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class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This final chapter provides a conclusion, as well as appendices including case studies of successfully implemented proactive care services.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/be-proactive-delivering-proactive-care-chapter-three-recommendations" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Be proactive: Delivering proactive care - Chapter three: Recommendations </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-14T00:00:00+00:00">14 November 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>In this chapter, we set out eight key recommendations which are crucial to the success of proactive care services across community and primary care settings in the UK. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/be-proactive-delivering-proactive-care-chapter-two-delivering-proactive-care" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Be proactive: Delivering proactive care - Chapter two: Delivering proactive care</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-14T00:00:00+00:00">14 November 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This chapter goes into greater depth about the five core components and three key enablers for delivery.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/be-proactive-delivering-proactive-care-chapter-one-introduction" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Be proactive: Delivering proactive care - Chapter one: Introduction</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-14T00:00:00+00:00">14 November 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This chapter sets explains what proactive care is, introducing the core components and key enablers for delivery.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/be-proactive-delivering-proactive-care-overview" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Be proactive: Delivering proactive care - Overview</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-14T00:00:00+00:00">14 November 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This publication outlines how to deliver proactive care against core components and key enablers, acting as a roadmap for implementing the NHS England framework and delivering proactive care services. This introduction includes a foreword, executive summary and an outline of the 12 recommendations.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/12-actions-to-help-manage-winter-pressures" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>12 actions to help manage winter pressures </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-10-31T00:00:00+00:00">31 October 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>As winter approaches, BGS members across the country will be considering the impact that the change in seasons will have on their patients and services. These 12 actions are intended as a guide to the core components of safe, high-quality care for older people that are transferable between care settings.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Summary </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <a href="/ProactiveCareEvidence" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Be proactive: Evidence supporting proactive care for older people with frailty</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-10-30T00:00:00+00:00">30 October 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This document outlines evidence for proactive care and support for older adults with moderate to severe frailty.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Summary </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <a href="/Roundtable24" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS roundtable: Transforming care for older people</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-07-22T00:00:00+01:00">22 July 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This report summarises a roundtable event hosted by the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) on 20 June 2024 to discuss the themes raised in the 2023 report Health in an Ageing Society from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), and the BGS's blueprint document, Joining the dots: Preventing and managing frailty in older people, also published in 2023. Participants at the roundtable event included senior representatives from NHS England, medical Royal Colleges, professional membership organisations, think tanks and charities with a shared interest in older people's health and care.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/agenda-issue-93-technology-and-sustainability" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>AGENDA: Issue 93 | Technology and sustainability</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-05-31T00:00:00+01:00">31 May 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>With advances in health technology moving at pace, this issue looks at the potential of these innovations in delivering better outcomes for older people. <em>This content is limited to members only.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Newsletters </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <a href="/GE2024" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Our manifesto for the general election 2024</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-05-31T00:00:00+01:00">31 May 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>In advance of the general election on 4 July, BGS has outlined ten asks under three themes that the next Government needs to prioritise in order to improve healthcare for older people. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <a href="/BGSworkforce" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The state of the older people’s healthcare workforce: A report from the BGS membership survey </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-02-09T00:00:00+00:00">09 February 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This report summarises the findings of a survey of the BGS membership undertaken in late 2023. It provides a snapshot into how our members are feeling about their work and the services they work in. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <a href="/CareHomesData" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Smarter data, better care: Empowering care homes to use data to transform quality of care</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-12-01T00:00:00+00:00">01 December 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) hosted an event in London in September 2023 on ideas and practice around a minimum dataset for care homes. This report, which is based on presentations at the event and the debate that followed, makes 12 recommendations for the effective implementation and delivery of a national minimum dataset that we believe policy-makers and regulators should consider.