TY - JOUR T1 - Acute frailty assessment area within the emergency department: a pilot project JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 20 LP - 20 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s20 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Joanne Pattinson AU - Fiona Kearney AU - Michael Azad AU - John Gladman AU - Russell Pitchford AU - Aamer Ali Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_1/20.abstract N2 - To meet the rising demand for our acute frailty service within our emergency department (ED).An area within our ED became available. We initiated discussions with key stakeholders within the trust and presented a business case to procure use of the space against competitors. A working group was set up involving key managers and clinicians from geriatrics, acute medicine and ED. Here we outlined staffing requirements (two nurses, one healthcare assistant, two advanced nurse practitioners, one … ER -