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3rd World Falls Congress 2026

This event is intended for all multidisciplinary healthcare professionals working with older people who have undergone a fall, or are at risk of falling. Building upon the past conferences in Malaysia and Australia the two days will include keynote presentations from experts in the field, workshops and plenary sessions demonstrating best practice approaches available.

Sep

2024

Sep

2024

2024 25th International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability

2024 25th International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability Meeting

23rd International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability

2024 Wales Autumn Meeting

2024 Scotland Spring Meeting

Jan

2019

12. CGA in Primary Care Settings: Patients at risk of falls and fractures

Often a key component of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in primary care, this guide examines step-by-step how to carry out a multifactorial risk assessment for falls.

2025 Trainees in Geriatric Medicine Meeting

This event is intended for clinicians and healthcare professionals working with older people in acute and community settings in training roles.

2024 Movement Disorders

2024 Movement Disorders meeting covering older people's healthcare

2026 Northern Ireland Spring Meeting

Join us in Northern Ireland for a joint meeting with the Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of Old Age.

2026 Major Trauma in Older People

This event is intended for clinicians and healthcare professionals working with older people who have experienced major trauma.

Nov

2025

Clinical guide

Pragmatic prescribing to reduce harm for older people with moderate to severe frailty

This document aims to support prescribing decisions for older people with moderate to severe frailty. This information can be incorporated into shared decision-making conversations. It provides more lenient therapeutic targets than standard guidelines that better balance potential benefits and harms of medicines in this population.

Falls and Bone Health

This SIG acts as a focus for multidisciplinary interest and expertise on fall prevention and bone health.

Sep

2022

Clinical guide

World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A Global Initiative

These guidelines were developed by the World Falls Task Force, which assembled 96 multidisciplinary experts from 39 countries across 5 continents, with representation from 36 scientific and academic societies, including the BGS.

2025 26 International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability

This event is intended all multidisciplinary healthcare professionals working with older people in falls prevention and falls treatment.

Nov

2023

Information for healthcare professionals caring for older people during cold weather

This article lays out UK Health Security Agency’s guidance on how healthcare professionals can best prepare for cold weather and how to look after older adults when temperatures drop below freezing.

Jun

2025

Feels Like Fall!

What the BGS Falls and Bone Health SIG has been up to and a look ahead to the 2025 conference.

Anaemia

Established in 2017, this Special Interest Group deals with the disorders that may arise in the older person with anaemia.

Sep

2023

Remember, remember: Falls are not just for September!

Autumn - or Fall, if you prefer - is often a time that people dread, with decreasing daylight and cooler days. I, on the other hand, look forward to it. The year’s apples, plums and brambles are ready to be picked and made into wonderfully comforting crumbles

Dec

2022

The REDUCE Study: improving outcomes after hip fracture

Multiple hospital organisational factors are associated with adverse patient outcomes post hip fracture in England and Wales: the REDUCE record-linkage cohort study.

Sep

2022

Not just another fall in another care home – together we can get it right

Falls Prevention Awareness week is a national health campaign to raise awareness of falls health and injury prevention. Across the UK there will be an abundance of seminars, conferences and many discussions will be had.

Mar

2022

How can a smartphone app help diagnosis of spinal fractures?

A smartphone app has been shown by researchers to improve the diagnosis of vertebral fractures by helping medical professionals to make referral decisions based on how people are experiencing back pain.