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The report analyses data from the most recent UK census of consultant physicians conducted by the Royal… 09 Feb 2024 BGS report finds that short-staffing negatively affects… The BGS has published a new report 'The state of the older people’s healthcare workforce'. The findings in this report were gathered following analysis of a survey of the BGS membership. 08 Feb 2024 BGS responds to new research showing link between frailty… The British Geriatrics Society welcomes this new study published on 7 February in the journal Plos One which looked at rates of frailty among older people in England between 2002 and 2018. It found… 12 Jan 2024 Prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize awarded to… The prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize has been awarded to an Age and Ageing paper which analyses a major Canadian dataset, the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, to determine normative… 11 Jan 2024 BGS Statement on job titles The BGS are proud of the role we played in supporting our late friend, colleague and BGS member, Dr Kate Granger, with her #hellomynameis campaign. This approach has now become established as routine practice across the NHS. At the heart of Kate’s campaign lay an assertion, based upon her lived experience, that patients need to know who is treating them. 19 Dec 2023 BGS responds to long-awaited publication of proactive care… The BGS is pleased to see that the long-awaited guidance on proactive care, 'Providing care and support for people living at home with moderate or severe frailty', has been published by NHS England… 08 Dec 2023 BGS responds to ongoing UK COVID Inquiry The BGS has watched the UK Covid Inquiry with growing concern. 01 Dec 2023 Transforming the quality of care in care homes through… A new BGS report makes key recommendations for the effective use of a national minimum dataset to deliver the best possible care in UK care homes and domiciliary care. 21 Nov 2023 BGS responds to RCEM report about emergency care The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) have today published a new report providing case studies and analysis of last year’s crisis in emergency care. 20 Nov 2023 BGS launches new Front Door Frailty resource BGS has today published a new resource aimed at supporting healthcare professionals who want to offer a front door frailty (FDF) service to older people presenting at emergency departments (EDs). 15 Nov 2023 BGS sounds the alarm as winter approaches The BGS, supported by three Royal Colleges, is calling on governments across the UK to act now to ensure that older people have access to the health and social care that they need this winter. 10 Nov 2023 BGS responds to CMO report The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, has today published his annual report for 2023, Health in an Ageing Society. 08 Nov 2023 Guidance on frailty assessment and management in oncology… The Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology (JCCO), the inter-collegiate body for non-surgical oncology in the UK, has published new frailty guidance in association with the British Geriatrics Society… 30 Oct 2023 WHO unveils special issue on measuring healthy ageing The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with Age and Ageing, the journal of the British Geriatrics Society, has released a Special Issue on the Measurements of Healthy Ageing. 25 Oct 2023 BGS welcomes Prime Minister’s plans to ban smoking within a generation The BGS has responded to the Prime Minister's plans to ban smoking within a generation announced in his speech at the Conservative Party conference. 18 Oct 2023 BGS announces new initiatives to support researchers The BGS is pleased to launch two new initiatives to support healthcare professionals and academics with an interest in undertaking research in the field of older people’s medicine. 28 Sep 2023 BGS joins coalition calling on government to overhaul end of… The BGS has joined a coalition of leading health and social care organisations calling on the government to tackle failings in the way older people are cared for in their final years of life. 27 Sep 2023 Frailty elearning free to all The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has updated its popular Frailty elearning course for 2023 and is relaunching it, with funding from NHS England. This CPD accredited course is free for all health… 22 Sep 2023 Calling out sexual misconduct in healthcare The BGS strongly supports a more equal culture in medicine and healthcare more widely. Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next Last page Last
