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Welcome to volume 7 number 1 of the Journal. This will be last edition that I will be producing. After 5 years it is now the right time for me to hand over the baton to a worthy successor, and that person will be Dr Duncan Forsyth of the Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. Duncan, whom many of you will know by reputation, is a Consultant Geriatrician with special interests in Parkinsons Disease and Dementia, and he has been a distinguished contributor to this Journal. I am certain he will do a fine job, and take the Journal on to its next phase of development. In the last 5 years we have seen the Journal grow in readership, credibility and quality, and I am grateful to all the authors, editorial board members and readers for the help they have given me in the task. Perhaps the most important milestone was the adoption of the Journal by the British Geriatrics Society as part of the CPD infrastructure. I know Duncan is planning to build on that foundation over the next few years.

For this edition we have a very timely Special from Lee and James on the nutritional needs after acute stroke; highly topical in the light of the much awaited FOOD trial. That is followed by an excellent line-up of reviews on diverse topics and two interesting case reports. Please continue to support the Journal through contributions, commentary and feedback.