Sobering to see these data on female clinical academics through from lecturer to professor level How can we improve this?

Reminder that you don’t need to be at #BGSConf in person to join us for the GMEC launch tomorrow, nor do you need to be a British Geriatrics Society member - sign up to join online via the link below!

Prof Janet Lord opens her talk at #bgsconf by thanking Professor Chris Whitty for his annual report focused on ageing. Read it here. Please do read it. gov.uk/government/pub…

A tribute to Rowan Harwood from Age_and_Ageing chair @finbarr45452612 as he stands down as editor in chief of the journal after fantastic leadership and achievements over the last six years. British Geriatrics Society

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Useful resource to support medicines optimisation in patients with orthostatic hypotension ⁦British Geriatrics Society⁩ ⁦Jennifer Stevenson⁩

Andrew Elder emphasising "We're not anti-AI, We're pro-human". Empathy, compassion, presence can't be delivered by AI. British Geriatrics Society #BGSConf Important to our own practice and how we develop those around us. School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences GSTT_Pharmacy

Thanks for opportunity British Geriatrics Society to share this at yet another inspirational #BGSconf. To be able to discuss this and next steps uppsalareports.org/articles/looki… Uppsala Monitoring Centre with Kenneth Rockwood in person was beyond imagination 🙏🥰☺️

A few conversations recently with GSTT_Pharmacy folks Guy's and St Thomas' about upskilling in frailty recently. This is the FREE course you should be doing.

Reading this, it is great to be part of the Centre for Ageing Resilience in a Changing Environment (CARICE) kcl.ac.uk/research/centr… with the brilliant Jugdeep Dhesi Carly Welch Rebekah Josh Foster GSTT Ageing & Health and many others, led by the awesome Claire Steves

Our first ask of the incoming government: Embed the #BGSBlueprint as the basis for integrated, person-centred, age-attuned care across the NHS. 1/10 bgs.org.uk/GE2024

The British Geriatrics Society manifesto asks were finalised at #BGSconf with Adam Gordon MBE Jugdeep Dhesi Ruth Law DebGompertz Sarah Mistry which wasn't exactly the plan. Add in some design wizardry from Amy Brewerton and I think it looks amazing. So great to see it resonating with members.

Is age the best measure to fully capture the complexity of increased adverse reaction risk in older patients? For #UppsalaReports, Giovanni Furlan and Jennifer Stevenson argue that we should consider frailty in #pharmacovigilance practices instead 👉 ow.ly/T0CZ50RN2J2

Excellent resource. So glad more widely available. ĐulaAlićehajić-Bečić Heather Smith as mentioned at our British Geriatrics Society pharmacist group meeting today

Congratulations Anneka Mitchell !! A truly passionate promoter of clinical academic pharmacy roles and doing such valuable work in the area of anticoagulation and ageing Victoria Speed

📢 Research opportunity for Pharmacy Professionals in South London. Please share widely Deadline 1st July GSTT_Pharmacy King's College Hospital Pharmacy School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences King's College London Pharmacy 🌈 Siobhan Gee David Taylor David Webb haifa lyster 💙 Chris Remmington Professor Parastou Donyai🧶 Dr Melanie Dalby 💙 Debi Bhattacharya

A joy to be involved in this fantastic series alongside the British Geriatrics Society Rising Star Carly Welch sharing approaches that deliver patient centred care. King's College London Pharmacy 🌈 School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences GSTT_Pharmacy Guy's and St Thomas' GSTT Ageing & Health

Every older person deserves a bespoke and holistic approach to their medicines - there’s no ‘one size fits all’ and we really need to think about how ageing mechanisms affect health Listen to this podcast with Jennifer Stevenson to hear us chatting about ageing, drugs, and more 💊

Just brilliant to be getting this message out in the mainstream media. Thanks Lucy Pollock and Dr Xand van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 The helpful/harmful balance of medicines as we age is tricky and B-R-A-N choosingwisely.co.uk/about-choosing… is what we teach our King's College London Pharmacy 🌈 students School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences

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