The January 2013 issue of the BGS newsletter is out now. Visit the online archive of newsletters here.
Highlights of this issue are: geriatric medicine in the modern NHS, news for trainees, autism and ageing, memory rehabilitation, orthogeriatrics, end of life care and the Government’s mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board.
Full contents list:
- The Place of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatricians in the Modern United Kingdom Health Services
- Editorial
- President’s Column
- BGS Autumn Meeting – Conference Report
- BGS Communications Update
- A Doctor’s Visits by Ian M Brown – A book review
- Doing Research Part Time Alongside Clinical Work
- New faces on the Trainees’ Council
- Home Thoughts from Abroad
- Trainees’ Pages – SCE Exam
- BGS Appointments
- BGS Policy Update
- Change to the Consultant Contracts
- Autism and ageing – a growing need for awareness
- The Nottingham Orthogeriatric Preceptorship
- Wrinkles – Film Review
- BGS Welcomes the Government Review of End of Life Care
- National Evaluation of Integrated Care Pilots
- Memory Rehabilitation Programme – A case study from Belfast City Hospital
- Hospital to Home
- Opinder Sahota honoured in the 2012 NHS Leadership Awards
- The Government’s Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board (April 2013 – March 2015)
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