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The BGS blog aims to present issues relevant to people working to improve the health and care of older people. It will highlight the latest news and activities from across all the BGS campaigns, events, publications and activities as well as original articles commissioned by leaders in geriatric medicine.

We have an exciting range of guest bloggers and welcome news and commentary on geriatric medicine from all those working in the field of older people's healthcare in the UK and abroad. Read our guidelines on submitting a blog for more details.

All content is moderated by our Blog Editors. Opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily of the British Geriatrics Society.

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Training the future doctors in Hospital at Home: the Integrated Care Fellows Training Programme

15 Jul 2022

With the national agenda to create virtual wards has come an increasing demand to develop Hospital at Home (hospital@home, H@H) services. Guys and St Thomas’ H@H, operational since 2014, “takes the ward to the patient’s home”.

Timely Discharge Series: Right care, right time, right pathway

09 Nov 2021

This is the ninth blog in the BGS’s ‘Timely Discharge’ series. We aim to raise awareness of the detrimental effects on older people of being stuck in hospital when they are 'medically fit for discharge'. Our blog series explores the causes of delayed discharges, the knock-on effects to the wider health and social care system, and what needs to change.

Timely Discharge Series: Supporting recovery at home

08 Nov 2021

This is the eighth blog in the BGS’s ‘Timely Discharge’ series. We aim to raise awareness of the detrimental effects on older people of being stuck in hospital when they are 'medically fit for discharge'. Our blog series explores the causes of delayed discharges, the knock-on effects to the wider health and social care system, and what needs to change.

Greening the NHS: Where do I Start?

22 Apr 2021

There’s a wave of excitement sweeping through my Zooms. More and more of us in the NHS are hungry for advice about how to reduce our carbon footprint, but many of us just don’t know where to start.

BGS hosts five nation care home meeting

09 Oct 2020

Chaired by BGS Past President Dr Eileen Burns, the five nation care home meeting gave participants an opportunity to share their experiences of managing COVID in care home settings and to compare what worked well and what didn’t.

Keeping contact alive during COVID-19

28 Sep 2020

On the 20th March the usual discussion, laughter, sounds of people coming and going, and noises of normal life fell eerily silent. We had gone into a national state of ‘lock down’. I had always avoided using the phrase if we had needed to close our care home to visitors previously, but now it actually felt appropriate. We were locked down and locked in.

Lister House

12 Aug 2020

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

If ever there was a time to work together to improve services for older patients with frailty, it’s now!

01 Jun 2020

Doctoring, fast and slow

12 Sep 2019

In my experience I have found three types of doctors; Those who work very fast, very slow or somewhere in the middle. This is obvious and logical as human behaviour is divided on the basis of a normal distribution, with most being average.

Creating extra carer support through a massive open online course

10 Jun 2019

The primary care ship lurched significantly in early March with the arrival of the new NHS England (NHSE) GP contract

25 Apr 2019

Titled “Investment and Evolution” and sporting the NHS flagship blue and white livery it made many bold statements. First up, the extortionate premiums in indemnity coverage that GPs face will end, thanks to state backed indemnity. Nice.

Are care homes the hospices of the future?

16 Apr 2019

Palliative care is relevant across the illness trajectory for people living and dying with chronic progressive conditions, aiming to improve quality of life and enable a peaceful death. With an ageing population, an increased proportion of older people will need to access care and support in a long term care facility.