Being able to stay healthy in later life is a crucial issue for all of us. We are improving care and supporting older people to look after their own health.
Older people
Improving care for older people
Advances in health care have helped people to live longer than ever before which creates new challenges for the NHS.
Ageing well and supporting people living with frailty
Access information and support for practitioners on supporting routine frailty identification and frailty through the GP Contract 2017/2018.
Healthy ageing and caring
We are working to support older people to look after their own health, particularly people with multiple long term conditions, including frailty.
Working together to improve public health and wellbeing
Common underlying risk factors increase demands on services. By taking a whole system approach to interventions, we can make every contact count.
Latest news and blogs
NHS urges people in their 50s to return bowel screening kits as 100 cancers found a week
The NHS is urging millions of people in their 50s to complete lifesaving bowel cancer screening tests, as new figures show this age group is less likely to take part. The latest annual bowel screening figures show that just over half (56.2%) of 54-year-olds took part in screening in the year April 2024 to March […]