fusion48, 23 May 2018
- An analysis of GP Contract Services data for routine frailty identification and frailty care through the GP Contract 2017/2018 found that (by 31st March 2018), over 2.5 million people aged 65 and over living in England had received a frailty assessment, which has led to 950,000 confirmed diagnoses of either moderate or severe frailty. Around two-thirds of the 320,000 people diagnosed with severe frailty have also received one or more important intervention to help them reduce their risk of falls, side effects of medication, or poor co-ordination of care.
- Enabled by the development of the electronic Frailty Index2 (eFI), GPs are required to identify potential frailty, validate the level of frailty and then act for those patients living with moderate or severe frailty. The initial set of interventions are a medication review, a falls assessment if clinically indicated and encourage consent to activate the enriched Summary Care Record (eSCR). Finally, the assessment, diagnosis and actions should be coded.
