British Geriatrics Society (BGS) Frailty Hub

This page brings together articles, national guidelines and best practice relevant to frailty and is frequently reviewed and updated.

The hub consists of seven areas:

Introduction to frailty - where you can find out what frailty is, and how it can be diagnosed and managed
Frailty in specific settings - resources on frailty in settings including care home medicine, emergency medicine, frailty units and community, as well as specialised services such as diabetes, heart failure and oncology
Setting up and developing frailty services - useful information to help you set up a frailty service, with examples of best practice, service development, and business cases
Frailty and the NHS - an area of the hub focusing on the national picture where you can find publications by NHS England, NICE, GIRFT, NHS RightCare and NHS Benchmarking
Education and training resources - links to a new frailty elearning module
Research - latest research on frailty published by the BGS journal Age and Ageing
Patient information - information for patients about frailty