At the heart of communities: the consultant geriatrician

When Eileen Burns was looking at prospectuses to apply to medical school, her father was cautious about her choice of career. “He said, ‘Eileen, it’s not what you know but who you know.’ But mum’s response was, ‘Shut up, John. She can be anything she likes’.”Burns has proved her mother right. A consultant physician at the Centre for Older People’s Medicine at St James’ Hospital, Leeds, she is the national specialty adviser for older people’s integrated care to NHS England. She is also a former past president of the British Geriatrics Society (2016-2018) and was awarded an MBE for services to integrated healthcare for older people in 2019.Burns loves caring for older people because “they often have such fabulous life experiences, can be full of fun—even in the face of adversity—and can teach us so much if we give them the time.”She enjoys being part of a multidisciplinary team. “Everybody…
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