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It is a commonly accepted principle that demand for healthcare always outstrips resources, and so in the UK’s publicly funded health system, it is important to look at how and where costs are being

Over the past decade, many of us have become interested in the science of frailty.

I love being a doctor and hospitals have long been something of a comfort zone; predictable, with protocols, and plans, and SOPs.

The latest NICE guidelines recommend that opportunities to participate in research should be available to people living with dementia at all stages of the condition.

Long-term conditions are diseases that cannot be cured, just controlled with medications.

Over the Christmas/New Year period, NHS England and NHS Improvement held what must have been one of the shortest and unfortunately ill-timed public consultations ever by publishing the Draft O

Worldwide, there was an estimated 46.8 million individuals living with dementia in 2015, and this number is growing every day.  Therefore it is difficult to pursue a career in modern medicine

We’re all occasionally tempted to consider ourselves immune to the ageing process.

Being both a doctor and a massive geek, healthcare technology is an interest of mine. I’ve attended and organised healthcare-related hack days with the focus on making healthcare IT less bad.

One of the great challenges of gerontology is how to capture the immense complexity of later life and its splendid richness.

We’re two weeks out from a snap general election and the major parties have set out their stall in their election manifestos.

Patients’ self-reported information on their health conditions is often used in clinical practice.

Having now completed my elective at Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, I have had some time to reflect on what I learned under the guidance of Professor Fujiwara in the Rehabilitation Medicine De

Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation Trust are part of the first test site pilot supporting to deliver TIHM (Technology Integrated Health Management) for dementia.

Amanda Aw is a final year Glasgow medical student and honoured to be the 4000th member of the British Geriatrics Society

This Saturday the England Rugby team will step out onto the pitch at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan, to compete in the Rugby World Cup Final.

Person-centred care, for those who are enthusiastic about it like me, can at times feel like a religion.