Are you an #AGILE member who would like more experience in working on a #national #benchmarking project? Then why not join the AGILE national committee and BEPOP steering group as our new comms officer? E-mail [email protected] for more info.

Are you interested in reshaping care in NHS hospitals for people with Multiple Long-Term Conditions? We are excited to be co-funding and co-supervising a PhD in this area. Closing date: 24 May 2026 Find out more: buff.ly/oePmPcl #Studentship #InclusiveResearch #NIHR

Thanks to Sophia Amenyah for delivering a masterclass in inclusive, co-produced nutrition research with older people. Inspiring content and examples. We look forward to further collaboration! @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social

We are pleased to announce that a new addition to our microlearning library, "Getting to Grips with Sarcopenia", is now available. This course is free for BGS members and available at a small fee to non-members.

@newcastleage.bsky.social @agilecsp.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social @chrishurst.bsky.social

Are you working with a service that delivers exercise programmes for people who have, or are at risk of, sarcopenia and frailty? We want you! Join our national benchmarking and feedback programme to evaluate and improve how your service supports older people. tinyurl.com/BEPOPWave4 #BEPOP #Wave4

Being part of @nihr.bsky.social for the past 20 years has had such an impact on my career. Without them taking a punt on a physio to do a PhD back in 2006, i wouldn't be where I am today #NIHR20 @thecsp.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social @vivensa.bsky.social

The UK is one of only five of the richest 21 countries to see HLE decline. @ONS reports that healthy life expectancy is falling. BSRA advocates for increased funding in ageing research so we can all live healthier for longer. Dataset in the comments 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Inspiring talk - with great humour as well!

Congratulations to AGE group member Dr Claire McDonald winning a @vivensa.bsky.social Academy Rising Star Excellence Award 🎉for her outstanding work in translational geroscience, trialling new treatments for age related conditions and #MLTC Well deserved!👏 @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

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In case you missed our Annual Symposium in London yesterday, or just want to relive some of those brilliant moments, we have written a summary of the day here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/2026-an... #VivensaSymposium2026 #EvidenceIntoPractice #FundingForAgeingWell

Dr John Hindle, our second Keynote speaker, with our President and President Elect, Jugdeep and Amit. Dr Hindle on Navigating the challenges of Parkinson’s disease - a personal perspective. #BGSconf

Results and feedback from Wave 3 coming soon Microlearning with the #bgs also coming soon! Wave 4 .. taking expressions of interest out (see comments)

Stream 2 of our Spring Meeting in Cardiff is packed for Demographic trends: Healthcare of older people in prisons. #BGSconf

Thanks @stephenlim.bsky.social and @chrishurst.bsky.social for leading a whole day of sarcopenia at @gerisoc.bsky.social conference today. Biology, epidemiology, trials, exercise, nutrition and scalable QI. And a stimulating panel discussion! @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

Thanks to all who attended our @gerisoc.bsky.social ADMISSION #MLTC symposium today - and thanks to all our speakers. Now to use the findings to improve care... @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social @nihrtechevalhrc.bsky.social

Fantastic to see our @agilecsp.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social BEPOP national initiative bearing fruit. Real and important improvements in strength training quality at scale - but still more to do! @newcastleage.bsky.social

Dr Sara Pretorius from @nihrtechevalhrc.bsky.social discussing our clinician interview work in our ADMISSION #MLTC symposium at @gerisoc.bsky.social. Illustrates the complexity of care and the mismatch between care structures and patient needs. @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Dr Sue Bellass next up in our @gerisoc.bsky.social ADMISSION #MLTC symposium. Lived experience of hospital care living with MLTC; individual, interpersonal & organisational themes, illustrating need to design and deliver hospital care v differently... @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Fantastic to see our @agilecsp.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social BEPOP national initiative bearing fruit. Real and important improvements in strength training quality at scale - but still more to do! @newcastleage.bsky.social

Even complex MLTC (multiple body systems) v common in this patient group

Jonny Bunn presenting his PhD findings at @gerisoc.bsky.social in our ADMISSION symposium using routine hospital data. >=2 conditions as MLTC definition is so common in older ppl that it doesn't capture the variability we need to understand. @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

Our co-chair is currently presenting at the #spring26 BGS conference.

