2024 Autumn Meeting
Flexible attendance options & registration fees for 2024: In person or onlineThe is no difference in registration fees for in person and online meeting attendance. The registration fee provides access to the conference or online platform for the days you are registered. On demand viewing post event will be limited to the days for which you have registered and paid There is a flexible transfer from in-person to online attendance as clinical service and life balance require. Please check our FAQs first for any queries you may have about attendance or on demand watching. On-demand access is available for 12 months post event. |
Abstracts:The call for abstracts closed at 5pm Monday 29 July 2024 |
Who should attend:
- Consultants & specialist doctors in geriatric medicine
- Medics and Healthcare professionals training in related specialties
- GPs with an Extended Role in Older People and GP trainees
- Nurses and allied health professionals
- Advanced and Specialist practitioner
- Consultant Practitioners/Consultant Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Physician Associates
- Internal Medicine Trainees (especially those considering a career in geriatric medicine)
- Medical, Nursing, Allied Health professional students
- Researchers into Ageing and Age-Related Conditions
Why participate:
- Improve healthcare outcomes by learning best practice in the clinical delivery of good healthcare for older people
- Hear focused presentations on core areas of the geriatric medicine curriculum including Stroke, Primary and Community Care, Intensive Care, Movement Disorders and much more.
- Improve attendee's skills in the key areas & challenges faced in geriatric medicine and inspire attendees to achieve personal excellence in the healthcare of older people
- Present your own research to attendees
- Attend small group workshop sessions covering Moral Injury, Leadership and Visual impairment support
- Network & socialise with other healthcare professionals over 3 days
Wednesday 20 November 2024 - Highlights |
Community and Primary CareSTREAM 1: Room 3 |
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Morning sessions will focus on Proactive care in Primary Care and Population Data, Digital and Care Homes What’s Digital got to do with it? Lessons from the South West? Including:
Afternoon practical clinical sessions and a series of community and primary care clinical masterclasses including:
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StrokeSTREAM 2: Room 4 |
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All sessions and talks will be dedicated to this important curriculum theme, including:
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Fully Funded Places: In person or onlineMembers in Category B, C and D are now eligible to apply for a new BGS event grant. This will cover the registration cost for a BGS conference, either virtually or in person. Applications can be submitted from the event registration page, and should be requested and approved before completing registration. |
So why not join us in Autumn... we look forward to seeing you.
Event Details:
| All fees inclusive of VAT. There is no cost difference between in person or online |
BGS Member | Non-Member | ||
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| Full Fee | Day Fee | Full Fee | Day Fee | |
| Senior Doctors – Post CCT or CESR CP Professions *Includes Corporate Representatives |
£360 | £120 | £600 | £200 |
| Pre CCT or CESR CP Professions, Healthcare professionals (Nurses, Physiotherapists, Researchers) | £180 | £60 | £300 | £100 |
| Retired member/ Students (Undergraduates in Medical School, Nursing or AHP courses) *Retired Members will need to enter a discount code |
£90 | £30 | £150 | £50 |
| Card payments only. We don't accept PO or invoice payments | ||||
*An early bird discount of 10% was available until 19 September 2024
Your organization can register attendees and pay the registration fee by card only they hold on your behalf (A Proxy registration). There isn’t an option for invoice payment for our virtual and hybrid conferences. The steps for a proxy registration are outlined on https://www.bgs.org.uk/hybrid-event-participants.
All in person attendees can access the content online, if your circumstances change. We have a flexible cancellation policy in that if your circumstances change.
- If you can't come in person, and tell us more than 2 weeks before the meeting you are able to cancel attendance and access to the on demand recordings for a 50% cancellation fee.
- If you can't come in person, and inform us less than 2 weeks before the meeting we can't refund you but can transfer to a colleague. If you can't transfer the registration place to anyone, you can still watch the online content live or on-demand for up to 12 months
The registration fee is per day, and grants you access to the online or on-demand content via the BGS website for that specific day.
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The Platinum Suite, Excel is located in the central boulevard, recently refurbished and is a self-contained conference centre ideal for meetings. There are multiple ways of travelling to ExCel: Elizabeth line (Custom House station), Underground and DLR (ExCeL can be accessed via two DLR stations: Custom House and Prince Regent), cable car or Uber Boat. Please visit the Venue website for more information
*Please be aware of fraudulent emails or providers offering accommodation booking services. Follow good practice in identifying if contact is legitimate. Travel Housing is not affiliated with the BGS
Accommodation in recent years has increased in costs and this year keeping costs low is important. Study leave budgets are always under pressure and never seem to go far enough.
To secure the best accommodation within your budget we recommend you book as early as possible, other events are taking place at ExCel during the week and hotels are busy.
Click here to see available options, rates and to book via Hotel Map
Rates available for Hilton nationwide
- Log on to www.hilton.com
- Put in the location and dates
- Click on advanced search
- Click on Add a special rate code
- In the corporate account box, type in 113011292
Other Top Tips:
- The most affordable hotels are located away from the immediate area of ExCel, when searching for accommodation, use the search filters to look for:
- Hotels located close to the Elizabeth Line, this line offers direct access to ExCel and you can pick the station closest to your preferred location
- Search by star rating, 3 star hotels will offer lower rates
- Use the drop down sort filter to show hotels in price order (low to high) and also, discount order, showing those hotels that are offering any special rate
Other sites and booking directly with the hotels may be cheaper - please do shop around.
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