Delighted to give a poster presentation on the effect of severe mental illness on osteoporosis treatment and screening in people with fragility fracture Prof Irene Petersen JC Bazo-Alvarez Patricia Schartau 💙 UCL Primary Care & Population Health #Eugms2024Congress #EuGMS

A backwards walking rehabilitation programme for older people at risk of falls showed promising results in improving balance Dr Sylvie Pariel @jbelmin Sorbonne Université EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society EuGMS2024

Excellent poster session chaired by EllenVlaeyen and Karmele EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society #EuGMS2024 - Maria Nicolaou presented results of a telephone follow up outpatient programme for older people in Greece

Our poster presenting results of the HomeHealth trial - the HomeHealth service reduced hospital admissions and unpaid carer burden for older people with mild frailty Prof. Kate Walters UCL Primary Care & Population Health EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society #EuGMS2024

Our poster presenting the process evaluation of the HomeHealth RCT testing a health promotion service for older people with mild frailty - the service was well attended, delivered with high fidelity and valued by participants Prof. Kate Walters UCL Primary Care & Population Health EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society #EuGMS2024

Fascinating keynote lecture by Jugdeep Dhesi on perioperative management of older people - social determinants, working with coproduction to improve outcomes, prehab integrated in CGA EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society #EuGMS2024

I can’t get an appt with a GP? Yet there are 1000s of GPs out of work or struggling to find work NHS England have cut the equivalent of 2 full-time GPs in funding from an average practice, whilst funding ‘additional’ roles via ARRS Not additional then🤷🏻‍♂️

A day full of interesting talks at the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) European Regional Congress in Istanbul! Looking forward to giving a presentation on our work about the effect of severe mental illness on osteoporosis treatment in people with fragility fracture tomorrow 12/10 at 17.30 #FFN2024

Presented findings from our project on treatment post fragility fracture in people with severe mental illness during last session Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) congress yesterday #FFN2024 JC Bazo-Alvarez Patricia Schartau 💙 Prof Irene Petersen UCL Primary Care & Population Health NIHR School for Primary Care Research

Our new paper out The British Journal of General Practice JC Bazo-Alvarez Andrew Clegg David Osborn Prof Irene Petersen UCL Primary Care & Population Health Centre for Ageing Population Studies (CAPS) National Institute for Health and Care Research

Severe mental illness (SMI) is associated with higher risk of fragility fractures but #Osteoporosis is underdiagnosed in people with #SMI Appropriate #PrimaryCare interventions can be implemented to help reduce osteoporotic fractures doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… Christina Avgerinou

Worldwide, one in three women and one in five men aged 50 years and over will sustain a fragility fracture due to osteoporosis. #WorldOsteoporosisDay

Our new paper out, led by Dana Alsugeir | دانه الصقير and Dr Ruth Brauer, showing increased risk of osteoporotic fractures associated with SSRI / SNRI in peri- and post-menopausal women UCL School of Pharmacy Centre for Ageing Population Studies (CAPS) UCL Primary Care & Population Health UCL IEHC link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Approximately one in five men will experience a fracture due to osteoporosis, with many unaware of the risks associated with their bone health.

Are you involved in primary care big data research? Do you need to validate medical condition codelists? If so, you might find our new paper particularly helpful as we explore an innovative approach to do this! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… UCL CEHRAM Team UCL Primary Care & Population Health

🎉 Congratulations! 🎉 Huge well done to JC Bazo-Alvarez and all PCPH members—their article in The British Journal of General Practice made the Top 10 list for 2024! 👏🎊 📖 Read it here: bjgp.org/content/74/744…

🌟Exciting news! The new Electronic Frailty Index 2 (eFI2) is now accessible to 60% of England's GPs. This vital tool, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and developed by researchers at NIHR Yorkshire & Humber ARC Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/predicting-old…

When the BGS's journal Age and Ageing published the Electronic Frailty Index (eFI) in 2016, it was very influential and is used across the NHS to identify frailty within a population. This has now been made even better with the new and improved eFI2! buff.ly/p0j55fi

We're launching a chickenpox vaccination programme which will protect around half a million children each year. From January 2026, eligible children will get an MMRV vaccine to protect against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. Eligibility will be announced in due course.

In 2016, our journal, Age_and_Ageing, published the Electronic Frailty Index. It was highly influential and is used across the NHS to identify frailty within a population. This revolutionary has been updated, with the Electronic Frailty Index 2 (eFI2)! buff.ly/d2K5abr