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SUMMARY:Transforming Healthcare through Prevention - Ageing Well on a nati
 onal scale: achieving the balance between fitness and frailty - Professor 
 Martin Vernon\, MA\, FRCP : NHS England National Clinical Director for Old
 er People and Person Centred Integrated Care\, Chair of the NHS England Ho
 spital to Home Programme Board
DTSTART:20191030T180000Z
DTEND:20191030T191500Z
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CONTACT:Paul Browne
DESCRIPTION:By 2050 one in four people will be over 65\, at which age both
  men and women can expect to spend around half of their remaining life exp
 ectancy in good health. However\, the likelihood of losing functional abil
 ity and living with complex health conditions increases as we age. As life
  expectancy increases\, so too does the amount of time many spend in poor 
 health. In addition\, there is significant geographical variation in how p
 eople age\, driven by wider determinants such as deprivation\, worklessnes
 s and poor quality housing\, leading to considerable health inequality acr
 oss the country.\n\nImportantly there are substantial economic and organis
 ational impacts on the health and social care system in supporting people 
 whose ageing is problematic. These can be expected to continue to increase
  in the absence of a sustainable approach to prevention.\n\nFor these reas
 ons supporting people to age well are now key priorities for the NHS. Gett
 ing this right means ensuring health and social care policies pay particul
 ar attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalised populations. T
 he NHS Long Term Plan published in early 2019 has now begun to do this in 
 England by deploying frailty as a useful paradigm of problematic ageing wh
 ich can help in population health management to identify and target those 
 individuals who may be at greatest risk of death\, urgent care or permanen
 t care home utilisation.
LOCATION:Lee Hall\, Wolfson College\, Barton Road\, Cambridge CB3 9BB
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