Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Supporting people with frailty outside hospitals

Status: Open Opened: 12 Dec 2025

More than one in ten people over the age of 65 and up to half the population aged over 85 live with frailty. NHS England describes a person living with frailty, which has a strong link with ageing, as being at high risk of falls, immobility, delirium, incontinence, side effects of medication, admission to hospital …