News 22 Jul 2024 BGS roundtable calls for transformation of older people's… BGS has today called on the Government, NHS organisations and the voluntary sector to take urgent steps towards transforming care for older people. Our new report is the result of a roundtable event… 18 Jul 2024 BGS, RCPE and RCPL call on Lord Darzi to prioritise older… Today BGS has joined forces with the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in a letter urging Lord Ara Darzi to focus on older people’s health and social care in… 18 Jun 2024 His Majesty King Charles III remains patron of the BGS BGS is delighted to announce His Majesty King Charles III will retain his Patronage of the Society. This decision follows a comprehensive review of more than 1,000 Royal Patronages conducted by the… 15 Jun 2024 Professor Adam Gordon awarded MBE in King’s Birthday Honours We are delighted to announce that Professor Adam Gordon, President of the British Geriatrics Society, has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in King Charles III’s Birthday… 22 May 2024 Dr Liam Barrett awarded 2024 BGS/Dunhill Medical Trust… Dr Liam Barrett has been awarded a joint British Geriatrics Society/Dunhill Medical Trust Doctoral Training Fellowship to carry out PhD research benefiting the healthcare of older people 15 May 2024 BGS report finds lack of rehabilitation hinders older people… The BGS has published ‘Reablement, Rehabilitation, Recovery: Everyone’s Business’. This report focuses on rehabilitation for older people experiencing frailty or loss of function because of acute… 02 May 2024 Professor Roy Soiza announced as new Editor-in-Chief of Age… The BGS is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Roy Soiza as the new Editor-in-Chief of its journal, Age and Ageing. Professor Soiza is a Consultant Geriatrician at Aberdeen Royal… 03 Apr 2024 BGS welcomes new National Clinical Director The British Geriatrics Society is delighted that Dr Tom Downes has been appointed as the next National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Person-Centred Care. 22 Feb 2024 New BGS report exposes continuing shortage of geriatricians The BGS has published a new report, ‘The state of the consultant geriatrician workforce’. 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… 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… 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
