Huge thank you to colleagues at the Flow Coaching Academy & The Health Foundation for your role and support in establishing FCA_Lancashire You have been with us every step of the way as we have been creating our culture for improvement to flourish #ThankYou Tom Downes Nick Miller Penny Pereira

If you’re a clinician looking after older people in ED or specialty ward? If you’re in primary care doing frailty work but want to learn? If you’re an MDT member doing one part of CGA but wants to find out about the whole? If you’re wondering what the point of CFS, 4AT etc is?👇🏾

It’s 1st December. This is where Christmas really begins ✨

A few kind words can make a big difference 💙

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We hope this new British Geriatrics Society advice is useful for those establishing or redesigning #FrontDoorFrailty services Dr Adrian Hayter Eileen Burns Shelagh O'Riordan Simon Conroy Tom Downes Dr Esther Clift

The Clinical Quality session at #BGSconf gives a platform to two abstracts. Their posters can be viewed via the new BGS Poster Platform: buff.ly/49B5TM1 Ganan Sritharan Tom Downes

Nicely timed to follow on from our own @gerisoc paper on how to set up a front door frailty service: bgs.org.uk/FrontDoorFrail… by Ellie Burn - read them together!

📢New BGS publication!

We have today published a new resource aimed at supporting healthcare professionals who want to offer a front door frailty service to older people presenting at emergency departments. #FrontDoorFrailty bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

Well done, awesome work Ellie Burn developing this vital resource for teams caring for frail patients. It's a MUST READ. Thank you to all those who gave their time to work with Ellie. British Geriatrics Society

Yup, get it right for older people, get it right for the nhs. Lots to do but lots of expertise British Geriatrics Society - working on sharing with clinical colleagues, educators and policy makers Dr Adrian Hayter Adrian Blundell Tom Downes Amit Arora Adam Gordon Ruth Law Miles Witham

Great to see Flow Coaching Academy referenced in the The Health Foundation Guide to Making the Case for Improvement. This methodology was the springboard for improvement Chorley & Royal Preston and a superb improvement programme for the NHS by the NHS Tom Downes Nick Miller flowcoaching.academy

Over the next week we'll be publishing a #WinterPressures ❄️ blog series, starting with this blog in which BGS President Adam Gordon considers how we can make this winter less awful than the last. bgs.org.uk/blog/a-less-aw…

🚨Calling all BGS members! Many of you are now eligible to apply for a FREE place at our 2023 Autumn Conference which is taking place 22-24 Nov, Birmingham @Vox_Venue and online.
Please spread the word! You can find out more here : bgs.org.uk/grants

Do you know a Rising Star? The deadline for these prestigious @Gerisoc awards in clinical quality and research is Monday 9 Oct. Do send in your nominations. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

What happens when older people with frailty attend a specialised service for pre and perioperative care of older people? Lots of unidentified issues are seen and managed. #bgsconf ⁦Jugdeep Dhesi⁩

The BGS strongly supports a more equal culture in medicine and healthcare more widely. Sexist actions, behaviours and institutional factors contribute to the persistence of gender bias, and should not be tolerated anywhere. Read our full statement. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

6 months ago, my Nan fell over and sustained lateral clavicle and pubic rami fractures. She was D/C home with QDS care, downstairs living and mobile with a WZF.

Today, she’s back dancing 3 x a week and running after her grandson on the beach.

'Investing in community #rehabilitation and reablement services will help to ensure that our systems are better prepared for winter and more able to meet the needs of older people as the main users of our health and care -services.' via Adam Gordon bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

📢NEW GUIDANCE📢 NHS England has published an 'Intermediate care framework for #rehabilitation , reablement and recovery following hospital discharge' to help ensure high quality step-down care. Find out more here england.nhs.uk/publication/in…

Congratulations Liz 👏👏 great to see your work in print! Can’t wait to read it. Flow Coaching Academy Tom Downes The Health Foundation Penny Pereira another great example of the impact of the Flow Coaching Academy inspiring clinicians Sarah Cullen RN Catherine Gregory

BGS responds to No 10 summit and additional winter funding bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…