Our next course 25-26 June features the one and only Ken Rockwood sharing pearls on examining older people.

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12 CPD points £80

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Monitoring mobility “tracks physiological progress and response to treatment…mobility must be actively nurtured in each patient, elevating the status of functional mobility to a primary goal for the MDT”

We do this on our ward. Shouldn’t all wards across the hospital? Monitor daily w/ NEWS CFS, 4AT

Yes the NHS needs to improve efficiency.

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but it is striking how few hospital beds we have and how low our spend is compared to our peers www.thetimes.com/article/1130...91

I’m not sure how you’ll spin that out for 2 CPD points

Thanks Henry! That’s a process that can induce a feeling of great cognitive ease

Want to learn more about managing patients with frailty on the acute take? Join me on Thursday giving a SAM webinar. 2 CPD points. Free for @acutemedicine.bsky.social members. £15 if not

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Thank you @gerisoc.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak at #BGSconf - would be great if as many BGS members as possible feed into the consultation for the new 10 year plan that is in development here 👉 change.nhs.uk/en-GB/

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Integrated care for older people (‎ICOPE)‎: guidance for person-centred assessment and pathways in primary care Integrated care for older people (‎ICOPE)‎: guidance for person-centred assessment and pathways in primary care, care for older persons, health ageing. The Handbook assists with setting person-centred...

The ICOPE model as a way of framing structured primary care for older people is outlined by Adrian Hayter www.who.int/publications... #BGSConf @gerisoc.bsky.social

Not just General Practice & Community services - it's the whole of Primary Care. Well said @dochayter.bsky.social This is exactly what's needed! And a workforce that focuses on general skills to tackle multimorbidity & prevention, not just speciality driven #BGSConf #choosegeriatrics #gerisky

Virtual wards for people with frailty: what works, for whom, how and why-a rapid realist review - PubMed Insights gained from this review could inform implementation or evaluation of VWs for frailty. A combination of acute and longer-term VWs may be needed within a whole system approach. Proactive care i...

Nice to see Maggie Westaby talking about her realist review on frailty virtual ward published in this paper @gerisoc.bsky.social @ukhahsoc.bsky.social
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“Be more Ted Lasso” - if you want to improve systems be curious about why motivated colleagues who are doing their best don’t always do what we think is the right thing says @sheffielddoc.bsky.social #bgsconf @gerisoc.bsky.social

Waiting for Godot likened to Proactive Care by @bloody--holly.bsky.social
How do we encourage colleagues not to feel frightened by the shift to community care from hospital #BGSConf

Writing a talk where I am suggesting we might stop anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation if someone is dying or bleeding? Not controversial?

But then remembering the patients i’ve seen, even some fast tracked for GI cancers, started on anticoagulation…

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What did the Autumn Budget do for the NHS’s financial health? Sally Gainsbury assesses what the recent budget means for the NHS. This blog was originally published in the BMJ on November 4.

My analysis for the BMJ on where the budget has left the NHS in England and its £4.8bn funding hole is now also available for free on our own website, here www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wh...

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