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Position statement </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <a href="/consultationresponses" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS responses to external consultations</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-04-25T00:00:00+01:00">25 April 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS regularly responds to external consultations by the UK government and those of the devolved nations that relate to older people's health, social care and wider issues, such as workforce. On this page you can find copies of our responses to recent consultations.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Position statement </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <a href="/MoreGeriatricians" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The case for more geriatricians: Strengthening the workforce to care for an ageing population</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-05-24T00:00:00+01:00">24 May 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This report examines the geriatrician workforce needed to provide high-quality care for an ageing population with increasingly complex needs.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <a href="/GMworkforce22" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The geriatric medicine workforce 2022</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-09-01T00:00:00+01:00">01 September 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This report looks at data collected by the Royal College of Physicians on the consultant workforce.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/economics-of-ageing" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Economics of ageing</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-04-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 April 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>A collaborative collection on the topic of economics of ageing and pensions, from <em>Oxford Review of Economic Policy</em>, <em>Journal of Public Health</em>, and <em>Age and Ageing</em>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/presentation-recordings-2021-south-east-and-south-west-thames-joint-region-meeting" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Presentation Recordings: 2021 South East and South West Thames Joint Region Meeting</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-11-05T00:00:00+00:00">05 November 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Presentations from 2021 South East and South West Thames Joint Region Meeting (4 CPD Points)</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Presentation </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/flexible-working-in-geriatric-medicine" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Flexible Working in Geriatric Medicine</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-03-24T00:00:00+00:00">24 March 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This BGS position statement sets out the benefits of less than full time (LTFT) working in geriatric medicine for both individuals and organisations, and provides six guiding principles as well as tips for successful flexible working.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Position statement </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/bgsfaircare-our-letters-to-ministers" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>#BGSFairCare: Our letters to Ministers</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-11-02T00:00:00+00:00">02 November 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Read our letters to the Health Ministers in each of the four nations of the UK asking them to take urgent action to protect older people during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even views-row-last"> <a href="/resources/end-of-life-care-in-frailty-social-support" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>End of Life Care in Frailty: Social support</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-05-12T00:00:00+01:00">12 May 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people encourages the multidisciplinary team to consider social, practical and emotional needs.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Clinical guidelines </div> </div></div></a> </div> </div> <h2 class="element-invisible">Pages</h2><div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-current first">1</li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 2" href="/topics/health-and-social-care-policy?page=1">2</a></li> <li class="pager-next"><a title="Go to next page" href="/topics/health-and-social-care-policy?page=1">next ›</a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a title="Go to last page" 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Daily Mail article ‘Hospitals harm the elderly’</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-11-14T00:00:00+00:00">14 November 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>On 13th November 2022, The Daily Mail published an article raising concerns about the safety of older people being admitted to emergency departments this winter. The article included an interview with Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, highlighting increased waiting times, high hospital occupancy rates and delayed discharges due to lack of social care.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/policy-and-media/bgs-responds-to-report-%E2%80%98coronavirus-lessons-learned-to-date%E2%80%99" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS responds to report ‘Coronavirus: lessons learned to date’</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-10-13T00:00:00+01:00">13 October 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS welcomes the House of Commons Health and Social Care and Science and Technology Committees’ joint report Coronavirus: lessons learned to date. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <a href="/policy-and-media/bgs-responds-to-girft%E2%80%99s-national-report-on-geriatric-medicine" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS responds to GIRFT’s national report on geriatric medicine</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-10-06T00:00:00+01:00">06 October 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The British Geriatrics Society welcomes the new GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time) national report on geriatric medicine. The report identifies unwarranted variation in the provision of geriatric medicine across England and in hospital care for people living with frailty and makes recommendations for improvement.