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7. CGA in Primary Care Settings: Creating a problem list

28 January 2019

Creating a problem list as part of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment can help identify all the issues to consider and will be helpful in drawing up a care plan.

In a series

Good practice guide

Proactive care of older people undergoing surgery

23 May 2012

More older people are undergoing surgery, but postoperative outcomes are worse than for younger patients. This case study looks at the Proactive Care of Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) team at Guy's and St Thomas's.

Case study

Presentation Recordings: 2021 North West Autumn Meeting

07 December 2021

Presentations from 2021 North West Autumn Meeting (3 CPD Points)

In a series

Presentation

Caring in COVID: A nurse-eye view

08 September 2021

Members only

Newsletters

Presentation Recordings: Wessex Region Spring Meeting 2021

27 May 2021

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

Members only

In a series

Presentation

NAHP Council Peer support meeting content

01 March 2021

#NurseAHPcouncil online meeting
Wednesday 24th February 2021

National networking through peer support and professional development

Members only

Video/podcast

How do I manage delirium in older people with COVID-19?

24 February 2021

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.

Members only

In a series

E-learning

COVID-19: Stress, coping and resilience

19 March 2020

Scottish Quality & Safety Fellows, NHS Scotland, have put together some easy-to-follow tips on stress, coping and resilience during this difficult time which they have kindly allowed us to share.

In a series

Nursing Perspectives on the Confusion Assessment Method

16 August 2018

The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is used to detect delirium but its sensitivity is low when used in real-world settings. A study explored reasons for this through a series of focus groups with orthopaedic nurses at two academic hospitals in Hamilton, Canada.

Members only

Newsletters

Simulated practice to improve care

20 April 2018

This Practice Question has been published with the kind permission of the Royal College of Nursing.

Could simulated practice with registered nurses improve the delivery of healthcare for older people in hospital?

Members only

In a series

E-learning

Continence Care in Residential and Nursing Homes

19 April 2018

Many of the residents are likely to have some degree of urinary incontinence or dysfunction. Urinary incontinence in this setting should not be viewed as inevitable. With good management it may be preventable. Incontinence is a symptom of underlying problems.

Good practice guide

Doreen Norton - How one nurse helped to stop killer bedsores

11 September 2012

“Moving a patient relieves bedsores:” it sounds obvious today, but it took the work of an innovative nurse in the 1950s working with a group of elderly patients to realise it. Bedsores, or pressure ulcers are lesions caused by a number of factors including unrelieved pressure.

In a series

History

Improving oral health in older people

15 August 2017

The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England is concerned about the significant impact that poor oral health is having on older people’s general health and quality of life.

Report

Safe Nurse Staffing Levels on Wards

04 December 2012

Can it be used by nurses to determine whether staffing levels are safe on their wards?

Members only

In a series

Good practice guide

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Florence Nightingale Foundation launches NHS leadership support service

09 April 2020

The BGS would like to make its nurse members aware of a refocused initiative from The Florence Nightingale Foundation, aiming to support them as leaders during the current crisis and beyond.

News

The Government response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee Second Report of Session 2017-19, ‘The Nursing Workforce’

25 July 2018

The Government has published its response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's Second Report of Session 2017-19 on 'The Nursing Workforce'.

News

Welcome to our new BGS officers!

24 November 2021

The BGS Autumn Meeting 2021 marks the beginning of the term of office for a number of new BGS officers. We are incredibly grateful for the energy and commitment that all our officers bring to their roles.

Blog

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

22 November 2021

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.

Blog

The Nurse and Allied Health Professional Council Lunchtime Conference Event

15 January 2021

Lucy Lewis, Chair of the Council, opened the conference’s online lunchtime session with a welcome to all. This is the second year the NAHP Council committee has brought together the wider Council membership at the BGS Autumn Meeting 2020 to meet the Committee representing them and to provide an opportunity to listen and engage and to hear what is important to them.

Blog

The Florence Nightingale Foundation Travel Scholarship: Igniting leaders and fuelling potential

22 September 2020

Blog

Lister House

12 August 2020

Lister House Care Home nestles against the beautiful North Yorkshire landscape, just on the outskirts of the historic small city of Ripon.

Blog

International Nurses Day 2020: How are nurses impacting older adult healthcare during COVID-19?

12 May 2020

Blog

At what age do adults stop being adults?

07 January 2020

Blog

How do we recognise and act upon the duality of being a family caregiver and clinician?

16 September 2019

In 2018, as part of a Florence Nightingale Foundation travel scholarship, I spent over a month visiting the islands of Ireland and New Zealand. I went to find out more about advance care planning, hospice research activity, knowledge mobilisation and models of care for people living with dementia.

Blog

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

16 August 2019

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.

Blog

Supporting social care and the funding it urgently needs

20 June 2019

While integrated care is being discussed, Lucy Lewis, consultant practitioner trainee specialising in frailty and older people at Health Education England (Wessex), gives some startling figures that reinforce the value of social care systems and the call for increased funding.

Blog

International Nurses Day: Presence, not presents

10 May 2019

In the context of the multidisciplinary team it can feel awkward to single out any one profession for praise - but nurses offer unique and valuable skills, writes Dawne Garrett.

Blog

An unknown world

10 April 2019

Blog

The essential need to educate all about age and ageing

01 March 2019

The population is ageing and more and more professionals are required to work with older people wherever that may be; in specialist services, primary care, care homes, acute surgery or in an emergency department and everywhere.

Blog

NAHP Communities of Practice Advance Clinical Practice Meeting

6 May 2021 16:00 - 17:00

Webinar

Spring Meeting 2021

Live 28 - 30 April 2021 - On Demand until 30 April 2022

ONLINE

The BGS Spring Meeting 2021 is taking place on 28-30 April. Click here to view the programme, register or find out how to join online live or on demand.

Spring Conference

NAHP Communities of Practice Research Meeting

19 Apr 2021 16:00 - 17:00

Webinar

Autumn Meeting 2020

Live 25-27 Nov 2020 - On Demand until 27 Nov 2021

ONLINE

The BGS Autumn Meeting will cover the latest in evidence and best practice in the health and care of older people.

Autumn Conference

Wessex Spring Meeting 2021

27 May 2021 14:00 - 17:15

BGS Wessex region will be hosting a virtual networking meeting, consisting of key note speeches and mini updates. Areas will include innovation and research updates, service development and patient feedback.

Virtual Meeting

Nurse and AHP Council Peer Support

24 February 2021

A one-hour webinar on Wednesday 24th Feb 19:00-20:00 for the wider Nurse and Allied Health Council members.

Webinar

BritMODIS 2020

31 January 2020

BIRMINGHAM

SIG Meeting

BGS Nurse and AHP Council position statement on workforce and education

12 February 2019

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.

Policy

Physiotherapy and older people

11 March 2015

Policy

BGS Response to LACDP System Wide Response

26 June 2014

Policy

BGS submission in response to the Health Select Inquiry on planning for winter pressure on A&E Departments

04 August 2016

Policy

Future of Health and Social Care in England

14 July 2014

Policy

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