Frailty is one of the most challenging consequences of population ageing. Frailty develops as a consequence of age-related decline in multiple body systems, which results in vulnerability to sudden ...

Organisations should ensure they have adequate discharge services, seven days a week. All patients’ physical and mental health status, medication needs, nutrition and hydration status, and limited ...

We all have a part to play in ensuring that, once their acute needs are met, all patients – particularly older people – can enjoy their lives in the best place for them. This means thinking ‘Why not ...

Take a ‘Home First’ approach, providing patients with support at home or intermediate care. Wherever possible, patients should also be supported to return to their home for assessment. Evidence ...

Why not home? Why not today? It’s much better for a patient’s physical and mental wellbeing to leave hospital as soon as they are medically optimised for discharge. There’s lots of evidence to support ...

Patients, their families and their carers often have misconceptions about the benefits of staying in hospital (although as revealed in the Healthwatch Report 2017, a significant number also feel ...

10 days after starting a new medicine, one third of people are not taking it as advised on the pack And most don’t realise they are not taking their medicines correctly 10 days after starting a new ...

New figures published today show the NHS diagnosed over 11,000 more cancers in 2022, reaching a new record high level – with almost 950 people a day getting a diagnosis in England. The latest cancer ...

The chair of NHS England Richard Meddings has this week notified the Secretary of State that he will stand down from his role at the end of March. In a message to NHS England staff today, he said that ...

A quarter of 11 to 15-year-olds have tried vaping and nearly 1 in 10 (9%) do it frequently, according to new statistics published today. The Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in ...