Prof Rachel Cooper getting our ADMISSION MLTC symposium underway at @gerisoc.bsky.social conference. MLTC affects >50% adults admitted to hospital: higher since COVID. @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Whatever we do, patients need to work hard. Not challenging = no improvement.

Next up at @gerisoc.bsky.social conference: Dr Chris Hurst @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social on strength training for older people. It works, we should offer it, but effective training needs a structured approach with progressive overload and regular reassessment. #sarcopenia @newcastleage.bsky.social

Next up at @gerisoc.bsky.social conference: Dr Chris Hurst @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social on strength training for older people. It works, we should offer it, but effective training needs a structured approach with progressive overload and regular reassessment. #sarcopenia @newcastleage.bsky.social

Our Annual Symposium is underway! The sun is shining over London and our CEO Katy Saunders has just opened the event focusing on the importance of two of our six values - collaboration and inclusion. #EvidenceIntoPractice #VivensaSymposium2026 #FundingForAgeingWell

And now our @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social MASS Lifecourse deep phenotyping study has delivered muscle biopsies and comprehensive muscle measures from ages 18 to 85. New knowledge on #sarcopenia mechanisms such as cellular senescence to guide novel treatments. @newcastleage.bsky.social

Lots of factors that affect muscle strength and size across the life course- and many are modifiable...

Prof Rachel Cooper from @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social on a life course epidemiology approach to #sarcopenia at @gerisoc.bsky.social Lots of great UK cohorts to exploit - better understanding = more opportunities to prevent & treat sarcopenia and frailty. @newcastleage.bsky.social

One month left to apply for our: ✅ Proleptic Postdoctoral Fellowship ✅ Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowship The deadline for both opportunities is Friday 22 May, 5pm and you can find more information here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/apply-for-fu... #FundingForAgeingWell

Prof Mumtaz Patel (President of @rcphysicians.bsky.social) on generalism - will be critical to address challenge of improving hospital care for #MLTC. See more later today at our ADMISSION @gerisoc.bsky.social symposium @newcastleage.bsky.social

Prof Mumtaz Patel from @rcphysicians.bsky.social delivers the first keynote of @gerisoc.bsky.social #BGSconf talking about what the RCP is doing to address the needs of the NHS's largest user group, older people.

BGS spring meeting now underway! Busy day ahead including talking about #sarcopenia and also about #mltc. @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

⏱️ You have just over two weeks left to apply for the newly created role of Investment Manager - the deadline is Friday 8 May. Find the full job description and how to apply here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/about-us/vac... #InvestmentJobs #CharityJobs

Best practice assessment and management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in older adults. academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

Read more at: newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

@nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social has launched REVITALiSE, the first platform trial for sarcopenia. We'll test up to five interventions in one flexible trial. First up: fisetin! Great early response already, with home based screening making participation easy for older people. @newcastleage.bsky.social

New from our MLTC cross-NIHR collaboration: A national framework to improve how we prevent, treat, and reduce the burden of multiple long‑term conditions. Now out in BMC Medicine: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @nihr.bsky.social @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

AI scribes. Greta blog by @benngooch.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

The NHS desperately needs them. The doctors in the pipeline need them too (as otherwise many will leave). Performative stupidity. And with applications open in a few weeks, this could be hugely disruptive at a time when we are about to be hit by shortages of fuel, helium etc.

🎉 Congratulations to our very own Professor Miles Witham on his appointment as an NIHR Senior Investigator! This award recognises Miles’ leadership of translational ageing research and his commitment to supporting the next generation of researchers. www.nihr.ac.uk/newly-appoin...

I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year. I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Agree. We have the same challenge with sarcopenia - we need to measure grip strength, not use AI proxy measures.

6.7% incidence increasing LoS 5+ days. Plus other adverse outcomes. Only slightly alarming… #ansky

BEPOP wave 4 is OPEN for business! Help improve your team's practice by joining! Express an interest here: tinyurl.com/BEPOPWave4

Our CEO Katy opened the @housinglin.bsky.social conference in Newcastle today, talking about our SHAPE Exchange partnership. Our Trustee and Chair for the SHAPE Advisory Group @profroseg.bsky.social spoke about the provision of housing for older people in the NE. #HLINconf2026