Claire Hilton has been a dedicated and effective, much respected and loved clinician and teacher. Recent years have seen her devoting more time to researching and cataloguing the development of

I recently went to the European Network in Aging Studies conference in Graz, Austria. It was a stimulating and absorbing meeting. I’ll confine myself to a few headlines. On the

When I was small, Saturday mornings were devoted to Uncle Mac who played music requested for children on the Light Programme. Amongst these we learned wisdom such as, ‘If all

At the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry conference in Bristol the Chief Executive of Care England gave an inspiring talk. He talked about the relationship between care homes and old

I went to the one day Aspens conference on Monday. Aspens is a group within the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice for systemic therapists working outside the statutory

I’m a member of the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT for short) so I’ll declare an interest now. In fact I became the Treasurer last year (help!)

I’m delivering dementia training currently, and this blog will include links that might be useful to those in primary care and/or care homes. Two areas I’ve been asked to cover

I went to the first day of the Association of Family Therapy & Systemic Practice (AFT – link to the AFT website here) annual conference in Brighton last week, and

Have you been approached by scammers? A scam may be defined as a dishonest scheme or a fraud. I’m part of an online group of therapists and, during an online

Appraisal and revalidation (introduced in 2012) are serious worries for people like me who are portfolio doctors. (See this link for the General Medical Council’s resources on appraisal and revalidation.)

In March I spent two days at the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry residential conference in Nottingham – a great conference as usual and lots to think about. Rob Howard

Last week I took part in a GMC conference at the University of Chester, Adult safeguarding – everybody’s responsibility. Whilst preparing for it, I looked back at the Hippocratic Oath