RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Perioperative medicine for older patients: how do we deliver quality care? JF Future Hospital Journal JO Future Hosp J FD Royal College of Physicians SP 33 OP 36 DO 10.7861/futurehosp.3-1-33 VO 3 IS 1 A1 Philip Braude A1 Judith SL Partridge A1 David Shipway A1 Finbarr C Martin A1 Jugdeep K Dhesi YR 2016 UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/1/33.abstract AB The demand for surgical intervention in older people is rising due to the growing older population with multimorbidity. Yet older people continue to have reduced access to surgery and have more adverse postoperative outcomes than younger people. Current models of preoperative risk assessment and optimisation are poorly suited to this complex surgical population. Furthermore, there has been little emphasis on perioperative management of older people in national anaesthetic and surgical curriculums. New models of care and training in perioperative medicine for older people are evolving, with national reports calling for collaboration between geriatricians, general physicians, anaesthetists and surgeons. Such collaboration is necessary to impact clinical service development, research agendas and education and training. In this article, we discuss the challenges and potential solutions in the establishment of quality surgical care for older people.