| BGS
Newsletter Online |
| Editor:
David Oliver |
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Index
of Articles |
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Commissioning
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President's Column |
Editorial
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Commissioning - one head of the hydra More>>
Using a frailty based modle for commissioning in Wales More>> |
We should be more vocal in championing the highest standards of care for old people, promoting dignity and combating injustice and inequality..
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In this time of recession, the days of large tranches of money coming from the English Department of Health earmarked for specific services are over..
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Letters to the Editor>> |
Specialist Certificate Examination in geriatric medicine - update
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Changing the PACES clinical skills assessment |
Payment by results and the implications for geriatric medicine |
The first Specialist Certificate Examination in Geriatric Medicine (SCE) was held on 4th March...
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Attainment of the MRCP(UK) diploma - which includes the PACES clinical skills assessment - remains a mandatory part of physician training...
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This article, one in a series of two, introduces Payment by Results 2009.
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| The National Dementia Strategy |
Raising the profile of geriatrics and the BGS |
Will it improve dementia care? Yes, if geriatricians and neurologists, and not just old age psychiatrists engage with it!
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Dancing with dementia... More>> |
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BGS 2008 Strategic Review
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Lifting the bushel which hides our light. The editor interviews the BGS' new Press, PR and Parliamentary Officer... More>> |
Stroke - a tale of two National Health Services
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Lifelong learning - are we meeting the needs of older adults? |
BGS Spring Meeting 2009
Bouremouth |
The hearse like hospital car crept down our mother's street and returned her to us. The two front steps were now another challenge...
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Demographic changes call for a re-evaluation of our healthcare priorities, starting with the methods and emphasis of education...
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The ideal geriatrician is someone who 'knows something about everything and everything about something,' said Prof Graham Mulley...
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The Quality Care Commission...
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| Jungle Geriatrics - what's a geriatrician doing in the jungle? |
Care and dignity - all the time, every time |
Parkinson's Disease |
As an ST4 in Geriatric Medicine, this was my second trip to the jungle of Peru's Amazon basin...
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In my cynical moments I believe that nobody is prepared to clarify the level of specialist nursing staff, the knowledge and skills they require, and skills mix...
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Pd Academy Update>>
Parkinson's Disease - appraising the time of treatment>> |
| In memoriam - Professor John Pathy OBE FRCP (1923 - 2009) |
Ethics and why medicine needs it |
GP's with special interest in older people - new guidance |
| It is with great sadness that we announce the passing away of Professor M S John Pathy, who died on 8 April 2009...More>> |
Ethics, I have been told, is a side show to the main event - the science and the practice of medicine...
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In February 2009, the Dept of Health published revised frameworks for practitioners with a special interest (PwSI), replacing the frameworks...
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