Background
 

Perioperative care for Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) services using Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and optimisation methodology in the perioperative setting are clinically and cost effective. Originally described within a tertiary centre, the POPS model has been successfully translated to district general hospital (DGH) settings. The aim of this project was to deliver a cost-effective, CGA-based perioperative service for older people at an NHS trust operating across two geographically separate district general hospitals, with support from the newly established POPS Network, an initiative designed to scale up POPS services across the NHS.

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