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| The Darzi Review |
President's Column | Editorial |
| In October 2007, Lord Darzi published his interim report - Our NHS, our future - which set out the purpose and scope of a wide-ranging review of the NHS England. More>> |
Professor Ian Philp has decided to stand down as National Clinical Director of older people's services More>> BGS colleagues honoured in the Queen's honours More>> |
Only a few weeks into 2008 and already, issues affecting our specialty have been in the news repeatedly. |
| Clinical Academic Medicine in Newcastle |
Dementia | CME Journal Geriatric Medicine Good enough for your needs? |
In recent years, the number of clinical academics in the UK has declined. IN fact, the number of academics in 2005 was approximately 84% of that of the 2000 level |
From nuclear power to table tennis - dementia emerging from the parliamentary shadows More>> The Savages - 'is it like Alzheimer's?' More>> |
BGS members will have received your third volume of the CME Journal Geriatric Medicine and so by now you should hopefully be getting a feel for the added value of the journal to your CME needs More>> |
| Falls | Falls Prevention Services - a GP's perspective | Teaching and training in geriatric medicine |
Falls prevention services - where's the evidence. The BMJ published a systematic review suggesting that evidence for falls-clinic style interventions may not be effective More>> |
The rather mischievous edition of the BMJ on 18 Jan once again calls into question how well the peer-reviewers chek references at the BMJ! More>> |
A meeting of the BGS Education and Training Committee and RCP London Specialist Advisory Committee was held in December More>> Education and Training Resources now on the BGS Website More>> |
| Standards of medical care for older people |
The NSF Seven Years on: a personal view | Spring Meeting - April 2008 Glasgow |
| The compendium document, "Standards of medical care for older people", is one of the most downloaded files from the BGS website. It has been overhauled More>> |
Older people are particularly vulnerable to the effects of poor quality nursing and medical care. More>> |
I do hope you will be able to come to Glasgow to join us for the Spring Meeting. |
| BGS Movement Disorders Fifth annual update |
NICE guidance on osteoporosis NOS appeal upheld |
The National COPD Audit 2008 |
| The meeting included a debate on the 'hot topic of early drug treatment with the proposition that 'this house believes that treatment should be initiated in all patients from the time of diagnosis' More>> |
The National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) has announced that it is delighted that the appeal against NICE on its draft guidance for treatment of osteoporosis has been upheld More>> |
The next COPD Audit is due to begin this month. This project is being carried out under the auspices of the National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project (NCROP). More>> |
| Trainees column | The National Stroke Strategy - comment | In memoriam - Prof Ronald Cape |
| There will definitely be a KBA exam, taking the form of 2, best of 5, 100 question MCQ papers, based on the geriatric curriculum More>> |
The recent launch of the National Stroke Strategy byr the Dept of Health is a welcome development for stroke patients More>> |
Professor Ronald Cape passed away last November, as a result of pneumonia following a shoulder infection. More>> |