Webinar series: RCP and GIRFT frailty

Session 1

Improving frailty care in acute general hospitals

The first webinar looked at how frailty care can be improved in acute general hospitals, focusing on how national measures and initiatives can help alleviate pressures and highlighting best practice in the management of frailty in an acute setting.

Adrian Hopper

GIRFT clinical lead for geriatric medicine

John Dean

Clinical vice president, RCP

Session 2

Frailty care at the interface between hospital and community

The second webinar focused on improving frailty care at the hospital/community interface, looking at the relationships between physicians and social care workers and how to keep more patients at home.

Adrian Hopper

GIRFT clinical lead for geriatric medicine

John Dean

Clinical vice president, RCP

Session 3

Frailty care in the community

The third session examined how community-focused frailty care can offer an alternative to hospitalisation and help to prevent the progression of frailty

Adrian Hopper

GIRFT clinical lead for geriatric medicine

John Dean

Clinical vice president, RCP

Published

14 June 2023

Theme

Patient Safety

About

Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) and Royal College of Physicians (RCP) webinar series focusing on the challenge posed by increasing demand for frailty care from an ageing population in England. GIRFT is a clinically-led programme helping to improve the quality of care within the NHS using benchmarking data to support best practice and reduce variation.

Further resources

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Six steps to better care for older people in hospital

A collaboration between Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) and the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), supported by the Royal College of Physicians.

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Older Persons Assessment Service (OPAS): delivering comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department

Innovative models of service delivery are required to provide comprehensive geriatric assessment for older patients.

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Frailty on the acute medical take

Acute medical teams can make important contributions through early identification and grading of frailty.