| BGS
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| Editor:
David Beaumont |
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Index
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| Geriatric medicine has no future |
President's Column |
Editorial
Column |
At the RSM debate, 'Geriatric medicine has no future', the motion was bound to stir opinions
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It seems hardly credible that we are already more than two months into 2006. The new year sees the Society in a healthy state, financially stronger and more secure than we have ever been
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Little birds have whispered in my ear, something about standards of posters at BGS scientific meetings being poor
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| To CPD or not to CPD - an Irishman's view of education |
Tony Robinson - "me and my mum" |
Many noble minds will assemble to deliberate how we might improve CPD in its broadest sense, in a seamless manner, without undue pain, with particular emphasis on our scientific gatherings
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The late parents of Tony Robinson (perhaps best known for his role as Baldrick in "Blackadder") suffered confusion and frailty towards the end of their lives, leading Tony to make a documentary, "Me and my mum", to be screened on Channel 4 on 29 March
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| Staff grade and associate specialists |
Diligen - Department of Health funded study |
Clinical Practice Evaluation Committee |
News from the BMA negotiating group does not appear to be imminently forthcoming
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A consortium comprising researchers from Newcastle, Liverpool, Nottingham, and London have recently been funded by the Department of Health to study the genetics of drug-induced liver injury
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Since its inception, the BGS CPEC has been active in developing clinical guidelines and promoting clinical effectiveness as part of the BGS scientific programme
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Specialist Registrars
- knowledge examination |
Geriatric (Medical) Day Hospitals - BGS policy |
Rehabilitation bed survey 2005 |
The JCHMT is piloting knowledge examinations for specialist registrars in five specialties, the largest of which is geriatric medicine
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Geriatric day hospitals (DH) are out-patient healthcare facilities in which multi-professional assessment, treatment and rehabilitation is available on attendance for a full or part-time basis for older people in the community
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The BGS Council in England became anxious during the middle of 2005, that many trusts were closing rehabilitation beds in response to financial pressures. To assess the extent of the problem a survey was performed.
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| Payment by results and services for older people |
New BGS Grant - Young doctors educational grant launched |
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in continuing care settings |
The Specialist Societies Forum in England have advised the Department of Health's System Reform team that: More>>
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An increasing number of doctors are unable to secure study leave funding to attend meetings. The Education and Training Committee has launched a new grant to address this. More>>
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It is a relatively rare thing for older people's care to appear on the national media's radar, but readers may be aware of the furore created by Simon Conroy et. al's paper. More>> |
| Super hospital - a department on the move |
In Summer 2006, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trusts in partnership with Skanska Innisfree will be opening More>>
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