BGS members who have retired from active practice of geriatric medicine may be aware that there has been an annual BGS retired members meeting, arranged by one or more retired members. The meeting usually consists of a social event combined with a lecture.

At date of publication fourteen couples and six singles have booked for this year’s BGS retired members meeting at the Castle Hotel, Windsor on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th April 2003.

To reserve your accommodation, telephone Reservations at Castle Hotel, Windsor (Tel: 0870 400 8300). Ask for and say that you are booking for the British Geriatrics Society meeting. You will need your credit card number. No deposit needed. Cancellation up to 24 hours before the meeting will not be charged.

Accommodation is based on dinner, bed and breakfast and costs:
£88.00 for a single room for one night; £176.00 for two nights.
£163 for a double room for one night; £326 for two nights.

Rooms can be occupied from 2:00 p.m. on the day of arrival.

The full programme and list of events will be sent out in March. The programme will include:

Friday 26th April at 17:15: Evensong at St George’s chapel (gather outside the castle gates), followed by Chris Foote on “The Tale of a Peddling Physician - Care in the Chilterns” and then dinner together in Sandringham Suite.

Saturday 27th April from 09:00-11:00: John Hebbert on “Belle-Isle en-Mer and John Hunter’s service there”;
Wilfred Fine on “Leriche, my wife and the rabbit’s foot”; and
Donald Portsmouth on “BESO in Zambia: commissioning a new 20 bed hospital in Lusaka”

Saturday afternoon: Visit to Eton College – time to be arranged.

Saturday evening: 18.30 p.m. Nick Coni on “Medicine in the Spanish Civil War”. Followed by dinner.

Please register your interest
with Professor Peter Millard at
12 Cornwall Road,
Cheam,
Sutton SM2 6DR.
Tel: 020 8642 0040.
Email: peter.millard@tinyworld.co.uk