This continues to be the greatest squirrel feeder ever

** Advance care planning simulation training ** Last spaces remaining for the award winning course on Nov 11th. The course is free (HEE funded) and accessible on zoom. Email [email protected] to sign up. Please retweet David Oliver (also on Blue Sky) Martin Vernon British Geriatrics Society Kathryn Mannix

Excited to have new PA join our team next week. (Fear not ID, IT access etc sorted). Novel ideas for welcome goodie bag please? Go…

Carol Kavanagh North Manchester Locality Sir Chris Ham Manchester Local Care Organisation Yes of course- except it hasn’t been for everyone as its been ‘easier’ to plonk some folk into a bed to service the needs of hospitals rather than do the right thing of getting them home (we agree 😊 Carol)- thereby increasingly blocking the wider system

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join the Frailty / Older Persons Medicine Team to support the Frailty Same Day Emergency Care Service. This is an exciting new role and we welcome your applications! Apply today: jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916…

I'm about to ask a very stupid question. Can someone with some photoshop skills make my profile photo Christmassy. I'm going to regret this.

Superb experience in day surgery @QAHospitalNews today. Thank you Simon Hodkinson, Ben Booth, Kimberley anaesthesia nurse, Kate fowler recovery, and Kim SN. Now for some rest and recovery! (After I’ve tried to stand)

🚨New BGS position statement published today!🚨 Person-centred acute hospital care for people with dementia, written by Age_and_Ageing Editor in Chief @RowanHarwood. bgs.org.uk/resources/bgs-…

We can prevent delirium! Results from our 4-site trial of Eat Walk Engage published today. And we’ve scaled up to 17 hospitals around Queensland —great natural experiment as we keep improving our program. 🙏 team @EatWalkEngage Sharon Inouye, MD @aidybarnett Adrienne Young AdvAPD Gill Harvey

Trauma is the theme of the week. To start have a look at the @EuropSocEM EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society Geriatric EM Europe in-a-page guide to silver trauma posters.geriemeurope.eu/posters/geriEM…

Best gift ever from a kind-hearted colleague. Loving the likeness. It’s the little things and gestures that keep us all going.

New UK National Osteoporosis Guideline goes live today with our brand-new website nogg.org.uk. 18+ months in the writing, endorsed by NICE, its designed to guide primary and secondary care practice in the UK. #NOGG Royal Osteoporosis Society for professionals British Geriatrics Society Royal College of General Practitioners

Australia when it's #Eurovision evening

What can we learn from the death of the #Queen? The world has watched her live through the process of #OrdinaryDying, and yet dying went unspoken, un-named. Let's notice what nobody mentioned: we all saw the Queen going through the stages of ordinary dying. A 🧵... 1/

Incredible group of girls who have come together over one month!! So proud of them all.

Brilliant to see 10 schools at Trojans today for the U12 schools festival. Some skills development in the morning followed by matches. Fun in the October sun! Festival was supported by Trojans Rugby coaches and those from Havant Rugby Football Club (inc. 3 awesome youngsters).

Thank you Portsmouth Hospitals University NHST for great patient experience in eye unit (Macular) OPD today. Attentive, efficient and very clear communication. Lovely to see Karen a former OPM staff member too.

AIM athletes of the week ⭐️ Junior Academy: Jess Wilson Pre-Academy: Poppy Edmonson Senior Academy: Ellie Johnson 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Improving how services work for older people holds the key to many of the problems currently experienced by the wider system. That is why it is vital to use #BGSBlueprint evidence, examples & recommendations to create a sustainable integrated model of care bgs.org.uk/Blueprint

We’re here for 𝙃𝙚𝙧 🫶  It’s time for change, to better support all women and girls at every life stage, and we’re leading the way 👊   Join our #NETBALLHer movement on and beyond the court to empower women and girls to show up without apology – and belong 🤝