I am the Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine and Acute Frailty. I also review complaints and author serious incident reports. Common themes are delays in the treatment of: • Sepsis • Acute kidney injuries • Chest pain • Pulmonary embolism/venous thromboembolism (VTE) • Delirium • Falls • Seizures • Complications of alcohol I manage diabetes and endocrine patients both acutely (like acute diabetic feet/DKA) and long term (conditions like diabetes, thyroid disorders, adrenal conditions, osteoporosis and hypercalcaemia).

Orthogeriatrics • Peri-operative complications/death • Dementia • Frailty • Osteoporosis • Medical negligence • Decisions on escalation/resuscitation • Ethical decisions on elderly patients • Inappropriate testing/medicalisation • Breaches in communication • Fitness to stand trial for older patients • Safeguarding situations • Coroner cases • Case reviews involving older, frail patients

• Director and Clinical Gerontologist, Foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People (FDROP) • Visiting Professor in Diabetes Care, King's College, London WHO-recognised expert in older people, frailty and diabetes • Care home medicine and pressure sore care • Geriatric medicine • Diabetes mellitus • Older people • Frailty • Dementia • Stroke illness • General medicine • Hypoglycaemia • Fitness to Stand Trial assessments • Member of Faculty of Expert Witnesses Happy to undertake face-to-face assessment in client home, legal...

Older people, people living with dementia, adults • Care homes and care at home • Domiciliary care, social work, older people hospitals Frailty, disability, older people, dementia, cognitive impairment, falls, pressure ulcers, food, fluid and nutrition, clinical and care governance, staffing and safe staffing, dependency, medication administration errors, adult support and protection/safeguarding, care planning and risk assessment, education and training, audit, quality improvement, quality assurance, leadership...