The NHS Long Term plan identifies frailty as a priority stating that a milestone for urgent and emergency care is to “Provide an acute frailty service for at least 70 hours a week. They will work towards achieving clinical frailty assessment within 30 minutes of arrival”. This conference focuses on the important issue of transforming acute care for people with frailty: improving the quality of care for people with frailty and supporting them to stay out of hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. Redesign of acute frailty services is crucial to meeting increasing demand and improving the quality of life for older people.

This conference will enable you to:

• Network with colleagues who are working to improve acute care for frail older people
• Learn from outstanding practice in developing dedicated frailty services
• Reflect on national developments and learning from Covid-19
• Improve the way you support people with frailty during and beyond Covid-19
• Develop your skills in identifying and diagnosing frailty
• Understand how you can improve the response to emergency admissions
• Identify key strategies for preventing unnecessary hospital admission
• Learn from the delivery of a frailty improvement programme in acute care
• Understand how you can use the Specialised Clinical Frailty Toolkit to improve practice
• Explore priorities and challenges in meeting the BGS End of Life Care in Frailty Guidance
• Ensure frailty presenting as falls is effectively identified and managed
• Improve prescribing and reduce polypharmacy
• Reflect on how we can reduce delirium in people living with frailty, or as a symptom of Covid-19
• Self-assess and reflect on your own practice
• Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/transforming-acute-care-frailty