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
New NHS online training to help people get home from hospital quicker
NHS England and Health Education England have today launched ActNow, an e-learning tool developed for health service and care staff to help them reduce hospital delays for patients. Nearly 350,000 patients currently spend over three weeks in acute hospitals each year. Many of those are older people who are often frail, and while a short […]