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An overview of how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is done in the primary care setting, and what to consider when conducting the assessment.
Older people with frailty, those with reduced mobility and those with multiple co-morbidities are all susceptible to problems with bone health.
As the country moved out of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, BGS issued a survey to its members to find out about their experiences of working through the pandemic and their concerns going forward. This report summarises its findings and sets out actions for the future.
This report summarises findings from a BGS survey of training programme directors (TPDs) about recruitment, retention and support initiatives, as well as challenges they face and solutions they have found regarding their trainee workforce.
This report sets out data that currently exists regarding nurses and AHPs working in older people’s healthcare in England and suggests how this workforce could be better utilised.
This report examines the geriatrician workforce needed to provide high-quality care for an ageing population with increasingly complex needs.
Find out how to contribute to AGENDA, including information on writing an article, upcoming themes, deadlines and advertising opportunities.
This list of preferred and non-preferred terminology has been compiled to help healthcare professionals, academic authors and the general public avoid language that might be deemed unacceptable or inappropriate when describing the health of older people.
View presentation slides from the Joint BGS, Macmillan and RCR OncoGeriatrics Meeting 2019 held on 27-28 February 2019 in London.
This statement sets out the BGS position on assisted dying, our priorities for end of life care, and our concerns that effective legal safeguards cannot be created to protect older people from unwarranted harms.
Ageing is a global concern. This issue looks at how initiatives and learning across geographical boundaries can help to improve the health of older people, both close to home and internationally. This content is limited to members only.
A list of validated tools which may be useful in augmenting clinical history-taking as part of comprehensive geriatric assessment, or as screening tools to trigger the need for an in-depth assessment.
BGS members are encouraged to support their local regions and to become actively involved with their current work. If you are keen to help strengthen the multi-disciplinary community of BGS members in your region, we’d love to hear from you.
These twelve video case studies were presented as part of the BGS Autumn Meeting 2023.
In this document, the BGS sets out five principles that should underpin front door frailty services, as well as tips on establishing services from those who have been through the process.
This publication outlines how to deliver proactive care against core components and key enablers, acting as a roadmap for implementing the NHS England framework and delivering proactive care services. This introduction includes a foreword, executive summary and an outline of the 12 recommendations.