TY - JOUR T1 - The Acute Frailty Network – supporting people with frailty and urgent care needs to get home sooner and healthier JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 109 LP - 109 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s109 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Simon Conroy Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_1/109.abstract N2 - The Acute Frailty Network (AFN) supports the timely delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) for frail older people in urgent care settings, in order to reduce reliance on acute hospitals, save lives and reduce functional deterioration.The AFN supports hospitals in reconfiguring and redesigning services in order to try and optimise the delivery of CGA within each setting. Each site participates for 12 months; the focus of the AFN is on the care of older people with frailty in the first 72 hours of an acute hospital attendance, with an emphasis on early discharge supported by the wider health and social care … ER -