BGS Spring Meeting 2021

BGS is delighted to announce the highlights of the upcoming BGS Spring Meeting 2021. From 28 to 30 April 2021, our Spring conference will cover a variety of topics including Major Trauma in Older People, Dementia & related mental disorders, updates on COVID-19, and much more.

Our highlighted speakers include:

Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Care
Professor Kenneth Rockwood, Professor of geriatric medicine and community health & epidemiology, Dalhousie, Canada
Dhole Eddleston Prize winners: Dr Claire Steves, Senior Clinical Lecturer, KCL and Dr Mary ni Lochlainn, NIHR Doctoral Fellow, KCL
Professor Heath Jarman, Consultant Nurse Emergency Care, St Georges'
Professor Áine Burns, consultant nephrologist and director of postgraduate medical education, Royal Free Hospital
Professor Michael West CBE, Senior Visiting Fellow, The King’s Fund Professor of Organizational Psychology, Lancaster University Emeritus Professor, Aston University
Mr Robin Swann MLA, Minister of Health, Northern Ireland
Helena Herklots, Commissioner for Older People Wales
Prof Ronan Collins, Director of Stroke Services / Consultant Physician, Tallaght University Hospital
The 2021 Spring Meeting will be held in association with the Irish Gerontological Society, The meeting will cover core competencies such as Dementia and related mental health topics, have a focus on innovations in digital health and explore acute stroke medicine. It will also be a forum for the latest scientific research and the best clinical practice in healthcare 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. This conference will cover core areas of interest to all specialists responsible for the health care of older people.

Further information can be found on BGS website.