Our next course 25-26 June features the one and only Ken Rockwood sharing pearls on examining older people. And all the same content that got this feedback 12 CPD points £80 www.leedsfrailtyeducation.co.uk/upcoming-cou... @jkdhesi.bsky.social @emmavardy2.bsky.social @mancunianmedic.bsky.social

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. sean9n.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/wha… 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

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 www.eventsforce.net/eventage/fro...

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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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

Nice to see Maggie Westaby talking about her realist review on frailty virtual ward published in this paper @gerisoc.bsky.social @ukhahsoc.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38482985/

“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…

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...