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Shelagh O’Riordan is a consultant geriatrican. She was a consultant in an acute trust (East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust) for 14 years before leaving in 2016 to join Kent Community NHS Trust as a community geriatrican.
Shelagh has developed a Community Frailty Team in East Kent which has 3 strands.

1. They support 7 community hospitals providing the medical cover
2. They undertake frailty proactive care as part of the MDT based with integrated neighbourhood teams.
3. In March 2020, as the pandemic struck, the team urgently set up a Frailty Hospital at Home to provide an alternative offer for people living with frailty to hospital admission. This service has grown and is now permanently commissioned.
   Shelagh is the Professional Advisor (Geriatrician) to NHS England’s Community and Discharge Cell. She is the clinical lead for Virtual Wards and lead clinician for the GIRFT VW programme.
   Shelagh is a keen cyclist and is often seen out attending patients by bicycle!