Upskill for Frailty

Empower With Frailty Education
Enhancing Care Professionals and Prescribers Frailty Skills
Dr. Kirsten Protherough

Frailty Expert | GP | Educator and Innovator
I help care providers, systems, and training organisations deliver high-quality, person-centred care for older adults living with frailty.
I’m Chair of the Community Hospital Association, a GP with a special interest in frailty and dementia, and the founder of Home Visit Healthcare, a private GP service offering home visits, assessments, and frailty-focused consultancy.
I also lead Upskill for Frailty , an education programme supporting care agencies, carers, and managers to improve confidence and reduce avoidable hospital admissions.
You can also find me writing "Healthacate", a LinkedIn newsletter on positive ageing and frailty, read by over 1,000 professionals across health and social care.
How I Help
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Frailty-focused training and webinars for care teams
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Expert advice for domiciliary care, franchises, and providers
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Fractional Frailty support at board level to guide frailty service development
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Education programme development for universities, NHS, and training bodies
Trusted By
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University of Worcester – Senior Lecturer on the Tier 3 Frailty Course
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Provides Non Medical Presciber Lectures and Mentorship for V300
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Community Hospital Association Ex Chair and Current Director
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Royal College of General Practitioners – Member
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The Home Care Association - Providing frailty webinars and workshops
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Hundreds of carers and clinicians via the Upskill for Frailty platform
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Care companies, ICS teams, and training providers across the UK
Topics I regularly teach or consult on:
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Frailty topics - Delirium, CFS, Dementia, Falls, Mood, CGA
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Prescribing risk in frailty, De-prescribing and poly-pharmacy
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Palliative care and advance planning
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Positive ageing and reversing frailty
Open to partnerships with:
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Care providers and franchises
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Training bodies and Universities
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ICS/PCN leads seeking frailty input
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Innovators building better models for older adults
Let’s work together to raise the standard of frailty care across the UK.
My Memberships and Affiliations
I am a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners
I am the Chair of the Community Hospital Association
I am a member of the British Geriatrics Society
I am founder of Home Visit Healthcare a home visiting private GeriGP Service
I am a senior lecturer at the University of Worcester on the Tier 3 e-learning Frailty course
I have lectured on and contributed clinical case studies for the following topics for non medical prescribers, ACPs, PAs and GP Trainees:
- Delirium
- Risk in prescribing and frailty
- Poly-pharmacy and de-prescribing in frailty
- Multi-comorbidity and frailty
- Palliative care and frailty
- Positive ageing
- Reversing frailty
Frailty Webinars - Live, Interactive & Fun!
Upcoming webinars and workshops

Masterclass 3: Frailty Prescribing Case Studies — Real Clinical Decision-MakingSold OutThu 25 JunWebinar
Masterclass 2: Understanding & Communicating Risk in Prescribing in FrailtySold OutWed 20 MayWebinar


Online "Train the Trainers" course on Understanding and Managing Frailty (1)Sold OutMon 12 Janvirtual event
Sold OutOnline "Train the Trainers" course on Understanding and Managing Frailty (2)0 days to the eventMon 02 Marvirtual event

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