeting to assist with the running of the conference.

Today the British Geriatrics Society launches its #ChooseGeriatrics campaign. This campaign aims to ensure that the workforce caring for older people is fully and sustainably resourced, now and into…

The BGS is pleased to announce that Dr Iain Wilkinson has been appointed as its next Vice President Education and Training. He will officially take up the role on 7 October 2024.

Today Professor Lord Ara Darzi published the report of his independent investigation of the NHS in England. The BGS welcomes this report and looks forward to working with the Government and other…

The BGS is pleased to announce that Dr Claire Copeland has been appointed as its next Vice President Workforce. She will officially take up the role on 15 November 2024.

On 22 August, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved the sale of Lecanemab for the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease in the UK. This is a landmark event in the…

The British Geriatrics Society is delighted to announce that Dr Firdaus Hirji Adenwalla has been awarded the Society’s prestigious Marjory Warren Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024. Named in honour…

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS), the UK Hospital at Home Society, and the Royal College of Physicians London have released a joint statement in support of use of the term 'Hospital at Home'…

The BGS is delighted to announce that Lyndsey Dunn has been appointed as the next Chair of the BGS Nurse and AHPs Council. She will officially take up the role on 15 November 2024.

Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the BGS, has  recently announced a Journal Impact Factor™ of 6.0 , reflecting the continuing excellence of our flagship publication over the last year. As a…