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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Apr 10

Sarah Combes
@sarahcombs.bsky.social
presents advance care planning challenges in the words of patients.

Key takeaways:
FAMILY- most older people know what they want but don’t tell their family

START with living well now and work the conversation backwards.

#BGSconf @GeriSoc #frailty

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Apr 9

How do we bridge the workforce gaps in delivering future care for an ageing population, closer to home?

@gerisoc.bsky.social Rising star for Research @abijhall.bsky.social tells #BGSconf how #AHPs and support workers are key to delivering this— AHP community #Research 🔑🔑

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Apr 9

@phanlon.bsky.social is a 2025 @gerisoc.bsky.social Research Rising Star 🌟

Peter tells how disease specific guidelines rarely reflect the complexities of managing older people with #frailty and #complexcomorbidities

Peter is an Academic #GP in Glasgow
#BGSConf and a Super⭐️

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Apr 9

Do you care deeply about how Older People’s Care is influenced so it serves those “on the shop floor “ @jkdhesi.bsky.social ? Then contribute your views to the next @gerisoc.bsky.social strategic plan 26/29 through the member survey 👇🏻

#BGSconf #Frailty

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Apr 9

BGS Spring Meeting kicks off in beautiful Belfast with @jkdhesi.bsky.social Presidential Address reminding all those interested in #Geriatrics to implore others to #ChooseGeriatrics too

@gerisoc.bsky.social #BGSconf

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Feb 4

Huge thank you to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for her thought-provoking lecture last night on digital inequalities. Fantastic turn out at City Hall in Bristol, with a light show to welcome everyone! We will be sharing a recording of the talk soon for those unable to make it in person.

City Hall, Bristol lit up in pink and purple.

A full house - audience applause at the end of the lecture.

l-r: Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Evelyn Welch, Vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol; Pat Kehoe, Director of the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research.

Professor Trish Greenhalgh presenting her lecture on digital inequalities.

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Feb 3

Are Mondays the new Fridays?

Cracking evening listening to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social Effects of austerity on our #NHS delivery model:

Fragmentation
Taskification
Complexification
Distancification
Disembedding
Responsibalisation
Digital facsimile patients

Who said healthcare’s about #people?

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 21

#ChooseGeriatrics
Profile: Peter Hanlon, GP
@gerisoc.bsky.social
BGS Rising ⭐️ Research

“I saw expertly crafted patient centred care in action in two geriatrics placements right at the start of my training and didn’t look back.
It totally shaped the way I now see GP “
#ChooseGeriatricsforGP
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 18

#ChooseGeriatrics
Profile: Lyndsey Dunn
@lyndseydunn7.bsky.social
Chair #Nurse & #AHP Council

“For me nursing transcends professional duties; it embodies a heartfelt commitment to uplifting the older adults I serve, enriching their lives while fostering my own growth”

@gerisoc.bsky.social
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 18

#ChooseGeriatrics

Carys B @carysbarton.bsky.social · Dec 17

I hugely admire the geriatricians I know ! They are a rare and special breed. Some of the best people I know

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 11

@richardbiram.bsky.social
Richard went on to become a Consultant Geriatrician in Cambridge with an interest in perioperatives care.

This is also a field that has emerged since he qualified…

#ChooseGeriatrics and it’s likely you will choose a future-proofed career with opportunities galore ahead

Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 11

#ChooseGeriatrics
Profile: Richard Biram
@richardbiram.bsky.social
Chair England Council

“I don’t remember hearing much about geriatric medicine during my training years. My first job as a doctor happened to be on a geriatric medicine ward and I absolutely loved it.”

@gerisoc.bsky.social
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 8

@debgompertz.bsky.social is the BGS Deputy Honorary Secretary and Vice-President for Policy.

She is a #ComplexCare #GP in Somerset and an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur #NHSCEP

Her work on #polypharmacy will get you rethinking who it is we are treating…

healthinnovationsouthwest.com/blog/innovat...

"Show me your meds please?" - Health Innovation South West

healthinnovationsouthwest.com

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 8

#ChooseGeriatrics
Profile: Deb Gompertz
Dep Hon Sec @gerisoc.bsky.social

“I chose geriatrics because I love hearing people’s stories.
One of my favourite poems has always been "Crabbit Old Woman" By: Phyllis McCormack, see the whole person in front of you”

#ChooseGeratricsForGeneralists
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The BMJ @bmj.com · Dec 1

Guideline directed medical therapy for heart failure for older people with frailty may do more harm than good, say Henry Woodford and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 6

I had the same. Looked around expecting to see Noel Edmonds gunging Mr Blobby in my bathroom

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Vicki Goodwin MBE @vickigphysio.bsky.social · Dec 4

Come and do a Dunhill Medical Trust #PhD with me and @jufrost.bsky.social looking at #CGA for people with #heartfailure and #frailty as part of the @nihr.bsky.social funded CHART trial and #processevaluation www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter

www.exeter.ac.uk

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 3

👇🏻👇🏻10 reasons to
#ChooseGeriatrics by @mancunianmedic.bsky.social
David Oliver

I 😍number 10!
#BGSConf
@gerisoc.bsky.social

#frailty
#OlderPeople
#MDT
#MedSky

Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ChooseGeriatrics

10. “Because I still love coming to BGS meetings and hanging out not just with geriatricians but all the other clinical disciplines there. They are my tribe and where i feel happiest”
@mancunianmedic.bsky.social

@gerisoc.bsky.social

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ChooseGeriatrics

10. “Because I still love coming to BGS meetings and hanging out not just with geriatricians but all the other clinical disciplines there. They are my tribe and where i feel happiest”
@mancunianmedic.bsky.social

@gerisoc.bsky.social

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ChooseGeriatrics

9. “Because there are fewer private practice opportunities in what we do and so we are driven by public service.”
@mancunianmedic.bsky.social

@gerisoc.bsky.social

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ChooseGeriatrics

8. “Because they love to advocate for an often neglected group of patients and services despite sometimes disparaging attitudes - they are natural campaigners and influencers.”
@mancunianmedic.bsky.social

@gerisoc.bsky.social

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ChooseGeriatrics

7. Because geriatricians (and other members of the #MDT) are so bloody nice. They tend to be ego free, very collaborative, not too grand or "above" doing whatever patients need and the ones i met early in my career were great role models.
@mancunianmedic.bsky.social

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ChooseGeriatrics

6. “Because geriatric medicine allows you at various points in your career to work across the interfaces between acute, long term and community care, healthcare ethics and law or sometimes all at once.”
@mancunianmedic.bsky.social

@gerisoc.bsky.social

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · Dec 3

#ChooseGeriatrics

5. “Because older people are endlessly fascinating on account of their long lives, life stories and varying attitudes to ageing and are a very rewarding group to work with.”
@mancunianmedic.bsky.social

@gerisoc.bsky.social

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