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A unique team which is starting to transform care for elderly people in Shropshire stars in a new national video by NHS England which will be showcased across the country.
The frailty intervention team, known as FIT, was originally started as an idea by Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), who buy local health services, and SaTH, to help local elderly people avoid being admitted onto a hospital ward where they risk lengthier stays and recovery periods.
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This project co-ordinates and supports patients with an approach which considers in-patient care and community support, using an extended multi-disciplinary approach including general practitioners, nursing, therapy and social care input, supplemented by specialist/secondary care involvement where appropriate.
The aim is to manage many of these patients in the community without the requirement for frequent unplanned hospital admissions.