Getting Frailty Right: Modern Approaches to Community Care (12 Oct 2026)
In this episode of Clinical Conversations, Dr Sebastian Spencer and Dr Dan Harman discuss how community and frailty medicine is evolving to deliver proactive, person-centred care closer to home; why frailty matters across all specialties; and how clinicians and healthcare systems can better identify, manage and support people living with frailty.
Dr Dan Harman is a consultant geriatrician and clinical lead at the Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre in Hull. He is an expert in frailty, hospital-at-home and community-based care. He has over 20 years of medical, executive management, academic and policy experience.
Dr Sebastian Spencer is a member of RCPE's Trainees and Members' Committee and an academic renal registrar.
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Taher, A.S.M., Slavova-Boneva, V. & Battisti, N.M.L. Polypharmacy, Medicine Optimisation, and Medication Adherence in Older Cancer Patients. Curr Oncol Rep 28, 43 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-026-01780-9
Age UK. The Longest Wait to Leave: Tackling the delayed discharges that help to drive corridor care - https://www.ageuk.org.uk/bristol/about-us/news/the-longest-wait-to-leave-report/
British Geriatrics Society - Be proactive: Delivering proactive care - https://www.bgs.org.uk/be-proactive-proactive-care-for-older-people-with-frailty
British Geriatrics Society - Pragmatic prescribing to reduce harm for older people with moderate to severe frailty - https://www.bgs.org.uk/PragmaticPrescribing
Crocker TF, et al. Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ. 2024. - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-077764
Recording Date: 29 July 2026
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28 Sept 2026
Breathlessness in Pregnancy (28 Sept 2026)
In this episode, Dr Heather Kennedy is joined by Dr Ailie Young, Consultant in Acute Medicine with special skill in Obstetric Medicine. They discuss breathlessness in pregnancy, covering the approach to initial assessment and investigations in the AMU, the management of acute exacerbation of asthma in pregnancy, and the investigation/management of PE in pregnancy.
Dr Ailie Young is a Consultant in Acute and General medicine with a specialist skill in Obstetric Medicine. She is particularly interested in the investigation and management of the acutely unwell pregnant patient that is admitted to the Acute Admissions unit with a medical problem.
Dr Heather Kennedy is an ST4 in Acute Internal Medicine in Southeast Scotland and a member of the Trainees and Members' Committee.
-- Useful Links --
UK Teratology Information Service - https://uktis.org
Best Use of Medicines in Pregnancy (BUMPS) - https://www.medicinesinpregnancy.org
The Maternal Care Bundle (See Element 1 VTE) - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/the-maternal-care-bundle/#element-1-venous-thromboembolism-vte
Green-top guideline Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium - https://www.rcog.org.uk/guidance/browse-all-guidance/green-top-guidelines/thrombosis-and-embolism-during-pregnancy-and-the-puerperium-acute-management-green-top-guideline-no-37b/
Recording Date: 16 July 2026
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22 Jun 2026
Digital Health Literacy (22 June 2026)
Dr. Emma Spencer interviews Professor Mahmood Adil about enhancing digital health literacy and its evolution in clinical practice.
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