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2026 Nurse and AHP Funding for Leadership and Management course

In 2026 thanks to funding from a Vivensa Foundation Grant to Dr Jenni Burton we are offering 4 grants of a registration to the 2026 Leadership and Management Course with travel and accommodation support.

There will be a competitive process, with the BGS NAHP reviewing submissions and BGS supporting the winners to register. The University of Glasgow will support travel and accommodation booking
Members only
02
Mar
2026
Newsletters
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AGENDA: Issue 100 | Movement disorders

This edition focuses on movement disorders and explores some of the issues and innovations that impact older people with Parkinson's and related conditions. This content is limited to members only.
25
Sep
2026
to
25
Sep
2026

2026 POPS (Perioperative Care of Older People Undergoing Surgery) Meeting

Older surgical patients present geriatricians with challenges. This conference will look at improving outcomes for this complex multimorbid group of patients.
11
Sep
2025
to
11
Sep
2025

2025 POPS (Perioperative Care of Older People Undergoing Surgery) Meeting

This event is intended for all multidisciplinary healthcare professionals working with older people undergoing elective or emergency surgery.
12
Feb
2019

BGS Nurse and AHP Council: position on the professionals’ workforce development and educational requirements of those supporting the health and care of older people

BGS Nurse and AHP Council have identified five levels of health and care staff in the workforce where specific knowledge and skills pertaining to working with older people, who may be living or dying with frailty, requires a tailored educational and practice development response.
13
Nov
2025
to
13
Nov
2025

2025 NAHP Community of Practice Workforce and Education

A BGS webinar on Workforce and Education. This session will focus on Nurse and AHP Workforce Across 4 Nations – Challenges and Achievements.
14
Oct
2024

National Allied Health Professions Day: How geriatric physiotherapy provides person-centred care
14
Oct
2024

How occupational therapy can aid small changes that make a big difference to older people
14
Oct
2024

Swimming upstream: Working as a Frailty Physiotherapist in a Primary Care Network
15
Nov
2022

Is Advanced Clinical Practice one of the solutions to workforce shortages in older people’s healthcare?

We should never lose sight that most older people live well in older age. However, we are also very familiar with the challenge of a population that is ageing with all the risks associated with co-morbidities and complex health and social care issues.
22
Nov
2021

Leading through a pandemic: Amplifying the voice of Nurses and AHPs in the BGS and beyond

Outgoing Chair and Deputy Chair of the BGS Nurses and AHPs Council reflect on the past two years and celebrate the contibutions of the Council during the pandemic.
05
Nov
2020

Occupational Therapy Week 2020: Working with ‘people’ not ‘patients’
03
Mar
2020

Interprofessional Learning in Care of Older People: more than the sum of its parts!

We are only as good as the sum of our parts – person-centred care for older people with complex needs is not the task of any profession alone.
14
Oct
2019

Happy #AHPsDay from the BGS!
16
Aug
2019

Keeping planes in the air - learning the art of interdisciplinary working

I stared through the window at the propellor whirring not much more than 8 feet from my head and wondered what makes the difference between safety and disaster on an aeroplane. Evidence from the airline industry would suggest that the biggest single factor is the human factor - the so called nontechnical skills.
05
Aug
2019

What makes you go ‘hmm…?’ about occupational therapy in the UK?

What makes you go ‘hmm…?’ about occupational therapy in the UK? Well, the Royal College of Occupational Therapists in collaboration with the James Lind Alliance has launched a UK-wide survey to find out.
Members only
20
Mar
2023
Newsletters
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AGENDA: Issue 88 | Care homes

There are three times as many care home beds as acute hospital beds in the UK. This issue focuses on the significant group of older people who live with frailty in care homes. This content is limited to members only.
10
Aug
2021
Position statement
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Ambitions for change: Improving healthcare in care homes

This document describes the care home sector across the UK as it currently stands, how health and wellbeing has traditionally been supported in care homes and sets out what good healthcare provision in a care home environment should look like.
Members only
24
Feb
2021
elearning
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How do I manage delirium in older people with COVID-19?

Delirium is now recognised as a common symptom of coronavirus, and older people living in long-term care facilities are at higher risk, especially those with dementia.
01
Dec
2012
Fact sheet
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Geriatricians in Medicine

Geriatrics is the largest specialty doing general medicine and providing acute medical care of patients admitted as emergencies. As general physicians, they share with other specialists in Acute/General Medicine the provision of the first 24-48 hours of emergency medical care of all adults.
Members only
08
Jun
2021
Presentation

Presentation Recordings: Wessex Region Spring Meeting 2021

The Wessex Region Spring Meeting 2021 was held on 27 May 2021