Whether from a position of strength or weakness, geriatric medicine has work to do to drive up standards in health care for older people

Gordon, Adam L; Martin, Finbarr; Mistry, Sarah; Harwood, Rowan H; Dhesi, Jugdeep

Abstract

• Geriatric medicine is the largest physicianly specialty in the UK, with high levels of competition for available training posts. • Improving care of older people has been the focus of multiple national policy initiatives in the UK over the past decade. • Acute and elective NHS care metrics have deteriorated since COVID-19, particularly disadvantaging older people with frailty. • To deliver better care for older people, we need to recruit to minimise geographical disparities in the specialist workforce. • We must work to secure a right to rehabilitation for older people, and secure recent gains in under and postgraduate education.

Citation

Gordon, A. L., Martin, F., Mistry, S., Harwood, R. H., & Dhesi, J. (2023). Whether from a position of strength or weakness, geriatric medicine has work to do to drive up standards in health care for older people. Age and Ageing, 52(11), Article afad208. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad208

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 24, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Nov 2, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-11
• Deposit Date: Oct 6, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 3, 2024
• Journal: Age and Ageing
• Print ISSN: 0002-0729
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-2834
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 11
• Article Number: afad208
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad208
• Keywords: Geriatric medicine; Medical Recruitment; Care of Older People; Medical Education; Healthcare workforce; Older people
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/25682761