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Another rainy day in Cambridge, it is hard to imagine that Summer will ever arrive! Nonetheless, may I remind you that we should soon be watching the 5-day weather forecasts to see if there will be a heat-wave coming. Judicious use of this knowledge can help in forewarning frail older people and their carers of the necessity to increase fluid intake and/or reduce diuretics, ACEinhibitors and NSAIDs to limit the excess mortality seen during a heat-wave. Common sense nuggets such as this are relevant to anyone who looks after frail older people, whether in secondary or primary care, their own home or a care home. In this volume of the journal, Parikh et al. reflect on the necessity to teach Geriatric Medicine to all medical students and postgraduates (unless they are in specialty training for paediatrics or obstetrics). Im not so sure that anyone should be exempt from dementia training it is compulsory in my Trust for all staff to do at least level 1 safeguarding children training, so why not a similar mandate for safeguarding vulnerable elders or dementia. If the logic for a geriatrician to do level 2 safe-guarding children is that I might see the (great) grandchildren of my patients and need to recognise abuse, then surely paediatricians might see the (great) grandparents of their patients and need to spot dementia (no longer fit for child minding)! I recall that my mothers dementia came to light when she was child-minding and that when we got home my girls commented that it was hard work looking after nan, as she kept forgetting things and could no use any of the electrical equipment!

For those of you not fleeing the country to avoid the Olympics, I wish you happy watching and hope that some of you are fortunate enough to have tickets. For the majority of BGS members we may never have the opportunity again to enjoy the Olympics in the UK. So lets celebrate (its a great excuse for a party) and support our fellow countrymen and women, whatever nationality.

Finally, you may have noticed that in this and the previous issue of the journal the number of review articles was lower than normal; I am glad to say that submissions to the journal are on the increase again and I expect the next volume of the journal to return to its usual level of content. Meanwhile, my editorial team and I hope that you will make the effort to share your expertise with your BGS colleagues by writing for the CME Journal. REMEMBER this is your CME journal and we need you to contribute if it is to survive. As always, I welcome feed-back from you as to whether the journal is helping you to fulfil your CME needs and with any suggestions for improvements.