Adam Gordon MBE British Geriatrics Society Simon Conroy . Hi folks, hope all well. A poll, please answer and comment (and then share widely…) What condition or issue is associated with the largest number of avoidable deaths in the NHS?

British Geriatrics Society Sadly probably associated with the largest number of avoidable in hospital deaths in the U.K. but NHS doesn’t put the same emphasis as it does sepsis or VTE #deliriumkills #deliriumisamedicalemergency

The Royal London Psychiatric Liaison team also covers Moorfields Eye hospital. Someone has zazzed the bleep and I want to wear it all day 👁️👁️

⭐️Free webinar⭐️ European Delirium Association: Results of worldwide delirium prevalance study. 2nd October 2024 4pm UK time (5pm CET) europeandeliriumassociation.org/edawebinars-66… Top speakers including Heidi Lindroth Peter Nydahl

Are you an older adult consultant psychiatrist looking for an exciting and challenging clinical role? Why not come to work with us at GSTT? NHS Maudsley Guy's and St Thomas' jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Presenting early work from our NIHR PRU in Dementia and Neurodegeneration QM UK delirium policy project. EDA Joint Symposium at #EuGMS2024 Congress. 🗓️ September 20th ⌚ 8:30 CEST. Session includes great talks from 🇮🇹 Alessandro Morandi , 🇮🇪 Suzanne Timmons & eugms2024.com

🌟 🌟 🌟 JOB OPPORTUNITY 🌟 🌟 🌟 Research Assistant/Postdoctoral Research Assistant APPLY 👇 Come join a fantastic team Bone and Joint Health Queen Mary University of London to work on a UK Research and Innovation rehabilitation and fragility fractures researchprogramme! Deadline 05/12/2024 qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/a…

Hi Chiltern Railways could you communicate with your team on the 1711 from Oxford and ask them to switch the lights on. Whole train is in darkness and it’s dangerously overcrowded

Launched this week. Improving acute healthcare for people on mental health wards East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) Mile End Hospital. Huge thanks to Bec & London's Air Ambulance Charity Physician Response Unit- bringing A&E to the patient. It's a pilot-so lots to learn on both sides. Community Emergency Medicine

Yes please - The Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) is a NEL-ICB programme and we are trying to visit everyone - only 3 months in but we are getting there!

Glorious Wanstead parkrun , by way of Narnia today ❄️❄️❄️

There's no doubt that overcrowding & long stays in the Emergency Department/Emergency Room are contributing to 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦 arising after admission. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙮 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙗𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙐𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝

🧠 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰? ▶️ Multiple studies now show that delirium is a major risk factor for dementia. ⁉️ It's a puzzle why delirium is hardly mentioned in the dementia literature, including as a risk factor for dementia. 🧩

The inaugural Wolfson Institute of Population Health The Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) Barts and The London, Queen Mary trip to the legendary Tayyabs. Great to see the energy moving East…

Our FAIRER doctoral training programme as part of the The Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) is now out to advert. Come and work with a world-beating team including Liz Sampson, Claudia, Katie Sheehan, Jamie Read and Jerry Tsang. findaphd.com/phds/program/d…

Sorry to hear that. Doesn't help that august organs like NEJM refuse to use the correct terminology. Do better, NEJM. #delirium

Join a well established FY3 year in a friendly progressive department. Ideal for budding geriatricians, other medical specialities and GPs of the future and to try out research ( no previous research experience needed). Closing date Sunday 13th

Delirium Matters. Launch event. Great initiative Liz Sampson Alasdair MacLullich Josie Jenkinson NIHR PRU in Dementia and Neurodegeneration QM

#deliriummatters -cost NHS £10.8 billion p.a. -young & old, medicine, surgery, ICU, care homes -⬆️hospital stay, delays discharge -⬆️falls, cognitive decline & death -under-detected & badly managed Solutions!- new national Policy Report NIHR PRU in Dementia and Neurodegeneration QM bit.ly/42Ywd0l

At the Community Emergency Medicine conference #CEMcon25 this afternoon discussing complex interfaces between physical and mental health, capacity and urgent care. Great to hear from new Royal College of Emergency Medicine president Ian Higginson 🌈 Ian Higginson.