WINNER:

NHS Elect: The Acute Frailty Network - Supporting Older People Living with Frailty to get Home Sooner and Healthier

Older people living with frailty often suffer harm in hospitals, with one study reporting that 76 per cent suffer an adverse event. The Acute Frailty Network (AFN) was created to support people with frailty and urgent care needs to get home sooner and healthier.

AFN networks hospitals across the UK undertake timely delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in urgent care settings, to reduce reliance on acute hospitals, save lives and reduce functional deterioration. The emphasis is early discharge supported by the wider health and social care system. The primary delivery vehicle is the coupling of evidence-based care with quality improvement.

The judges praised the successful, well-supported programme. The project’s wide dissemination shows positive outcomes, with strong evidence supporting enhanced care for frail elderly individuals.

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Highly commended

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham- Health Care of Older People Therapy Services: Mission to #ReconditionTheNation

Finalists

Bedfordshire Hospitals FT: Captain Sir Tom Moore Walkway

East Lancashire Hospitals Trust: Intensive Home Support Service and Emergency Department Collaboration

Mid and South Essex ICB: eFraCCS and FrEDA - Delivering PHM for our Older Population with Frailty

Midlands Partnership University FT: Dementia in Prisons

Oxford University Hospitals Oxford RIPEL: Rapid Intervention for Palliative and End of Life Care

Oxleas FT: Greenwich Frailty Team Pilot

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT: The Acute Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit

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