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04-07-2016 14:24:54
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Fabulous to celebrate 10 years of an innovative patient centred service delivering acute medical care in people’s homes. Looking forward to the future bigger and better offering more people choice of place of care. GSTT Ageing & Health Guy's and St Thomas' @karen_titchener UK Hospital at Home Society
💥Here’s another fantastic fellowship opportunity: A research fellowship with supervision from PI Jugdeep Dhesi and Dr Jude Partridge delivering the NIHR POPS-Up study - can CGA-based peri-op med be implemented through out the NHS at scale? Click below 4 info: shorturl.at/uwLKj
Do you know which drugs to stop first in orthostatic hypotension? You might be surprised! The best drug is losartan, says laramitchell — and give it at night #BGSconf
Well done to Tia Brunel University of London. Been good to work together on a design to help those with hearing difficulty in hospital GSTT Ageing & Health Guy's and St Thomas' Katherine Chin RNID
Cardiogeriatrics has great face validity but for pre-TAVI no strong evidence base with a lack of good trials in this area. Enjoy our systematic review out now. Katherine Chin GSTT Ageing & Health BHVS British Geriatrics Society European Society of Cardiology …ea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
Yup, we are seeing between 1 in 4 & 1 in 7 older patients choosing a non operative route when BRAN approach used in #CGA based #POPS perioperative services across the UK British Geriatrics Society Centre for Perioperative Care (article about this approach/ impact on SDM/outcomes just accepted -will share soon!)
Bringing clinicians and academics together translational research in ageing & environment Claire Steves CARICE King's College London GSTT Ageing & Health a fascinating day Jude Partridge Rebekah Carly Welch British Geriatrics Society
Simulation training is one way to increase clinicians confidence when working in hospitalathome. UK Hospital at Home Society Guy's and St Thomas' GSTT Ageing & Health
‘Movement is medicine’ Joe Wicks is supporting Jugdeep Dhesi Centre for Perioperative Care Guy's and St Thomas' to help patients prepare for surgery. These 10-minute routines are tailored for all abilities and particularly suitable for older people. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…
Great to see this initiative for #exercise pre and post op. Also great for all older adults with frailty GSTT Ageing & Health
Very pleased to be invited onto the Commission. Look forward to working with the team to support implementation of quality End of Life Care for all, acknowledging 85% deaths occur in those aged>65, leading cause of death dementia, 43% in hospital David Oliver (also on Blue Sky) Adam Gordon MBE
Delighted to share we have 2 locum Consultant Geriatrician posts now available Guy's and St Thomas' GSTT Ageing & Health POPS Opportunities including acute frailty, hospital@home, community, inpatients, POPS. If interested and want to find out more get in touch with me or Fionna Martin.
Sadly saying goodbye to our amazing colleague Ania Barling as she moves to pastures new in Bath RUH Bath 🏥. We wish her all the best and hope this will help develop new links between our depts
Its out and only until Sunday 13th! So hurry and apply now for our fabulous FY3+ integrated clinical fellows posts- clinical or research and teaching including frailty unit and hospital@home. NHS Jobs : C9196-25-0639 Come & join vibrant department #choosegeriatrics British Geriatrics Society