National Frailty Conference Presentations

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Aiming to promote best practice in the care of older people with frailty, the Third National Frailty Conference, organised by the BGS and NHS, was held in Leeds in September 2017.

We have kindly received permission from some of our speakers to reproduce their presentations, which we provide here as downloads (itemised alphabetically by speaker) for BGS members or those who attended the meeting.

Current and future cost of frailty to health and care

Kristin Bash, MFPH, Public Health Registrar with Yorkshire and the Humber, and Marion Kerr, Director, Insight Health Economics, Kent County Council.

What’s exciting about older people’s mental health

Alistair Burns, NCD for Mental Health, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry and Vice Dean for the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences at The University of Manchester.

Future eFI developments

Andy Clegg, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Geriatrician, University of Leeds & Bradford Teaching Hospitals.

Living with frailty: older people's experiences and the role of the voluntary sector

Tom Gentry, Joint Head of Health influencing at Age UK.

How new care models are (likely to be) making a difference to residents in care homes

Adam Gordon, Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine of Older People, University of Nottingham, and Consultant Geriatrician, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

IT Solutions to support prevalence, case finding, diagnosis and care planning in dementia

Sara Humphrey, GP Advisor, Yorkshire & Humber Dementia SCN.

Meeting the needs of patients with frailty and multimorbidity: frailty rarely travels alone

Helen Lyndon, Nurse Consultant Older People and National Institute for Health Research Clinical Academic Doctoral Research Fellow.

Finding frailty: system benefits of frailty identification

Dr Dawn Moody, Associate National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Person-Centred Care, NHS England.

Identifying frailty in practise: case finding and management

Dr Dawn Moody, Associate National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Person-Centred Care, NHS England.

Restoring health and independence: a hospital's role and responsibilities

Matt Thomas, Consultant Geriatrician, Poole Hospital Acute Frailty Network Faculty.

Find, recognise, assess, intervene, long-term

Martin Vernon, National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Care, NHS England.

Strategic approach to tackle social isolation and loneliness

Mick Ward, Deputy Director (Integrated Commissioning), Adults and Health, Leeds City Council and Leeds NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups.