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67 The Evolution of A Frailty Service

Author(s) -

Courtney Abbott,

Kayla Bishop,

Fiona Hill,

C Finlow,

Randy Maraj

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afab030.28

Subject(s) - pdca , staffing , medicine , service (business) , unit (ring theory) , operations management , resource (disambiguation) , population , nursing , medical emergency , quality management , business , environmental health , engineering , marketing , computer network , mathematics education , mathematics , computer science

In September 2017 our frailty service was started within our medium sized DGH in North Wales. Working with our management team we secured a significant clinical resource including: We describe how resources, setting and staffing develop over a 2 year period in order to create a service which meets the needs of the local population. Method The service has been in a constant state of development since it has been in operation, utilising a PDSA model with regular meetings of clinical and managerial staff to analyse performance. Results With each new PDSA cycle the amount of patients reviewed has increased. With the move to AMU we increased the monthly number of patients reviewed from 29 to 172 patients reviewed, 97 of which were discharged directly from the unit. Conclusion Using QI methodology our Frailty Service has improved dramatically since its inception. We will continue to analyse how we work to improve patient outcomes and cost effectiveness.

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