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <a href="/policy-and-media/bgs-responds-to-assertions-in-telegraph-article" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS responds to assertions in Telegraph article</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-07-31T00:00:00+01:00">31 July 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS is aware of claims in the Telegraph today (31 July) that plans were drawn up before the COVID-19 pandemic to deny hospital treatment to older people living in care homes, in the event of a pandemic or other health emergency.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <a href="/policy-and-media/bgs-update-on-the-interval-between-the-first-and-second-doses-of-the-covid-19" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS update on the interval between the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-02-02T00:00:00+00:00">02 February 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The British Geriatrics Society supported the recommendation of the Chief Medical Officers of the four nations to extend the interval between the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This approach aimed to protect the greatest number of at-risk people overall in the shortest possible time, to have the greatest impact on reducing mortality, severe disease and hospitalisations and to protect the NHS and equivalent health services. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <a href="/policy-and-media/bgs-responds-to-adult-social-care-winter-plan" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS responds to Adult Social Care Winter Plan</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-09-23T00:00:00+01:00">23 September 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>As the country approaches winter and an almost-certain second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Geriatrics Society is relieved to see the Government taking action to provide additional support to care homes and other social care providers in England.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <a href="/policy-and-media/bgs-responds-to-update-to-the-gp-contract-agreement-202021-202324" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS responds to Update to the GP contract agreement 2020/21-2023/24</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-02-07T00:00:00+00:00">07 February 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>On Thursday 6 February, NHS England and the British Medical Association (BMA) agreed and published the Update to the GP contract agreement 2020/21-2023/24 which incorporates the service specifications for the Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <div class="view-results">7 results</div><div class="view-mode"><span class="layout-trigger"><span class="view-mode-label">View as</span><span class="trigger-grid active">Grid</span><span class="trigger-list">List</span></span></div> </div> </div><div class="view view-topic-node view-id-topic_node view-display-id-blogs collapsible-filters match-heights search-page-content-type-tpl views-row-alt-separation row-max-4 view-card-default-palette"> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <a href="/blog/covid-19-was-traumatic-for-many-it%E2%80%99s-important-we-remember-this-even-if-it-hurts-to-do-so" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>COVID-19 was traumatic for many. It’s important we remember this, even if it hurts to do so.</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-03-03T00:00:00+00:00">03 March 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>In recent weeks, the ITV drama Breathtaking has represented an important step forward in public discourse around the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s important as a moment for national reflection.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/the-price-of-poverty-the-dire-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis-in-older-adults" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The Price of Poverty - The dire impact of the cost of living crisis in older adults</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-01-09T00:00:00+00:00">09 January 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The UK is experiencing a cost of living crisis and older people are particularly vulnerable to the impact this has on their health. Age UK estimated that 1.1 million older households were in fuel poverty at the end of 2021. A year later and this figure has almost trebled. An estimated 8,500 people died last year in England and Wales as a result of living in cold homes.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/avoiding-hospital-associated-harm-for-older-people-this-winter" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Avoiding hospital associated harm for older people this winter </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-12-27T00:00:00+00:00">27 December 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>As we pass the winter solstice and the days start to lengthen, it feels hard to believe we will ever leave ‘winter’ in the NHS. Back-to-back ‘crises’ for health and social care, a perfect storm of a continuing pandemic/pandemic recovery, a chronically under-funded and under-staffed health service and social care sector and a cost of living crisis mean that our patients are going to struggle even more than usual this winter.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/is-advanced-clinical-practice-one-of-the-solutions-to-workforce-shortages-in-older-people%E2%80%99s" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Is Advanced Clinical Practice one of the solutions to workforce shortages in older people’s healthcare?</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-11-15T00:00:00+00:00">15 November 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>We should never lose sight that most older people live well in older age. However, we are also very familiar with the challenge of a population that is ageing with all the risks associated with co-morbidities and complex health and social care issues.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/back-to-the-future-public-health-and-politics" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Back to the Future? Public Health and Politics</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-10-26T00:00:00+01:00">26 October 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>I recently had a very nice weekend away in Haworth, West Yorkshire. The literary aficionados among us will instantly be familiar with this, as it was the home of the Bronte sisters of Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall fame.