Significant numbers of older people attending hospital can be considered to be frail or living
with frailty. This is a multi-component syndrome with many manifestations that leads to …

Background checklists are increasingly proposed as a means to enhance safety and quality
of care. However, their use has been met with variable levels of success. The Frailsafe …

The role of the medical registrar is challenging and acknowledged as being a disincentive to
a career in medicine for some junior doctors. We set out to build a broader understanding of …

Background Many patients fail to receive adjuvant chemotherapy following pancreatic cancer
surgery. This study implemented a multimodal, multidisciplinary approach to improving …

The number of people aged over 60 years worldwide is projected to rise from 605 million in
2000 to almost 2 billion by 2050, while those over 80 years will quadruple to 395 million. Two…

Patients presenting to the NHS are increasingly frail and affected by multiple comorbidities,
polypharmacy, cognitive impairment, and physical dependency. Geraint and Fuller recently …

We describe the case of a 79-year-old man who presented ‘off legs’ with acute right leg pain.
He was initially treated for suspected cellulitis but subsequently found to have spontaneous …

Aim The aim of the study was to reach consensus on modifiable risk factors for a novel system
of care to address Manifestations of Frailty in hospitalized older adults. Design Consensus …

Introduction: The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected older adults and
has provided an incentive to find alternatives to emergency department attendance to avoid …

Falls rates in care home residents are three times those of people living at home, and
although the main concern is often a fractured hip, significant head injury is also an important …