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.
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RSS Feed 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.
Useful Links
Age UK. The Longest Wait to Leave: Tackling the delayed discharges that help to drive corridor care
British Geriatrics Society - Be proactive: Delivering proactive care
Recording Date: 29 July 2026
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