Acute Frailty Network

AFN Toolkit. Available from here.
High quality end of life care to enable older people with frailty to live and die well. British Geriatrics Society, May 2020. Available from here.
NHS England. The NHS Long Term Plan 2019. Available from here
NHS Improvement. Ambulatory emergency care guide: same day acute frailty services, 2019. Available from here
Health Building Note 08-02 Dementia-friendly Health and Social Care Environments. Available from here
NHS RightCare: Frailty Toolkit. London: NHS England, 2019. Available from here
National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation: National Institute for Clinical Excellence; 2018. Available from here
NHS Acute Frailty Network Impact Report 2018. Available from here
NHS Benchmarking Network. Older People in Acute Settings, 2016. Available from here
Advice on undertaking Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in acute settings from the British Geriatrics Society. Available from here
Advice on frailty in urgent care settings from the British Geriatrics Society. Available from here
HoW-CGA toolkit from the British Geriatrics Society. Available from here
What do geriatricians actually do? – Senior moments by Sean Ninan. Available from here

NHS England and NHS Improvement have developed in partnership with the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) five key digital grab guides. This is in recognition of the pressures and challenges that can continue to build in the system during the winter months. Available from Call to Action: a series of practical resources to support health and social care staff to reduce delayed transfers of care

The Acute Frailty Network supports the use of the ‘Silver Book’ and the Kings Fund publication ‘Making our health care systems fit for an ageing population’. You can download both documents in this section if you click on the links below:

Guidance