| BGS
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| Editor:
David Beaumont |
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Index
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Hungry to be heard
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President's Column |
Editorial
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Age Concern is tackling the widespread problem of malnutrition in hospitals
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Congratulations to all BGS members who were successful in obtaining a clinical excellence award
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Readers of the lay press may have the notion that the agenda is closure of smaller Accident and Emergency units
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Researching PD in sub-Saharan Africa
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Little did I realise, when I accepted a research job carrying out a PD prevalance study in Tanzania that I would learn how to drive a four wheel drive in the rainy season up the side of Mount Kilimanjaro, to change a tyre, miles from any help, battle cockroaches, geckos and large spiders More>>
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| The best of teachers, the worst of teachers. The Masters in Clinical Education |
Health Promotion in everyday practice |
Advance Statements and Directives |
The best teachers I've encountered were at Medical School. Students who didn't want to have a beer with them wanted to be their House Officer
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The government agenda of making community services centre stage in the health and social care care system of the future, is the cornerstone of "our health, our care, our say" More>> |
In April 2007, the Mental Capacity Act will come into force. One aspect of the Act is to codify legistation on Advance Directives
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| SpR Trainees Weekend |
Trainees Update |
Nurse Consultants |
The SpRs in Geriatrics training weekend, sponsored by NAPP Pharmaceuticals was held in Cambridge in November
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We are please that nurses have submitted a significant number of abstracts for the BGS Spring Meeting poster session
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| Hospital discharge of older people with cognitive impairment to care homes |
BGS 2006 Strategic Review |
Clinical Guideline Development - BGS support |
| A new BGS compendium document - the scope of which is confined to the appropriate discharge of older people with cognitive impairment from hospital to a care home More>> |
The strategic plan consists of certain key objectives, but the progress reported is not intended to be an exhaustive list of Society activities More>>
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Readers and BGS members will have been aware of a number of clinical guidelines which have been developed over the past few years More>> |
| National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS funded nursing care in England |
Loosening the purse strings - a word from our new Treasurer |
Ten good reasons to come to Brighton in April |
Contributing to the debate on the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS funded nusing care in England, the BGS has produced the following response More>>
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Compared to the much publicised squabbles over the past year, between our Prime Minister and the holder of the national purse strings next door, the BGS's purse passed from one Treasurer to another with great decorum More>> |
It's by the sea
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| Recommended pathways for short stay emergencies, stroke, fractured neck of femur and frail older people |
Continuing Professional Development - Introducing our new Director of CPD |
The Forgotten Majority : Pain in the Older Person |
| The NHS Institute's Delivering Quality and Value team launched a series of documents focusing on high volume care on October 30th More>> |
In a time when a system of "revalidation" is being developed, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is evolving at a rapid rate as one of the tools in the armoury keeping professional knowledge updated More>> |
Pain has a devastating effect on the quality of life of the older peson, is often not recognised and remains under-treated
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| BUPA Foundation Award - 2006 |
RCP establishes clinical audit database |
Letters to the Editor |
| In 2006, the BUPA Foundation Care award was presented to More>> |
Much good clinical audit is never published and remains unknown beyond the small team that carried out the work
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Letters on the Editor's heresy and on assisted dying
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| Managing the last days of life |
Nominations invited for posts of BGS Hon Secretary and BGS Hon Meetings Secretary |
| I stood outside her room and hear her scream with pain. I aksed for the morphine to be increased and was tole that this would result in her becoming semi-conscious More>> |
Nominations are now invited for the post of Spring/Autumn Meetings Secretary - to preside from Spring 2008 to Autumn 2010 (3 meetings) More>> |
As the Deputy Secretary automatically succeeds the Honorary Secretary, nominations are now invited for the post of Hon Deputy Secretary More>>
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