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/%E2%80%98the-resilience-and-contributions-of-older-women%E2%80%99-on-un-international-day-of-older-persons-2022" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>‘The Resilience and Contributions of Older Women’ on UN International Day of Older Persons 2022</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-10-01T00:00:00+01:00">01 October 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Today, Saturday 1 October, is the UN’s International Day of Older Persons. Each year the UN takes a particular thematic focus: this year it is ‘The Resilience and Contributions of Older Women’. It is an opportune moment to reflect on older women’s experience of healthcare.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/timely-discharge-series-supporting-recovery-at-home" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Timely Discharge Series: Supporting recovery at home</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-11-08T00:00:00+00:00">08 November 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This is the eighth blog in the BGS’s ‘Timely Discharge’ series. We aim to raise awareness of the detrimental effects on older people of being stuck in hospital when they are 'medically fit for discharge'. Our blog series explores the causes of delayed discharges, the knock-on effects to the wider health and social care system, and what needs to change.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/timely-discharge-series-two-sides-of-the-same-coin" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Timely Discharge Series: Two sides of the same coin </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-10-27T00:00:00+01:00">27 October 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This is the third blog in the BGS’s ‘Timely Discharge’ series. We aim to raise awareness of the detrimental effects on older people of being stuck in hospital when they are 'medically fit for discharge'. Our blog series explores the causes of delayed discharges, the knock-on effects to the wider health and social care system, and what needs to change.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/timely-discharge-series-%E2%80%9Cwhere%E2%80%99s-lammy-i-want-to-go-home%E2%80%9D" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Timely Discharge Series: “Where’s Lammy?! I want to go HOME!”</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-10-26T00:00:00+01:00">26 October 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This is the second blog in the BGS’s ‘Timely Discharge’ series. We aim to raise awareness of the detrimental effects on older people of being stuck in hospital when they are 'medically fit for discharge'. Our blog series explores the causes of delayed discharges, the knock-on effects to the wider health and social care system, and what needs to change.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/timely-discharge-series-%E2%80%9Cnobody-knows%E2%80%9D" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Timely Discharge Series: “Nobody knows!”</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-10-25T00:00:00+01:00">25 October 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This is the first blog in the BGS’s ‘Timely Discharge’ Blog Series which seeks to address the issue of older people getting stuck in hospital for want of care once they are discharged from a variety of perspectives.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/%E2%80%98digital-equity-for-all-ages%E2%80%99-on-un-international-day-of-older-persons-2021" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>‘Digital Equity for All Ages’ on UN International Day of Older Persons 2021</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-10-01T00:00:00+01:00">01 October 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This year’s theme for the International Day of Older Persons is digital equity for all ages. This is timely given the acceleration of the use of digital communications and services during the pandemic and the risks that some people, particularly older people, could be left behind. In Wales 41% of people over the age of 75 are not online and are at an increasing disadvantage in many aspects of life as a result.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/why-covid-19-allowed-us-to-believe-in-a-different-future-for-health-and-social-care" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Why COVID-19 allowed us to believe in a different future for health and social care </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-08-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 August 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has been the worst period that many people have lived through. However, for health and social care, it has also led to some of the greatest innovation and transformation, demonstrating how partnership working across traditional systems and boundaries can truly be achieved when everything is being routed through one funding source.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/time-for-school-education-on-death-end-of-life-care-and-serious-illness" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Time for school education on death, end-of-life care, and serious illness</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-07-28T00:00:00+01:00">28 July 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>HIV/AIDS taught us the importance of public sex education. Now, COVID-19 teaches us the need for public death education.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/how-much-do-we-spend-on-patients-at-the-end-of-life-across-different-care-settings" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>How much do we spend on patients at the end of life, across different care settings?</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-02-04T00:00:00+00:00">04 February 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>It is a commonly accepted principle that demand for healthcare always outstrips resources, and so in the UK’s publicly funded health system, it is important to look at how and where costs are being incurred to make sure we are making the best use of limited resources.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/what-do-patients-want-priorities-for-change-in-the-nhs" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>What do patients want? Priorities for change in the NHS </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-08-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 August 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>“Well, they’re obviously over-stretched and under-staffed, aren’t they? It’s not personal care any more is it, you’re more like a number, they get you in and get you out.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/prevention-green-paper-what-is-it-and-whats-in-it" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Prevention Green Paper: What is it and what's in it?</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-08-09T00:00:00+01:00">09 August 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/beyond-brexit" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Beyond Brexit...