Consultant Geriatrician. Chair NW Clinical Senate. Opinions my own
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Martin Vernon retweeted
Mar 13
⭐ META-ANALYSIS: Hospital delirium --> devastating long-term outcomes
253 studies, 137,000 pts:
• 5.4x dementia risk
• 2.8x institutionalisation
• 2.5x mortality
• 1.7x readmission
⚠️ Delirium = a serious acute problem AND a risk warning.
➡️ All pts deserve robust delirium assessment
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BREAKING: Sky News understands the government will not be giving the landmark assisted dying bill legislation more time in the House of Lords, which means it almost certainly will fall.
@SamCoatesSky explains ⬇️
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Martin Vernon retweeted
Have you visited our Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) Hub?
A clear, concise, evidence-based set of resources, freely available to all who need them on our website. buff.ly/yZ0Cxzg
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Martin Vernon retweeted
29 Dec 2025
🧠🦴 1 in 5 #hipfracture patients have #delirium on arrival.
x2 likely to die within a year & 73% less likely to get home.
Scottish data - N=18,000 pts. Shows: 4AT works at national scale - NB 91% completion. Takes 2 minutes.
Why isn't this standard everywhere?
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11 Dec 2025
This is considerably worse than the pandemic and on the front line services are getting decimated. Not good for patients and not good for staff 👇 bbc.com/news/articles/c8r307…
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9 Dec 2025
In 2019 @NHSEngland committed to invest in better care for older people with frailty by supporting primary care & community services
But it’s been eviscerated by successive ‘leadership’.
This links directly to the current urgent care crisis👇
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7 Dec 2025
There is plenty of evidence that comprehensive assessment of older people followed by accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment improves outcomes. Lowering antibiotic thresholds to treat things they may not have carries its own risks. Geriatricians know this 🙄🤷♂️
5 Dec 2025
Professor Sir Chris Whitty urged clinicians to adopt a lower threshold for antibiotic prescribing in this population compared with younger adults #NHS #doctors #antibiotics doctors.net.uk/news/doctors-…
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Martin Vernon retweeted
5 Dec 2025
Professor Sir Chris Whitty urged clinicians to adopt a lower threshold for antibiotic prescribing in this population compared with younger adults #NHS #doctors #antibiotics doctors.net.uk/news/doctors-…
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7 Dec 2025
A hospital that chooses to close its same day emergency care beds & fill them instead with unselected patients is a hospital that doesn’t understand emergency care and is in denial that the same problem won’t be there tomorrow.. leading to more extremis- just sayin.. 😉🤷♂️
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2 Dec 2025
While parliament debates legalisation of assisted dying we continue to face ever decreasing care alternatives at end of life
Despite legal requirement ICBs are failing to commission equitable palliative & end-of-life care to meet their population needs👇
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29 Nov 2025
Excellent call to arms by @mancunianmedic - there is specialism in generalism 😏 bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r246…
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Martin Vernon retweeted
27 Nov 2025
"Pragmatic prescribing to reduce harm for older people with moderate to severe frailty" aims to support prescribing decisions for older people with moderate to severe frailty. View our guidance document here: buff.ly/WofRdSe
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Martin Vernon retweeted
24 Nov 2025
Have you read our "Pragmatic prescribing to reduce harm for older people with moderate to severe frailty" document? It aims to support prescribing decisions for older people with moderate to severe frailty.
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Martin Vernon retweeted
14 Nov 2025
The third and final day of our Autumn Meeting is underway. In stream 2 the day has begun with an Ethics and Law session on assisted dying. #BGSconf
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Martin Vernon retweeted
22 Aug 2025
We welcone @RCPhysicians new position statement on palliative and end of life care. We support the call for a public campaign, improved education, and a national strategy.
Most people dying each year are older people, it is vital their needs are met.
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Martin Vernon retweeted
20 Aug 2025
We welcome the findings of the @HQIP 2024 National Audit of Care at the End of Life. We are pleased to see the positive statistics, including around patient experience and the prevalence of personalised care plans.
20 Aug 2025
1/2 Have you read the 2024 National Audit of Care at the End of Life (#NACEL) report?
Based on care delivered in 2024, it found that 83% of deaths were expected by clinical staff during final admission and, of these, 84% had a personal care plan.
Link: bit.ly/45r4ibO
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18 Aug 2025
Words matter
BGS (& others) rightly choose to use hospital at home over ‘virtual ward’ with good reason
Use of the word ‘virtual’ can imply patients will only receive hands off remote care when we know people with real needs often require care to be delivered fact to face 👇
18 Aug 2025
We have produced a report on Hospital at Home services for older people. This report, endorsed by the @UKHaHSoc, explains how Hospital at Home services are provided and how they might develop in the future as a key part of community-based healthcare. buff.ly/3ZgRhlo
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Martin Vernon retweeted
15 Aug 2025
2 of 10 key BGS messages on older people's healthcare:
Older people are the main users of health and social care services. Despite this, care and support for older people is often disjointed and hard to navigate. buff.ly/By1N3ID
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14 Aug 2025
This is likely to be just as bad in England if not worse. Bottom line - we have a UK health system that does not adequately care for older people. This only gets attention when one of those hapless folk turns out to be a relative of someone who considers themselves important..😕
14 Aug 2025
Dr Bob Caslake, BGS Scotland Council Chair:
“This report highlights the urgent attention that is needed across the health and social care system to allow older people to access the care they need at the time they need it."
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