Older people

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1. Re-engage: Why digital-first GP access risks excluding older people (7 April 2026)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Appointment
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Appointment
     • Digital health
     • Health inequalities

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 April

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   • 17 April

2. The Longest Wait: Our A&E crisis demands an emergency response (Age UK, 31 October 2025)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Hospital corridor
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Hospital corridor
     • Accident and Emergency
     • Long waiting list
     • Lack of resources

   By Mark Hughes, 31 October, 2025

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   • 31 October, 2025

3. Royal College of Emergency Medicine: Care of older people 2023- 24 interim report (6 May 2025)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Accident and Emergency
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Accident and Emergency
     • Emergency medicine
     • Patient harmed
     • Patient suffering
     • Long waiting list
     • Lack of resources
     • Organisation / service factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 May, 2025

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   • 6 May, 2025

4. Performative compliance and the state–corporate structuring of neglect in a residential care home for older people (13 November 2019)

   • Care home
   • Older People (over 65)
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Care home
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Patient harmed

   By Patient Safety Learning, 1 February, 2025

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   • 1 February, 2025

5. Sexual assaults against older people in hospitals: awareness and support are key to reducing harm (by researcher, Amanda Wynn)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Patient harmed
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Patient harmed
     • Legal issue
     • Research
     • Violence/ abuse

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 19 November, 2024

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   • 1,030 views
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   • 19 November, 2024

6. Frailty: research shows how to improve care (24 October 2024)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Public health
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Public health
     • Research

   By Patient Safety Learning, 25 October, 2024

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   • 25 October, 2024

7. Don’t stop moving: Optimising safety while staying active in hospital. The 2024 National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) report on 2023 clinical data (10 October 2024)

   • Falls
   • Older People (over 65)
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Falls
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Hospital ward
     • Risk management

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 17 October, 2024

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   • 17 October, 2024

8. Age UK: The state of health and care of older people in England 2024 (September 2024)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Treatment
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Treatment
     • Social Care

   By Patient Safety Learning, 7 October, 2024

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   • 7 October, 2024

9. A broken hip – three steps to recovery: Using the National Hip Fracture Database to understand and improve hip fracture care in 2024 (12 September 2024)

   • Falls
   • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Falls
     • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
     • Quality improvement
     • Older People (over 65)

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 September, 2024

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   • 13 September, 2024

10. Interventions to prevent falls in older adults: Updated evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (4 June 2024)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Falls
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Falls
      • Systematic review
      • USA

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 July, 2024

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    • 29 July, 2024

11. A rapid review of interventions to improve medicine self-management for older people living at home (14 March 2023)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Home
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Home
      • Patient engagement
      • Medication
      • Adminstering medication

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 July, 2024

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    • 462 views
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    • 25 July, 2024

12. First Do No Harm: Predicting futility of intervention in geriatric emergency general surgery (10 July 2024)

    • Surgery - General
    • Medicine - Gastreoenterology
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Surgery - General
      • Medicine - Gastreoenterology
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Decision making
      • Risk management

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 July, 2024

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    • 13 July, 2024

13. The prevalence of polypharmacy in older Europeans: A multi-national database study of general practitioner prescribing (29 May 2024)

    • Prescribing
    • Older People (over 65)
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Prescribing
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Medicine - Geriatric
      • Data
      • Europe
      • Primary care

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 July, 2024

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    • 796 views
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    • 2 July, 2024

14. Ageism in health care is more common than you might think, and it can harm people (7 March 2024)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Unconscious bias
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Unconscious bias
      • Medicine - Geriatric
      • Discrimination

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 June, 2024

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    • 25 June, 2024

15. Lost in transition: Impact of interhospital transfer on outcomes after emergency general surgery in the older adult population (13 June 2024)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Medicine - Geriatric
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Medicine - Geriatric
      • Transfer of care
      • Surgery - General
      • Communication
      • Electronic Health Record

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 21 June, 2024

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    • 415 views
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    • 21 June, 2024

16. Age UK: It’s a struggle to be seen (May 2024)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Health inequalities
    • (and 7 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Health inequalities
      • Accessibility
      • Healthcare
      • Health Disparities
      • Social Care
      • Appointment
      • Treatment
      • Long waiting list

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 June, 2024

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    • 18 June, 2024

17. Risk assessment and prevention of falls in older community-dwelling adults (27 March 2024)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Falls
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Falls
      • Research
      • Risk assessment

    By Patient Safety Learning, 14 June, 2024

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    • 14 June, 2024

18. Equity impact assessment of interventions to promote physical activity among older adults: A logic model framework (1 February 2019)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Social determinants of health
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Social determinants of health
      • Research
      • Health inequalities

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 June, 2024

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    • 6 June, 2024

19. Mental health in later life: Understanding needs, policies and services in England (5 March 2024)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Mental health
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Mental health
      • Discrimination
      • Unconscious bias
      • Accessibility

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 March, 2024

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    • 514 views
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    • 15 March, 2024

20. Shingles Vaccination Programme: GP toolkit for improving uptake (NHS England)

    • Medicine - Infectious disease
    • Vaccination
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Medicine - Infectious disease
      • Vaccination
      • Older People (over 65)

    By Patient Safety Learning, 7 March, 2024

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    • 7 March, 2024

21. Implementation of a geriatric oncology service at the Royal Marsden Hospital (13 January 2023)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Cancer
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Cancer
      • Research
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 January, 2024

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    • 694 views
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    • 25 January, 2024

22. Ageism in healthcare technology: the older patients’ aspirations for improved online accessibility (13 July 2022)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Technology
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Technology
      • Health and Care Apps
      • Accessibility
      • Inclusivity

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 December, 2023

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    • 537 views
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    • 22 December, 2023

23. Inpatient falls and fractures – one chance to get it right: The 2023 National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) report on 2022 clinical data (9 November 2023)

    • Falls
    • Older People (over 65)
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Falls
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Audit
      • Data

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 November, 2023

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    • 1,059 views
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    • 25 November, 2023

24. Infographic: Meet Harry... (Greater Manchester Major Trauma Network)

    • Emergency medicine
    • Accident and Emergency
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Emergency medicine
      • Accident and Emergency
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Staff support
      • Assessment

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 November, 2023

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    • 715 views
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    • 10 November, 2023

25. Pay attention to falls prevention infographic (Sonia Sparkles)

    • Falls
    • Older People (over 65)
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Falls
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Hospital ward
      • Staff engagement
      • Information sharing
      • Training
      • Risk assessment

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 9 October, 2023

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    • 1,695 views
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    • 9 October, 2023