</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-07-29T00:00:00+01:00">29 July 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/priorities-for-the-incoming-prime-minister" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Priorities for the incoming Prime Minister</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-06-25T00:00:00+01:00">25 June 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Ten have been whittled down to two and it is now for the membership of the Conservative Party to decide whether they want Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt as their next leader and, subsequently, the next Prime Minister. Much of the focus of this campaign has been on the future of the UK’s relationship with the European Union. Are we leaving on 31 October or not? Deal or no deal? What exactly are WTO terms? Can I still go to Majorca for my summer holidays?</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/supporting-social-care-and-the-funding-it-urgently-needs" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Supporting social care and the funding it urgently needs</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-06-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 June 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p> While integrated care is being discussed, Lucy Lewis, consultant practitioner trainee specialising in frailty and older people at Health Education England (Wessex), gives some startling figures that reinforce the value of social care systems and the call for increased funding.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even views-row-last"> <a href="/blog/why-physicians-support-social-care-solutions" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Why physicians support social care solutions</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-06-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 June 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> </div> <h2 class="element-invisible">Pages</h2><div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-current first">1</li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 2" href="/topics/health-and-social-care-policy?page=1">2</a></li> <li class="pager-next"><a title="Go to next page" href="/topics/health-and-social-care-policy?page=1">next ›</a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a title="Go to last page" href="/topics/health-and-social-care-policy?page=1">last »</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="view-footer"> <div class="view-results">21 results</div><div class="view-mode"><span class="layout-trigger"><span class="view-mode-label">View as</span><span class="trigger-grid active">Grid</span><span class="trigger-list">List</span></span></div> </div> </div><div class="view view-topic-node view-id-topic_node view-display-id-events collapsible-filters match-heights search-page-content-type-tpl views-row-alt-separation row-max-4 view-card-default-palette"> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <a href="/events/spring-meeting-2021" class="card event-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Spring Meeting 2021</h3> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> Live 28 - 30 April 2021 - On Demand until 30 April 2022 </div> <div class="card-city"> <div class="card-location">ONLINE</div> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS Spring Meeting 2021 is taking place on 28-30 April. Click here to view the programme, register or find out how to join online live or on demand.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-event-type"> Spring Conference </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/events/ni-townhall-no-more-silos" class="card event-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>NI Townhall - No More Silos</h3> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> 14 Apr 2021 13.00 - 14.00 </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-event-type"> Webinar </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <a href="/events/autumn-meeting-2018" class="card event-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Autumn Meeting 2018</h3> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> <div class="card-display-date"> 14 November 2018 </div> </div> <div class="card-city"> <div class="card-location">LONDON</div> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS Autumn Meeting will cover the latest scientific research and the best clinical practice in care of older people. Our ageing population is stimulating extensive NHS service redesign to deal with the challenge of caring for larger numbers of older people both in and out of hospitals. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-event-type"> Autumn Conference </div> </div></div></a> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <div class="view-results">3 results</div><div class="view-mode"><span class="layout-trigger"><span class="view-mode-label">View as</span><span class="trigger-grid active">Grid</span><span class="trigger-list">List</span></span></div> </div> </div><div class="view view-topic-node view-id-topic_node view-display-id-policies collapsible-filters match-heights search-page-content-type-tpl views-row-alt-separation row-max-4 view-card-default-palette"> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <a href="/policy-and-media/bgs-welcomes-new-report-%E2%80%98hospital-discharge-and-its-impact-on-patient-flow-through" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS welcomes new report ‘Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals’</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-06-23T00:00:00+01:00">23 June 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS welcomes a new report published by the Senedd Health and Social Care Committee, Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals. This report concludes the Committee’s inquiry into this topic to which BGS was pleased to submit both written and oral evidence.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Policy</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/policy-and-media/new-nhs-england-hospital-discharge-funding-your-questions" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>New NHS England hospital discharge funding: Your questions</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-08-24T00:00:00+01:00">24 August 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Late on Friday 21 August, the Department of Health and Social Care announced a £588 million fund to support people being discharged from hospital. 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All of it is evidence-based and focused on the unique contribution that the Society is able to bring to inform policy development decisions. Some of it involves keeping a watching brief on external developments that have an impact on our members’ work and on the healthcare of older people. 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