| BGS
Newsletter Online |
| Editor:
David Beaumont |
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Index
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Our historic alliance with the world of orthopaedics
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President's Column |
Editorial
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The BGS has established an exciting new collaboration with the British Orthopaedic Association, with the shared aim of improving the clinical care of patients with fragility fractures
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Goodbye Single Assessment Process, hello Common Assessment Framework?
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A recent draft report of the RCP London Task Force on Acute Medicine failed to acknowledge the particular challenges presented by frail older people presenting in increasing numbers to Emergency Services
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Human rights of older people in health care
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Modernising Medical Careers
BGS response to independent inquiry |
Geriatric Medicine SAC |
The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) cam into force in October 2000 and brings the main rights and freedoms guaranteed by the ECHR 1950 into UK law
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The BGS has responded to Professor Sir John Tooke on the independent inquiry into modernising medical careers
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Over the last couple of years, there have been major changes in postgraduate medical education and training, as you are no doubt all aware
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| Specialty registrars, not specialist registrars (the new curriculum) |
Advance decisions to refuse treatment - update |
The Health of Older People (HOP) project |
From 1 August 2007, all NEW trainees, Specialty Registrars in Geriatric Medicine (StRs) as opposed to old trainees (SpRs) need to follow the new curriculum and assessment methods
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The Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) Project Team was commissioned by the Department of Health to produce Specialist Guidance and a Training Programme to support the implementation of this section of the Mental Capacity Act for the East Midlands
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A small group of rsearchers in the Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine in Glasgow has collated and summarised Cochrane evidence for best practice in healthcare and rehabilitation for frail older people, and synthesised this into a website
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Creative geriatric care
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The Single Assessment Process - involvement of geriatricians |
Cardio-respiratory resusciation
BGS response to draft statement
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Anecdotes from the lighter side of geriatrics
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The BGS has responded to a draft statement put out by the BMA Resusciation Council (UK) and the RCN on decisions relating to cardio-respiratory resuscitation
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| Older people's mental health and intermediate care: do we really know what's out there to help our patients? |
Trainees column - new Trainees Committee to be elected |
Geriatric Education in Europe
Summer Course
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When thinking about alternatives to prolonged hospital stays for our patients, or preventing inappropriate admission to hospital and long term residential care
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Our next trainees committee will include the election of a new Trainees' Committee. Please put yourself forward
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The Summer Course "The Geriatric Education in Europe" took place at the Royal Monastery of Yuste in Spain
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| In memoriam |
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BGS colleagues will share our sorrow at the death of Dr Peter Berman, Consultant Geriatrician and Director of the Stroke Unit at the City Hospital, Nottingham, from carcinoma of the prostate, aged 54 years
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The BGS also acknowledges the passing of Dr John Wedgewood,
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| Letters to the editor |
Continence Care
development of National Occupational Standards |
Mr Swing in Harrogate |
Letters from Ms Joanna Corrado, Prof Peter Millard , Dr Ganeshwaran and Dr Adam Moliver
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The BGS has been participating in the development of National Occupational Standards for Continence Care
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Excellent science, Christmas shopping and Mr Swing - what more might a delegate ask for to round off November 2007
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