Jugdeep Dhesi
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Geriatrician POPS GSTT,Hon Prof Geriatric Medicine KCL, Deputy Director Centre for Perioperative Care, Clinical Lead NHS Elect POPS network, President Elect BGS
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Count down until the window closes for the CPOC Fellowship 2024/25!
Submit your applications by 7 April to [email protected]
For more info on the role click - cpoc.org.uk/cpoc-fellowshi…
#GeriatricMedicine is now the biggest medical specialty in the UK. Despite workforce shortages and frustrations, most #geriatricians are happy with their choice of specialty and feel valued by colleagues and patients. bgs.org.uk/CGworkforce
A lovely piece in the British Geriatrics Society newsletter AGENDA, by Rowan Harwood, editor of Age_and_Ageing, as he reflects on the wide ranging specialty that is Geriatric Medicine and its overlap with Old Age Psychiatry.
Much to think about here, and much to gain from partnership working.
Shelagh O'Riordan Dan Furmedge Dan Lasserson Felix Debieux This is a super study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37930696/ but compares daytime admissions with being in ED overnight, (⬆️death)rather than ED attendance at all versus not going to hosp at all, and the ‘benefit’ of ED is hard to measure but maybe we look at …
Shelagh O'Riordan Dan Furmedge Dan Lasserson Felix Debieux … rate of actual change in Mx after CT head and weigh that against the burden of a trip to ED, which is unmeasured but so real …
Our paper in The BMJ reports a dose-response relationship in delirium episodes and rates of subsequent dementia among >650K inpatients in NSW Australia. Reducing #delirium could be effective in #dementia prevention. Emily Gordon Shlomo Berkovsky Prof Ruth E Hubbard bmj.com/content/384/bm…
An ageing population is taken seriously in #Wales Nicky Leopold
👉🏻 National Strategy for Older People
gov.wales/sites/default/…
👉🏻 Commissioner for Older People
olderpeople.wales
Come on England!
#Prevention better than 🔥firefighting 🚒 #proactive
An excellent week for Andrew Clegg and colleagues - two blockbuster papers out:
bmj.com/content/384/bm…
Evidence for community based CGA as advocated by NHS England 's Proactive care
england.nhs.uk/community-heal…
Please apply! Be a Fellow with us Centre for Perioperative Care: Half-time (mostly remote) alongside your clinical role half-time. Paid (to your employer). Projects, talks, high-level meetings, patient engagement, across Colleges/organisations, streamline pathways
Apply by 7April. Interview 18April
CPD Klaxon!
Join Prof Miles Witham and I, for the first NRS Ageing 'Lunch and Learn' webinar.
Tuesday 26th March, 1200 UK time.
(not just for Scots, not just for academics)
Miles Witham NHS Research Scotland
Thanks for inviting me from POPS Centre for Perioperative Care British Geriatrics Society to talk about care of older people presenting to urology services. Lots we can do together to improve quality of care & ensure efficient service delivery using a holistic approach Maj Shabbir Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) NHS Elect Improvement Networks @NHSElect
Dunhill Medical Trust have a vacancy on the Research Grants Committee and would particularly welcome applications from clinician researchers dunhillmedical.org.uk/about-us/vacan… The Dunhill Medical Trust
Can't believe the wonderful Eileen Burns is riding off into the sunset next week. Thank you for your amazing advocacy for older people's care in so many arenas over so many years. You'll be missed! British Geriatrics Society
We’ve teamed up with Prof Prof Dr Mags Watson 🕊 again to re-start our ECR masterclasses. And if you’re a bit more experienced and interested in becoming a mentor, there’s a masterclass for you too. For info and to sign up, go to: tinyurl.com/jestz7bv
