2025 Trainees in Geriatric Medicine Meeting

Date(s)
15 - 16 May 2025
Location
Leeds
Credits
This meeting has applied for 12 credits of live CPD credit (expires 16 June 2025) and 6 credits Distance learning CPD accreditation (expires 16 May 2026) from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
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This event is intended for clinicians and healthcare professionals working with older people in acute and community settings in training roles. The two days will include keynote presentations from experts in the field, workshops and plenary sessions demonstrating best practice approaches available. We hope you will attend in person to best make contacts and start collaborations which will continue on from this meeting.

Flexible attendance options & registration fees for 2025:
In person or online

There 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.

Programme themes:

This conference will cover core areas of interest to all of those training to be specialists responsible for the health care of older people.

 

Call for abstracts:

Please submit your abstracts for the meeting before the closing date: 

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Who should attend:

  • All medics, nurses and allied health care professionals in training with an interest in healthcare of older people
  • Especially those working in
    • geriatric medicine
    • acute/general medicine
    • frailty
    • Primary and Community care

Why participate:

  • Understand more on the key areas & challenges faced in geriatric medicine  
  • Hear focused presentations on core areas of the geriatric medicine curricula
  • Attend practice SCE sessions
  • Attend small group workshop sessions
  • Network & socialise with other healthcare professionals over 2days

Fully Funded Places: In person or online

Members 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.

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The Venue: NHS Horizon, Leeds

Event Details

Cost to attend
All fees inclusive of VAT.
There is no cost difference between in person or online		 BGS Member Non-Member
Full Fee Day Fee Full Fee Day Fee
Senior Doctors – Post CCT or CESR CP Professions
*Includes Corporate Representatives		 £252 £126 £420 £210
Pre CCT or CESR CP Professions, Healthcare professionals (Nurses, Physiotherapists, Researchers) £126 £63 £210 £105
Retired member/ Students (Undergraduates in Medical School, Nursing or AHP courses)
*Retired Members will need to enter a discount code		 £63 £31.5 £105 £52.50

*An early bird discount of 10% is available until 16 March 2025.

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.

Changing circumstances

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

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
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