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Editor: Kevin Kelleher	July 2004	Index of Articles
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Clinical Excellence Awards	President's Column	Editorial Column
Merit awards have died, but have been resurrected in the form of Clinical Excellence Awards More >>	The future of our specialty depends on attracting some of the best doctors into it. More >>	Historical antecedents and directions of travel More >>
Dr Dwarak Sastry	BGS Retired Members	BGS Retired Members
The Society congratulates Dr Dwarak Sastry who was recognised in the Queen's Honours list with an OBE More >>		The fourth annual meeting of the BGS retired members' group took place recently in Beverley, East Yorkshire More >>
The Parkinson's Disease Academy	England Council	Support Service for Care Homes in a PCT
The PD Academy is an initiative of the Parkinson's Disease Section , developed to address the need for a course for senior medical staff. More >>	Beverley Castleton is currently seconded part-time to the DoH team trying to deliver the National Programme for IT which is central to the Single Assessment process More >>	The issue of the "lost tribe" of care home residents has been the focus of two workshops. More >>
Physical Activity and Older People	IN MEMORIAM Dr Richard Benians	Academic and Research Care invites Nominations
The BGS was recently invited to a round table discussion on the merits of forming a coalition aimed at getting the older person to take more physical exercise. More >>	Richard Benian's crowning achievement was the elevation of hospital care for older people in Southend on Sea and District More >>	Following recent changes in the Committee, the regions within England are invited to nominate 2 members to serve on the A & R Committee More >>
Why I went into Research	Specialist Registrars and Intermediate Care	Continuing Professional Development
One of the reasons for my decision to enter geriatric medicine was that there was no requirement for significant research experience prior to obtaining a training number More >>	Intermediate Care is now an established part of services for older people and has been given added impetus by the NSFoP More >>	A proposed 5 year programme covering the CME/CPD needs for the regional and BGS meetings is in an advanced stage of drafting More >>
Hip Fracture, Falls and Bone Health - Audit of Care	Opening the Black Box - Modelling Health and Social Care Issues	Trainees' Page
A collaboration is proposed to develop and pilot an audit tool to evaluate the medical & surgical care of older people who fall and fracture. More >>	Download the latest issue of Nosokinetics in PDF format here More >>	The Trainees website has been revamped.... More>>
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