Professor Simon Conroy

Profile

Simon is an academic geriatrician, based in North East London. With colleagues, he has been awarded funding exceeding £19 million and has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers. He led the Acute Frailty Network in England (2015-2021) and now leads a range of national improvement collaboratives in conjunction with NHS Elect.

Simon’s ambition is to improve outcomes for older people living with frailty by embedding evidence based medicine into clinical practice (‘campus to clinic’ translational research). His research addresses different models of holistic and patient centred care, assessing feasibility as well as clinical and cost-effectiveness. His educational activities take an interdisciplinary perspective on developing and teaching knowledge locally (frailty services), nationally (BGS) and internationally (EUGMS & EAMA). Implementation of research findings into clinical practice is key, and best exemplified by work on the Silver Book and Silver Book II, the Acute Frailty Network and Specialised Clinical Frailty Networks.

Research

Research Interests:

Health services research focused upon older people living with frailty.

Geriatric emergency medicine.

Acute care.

Publications

• Wang AZ, Wong A, Davies N et al. (2026). A policy scoping review of how ‘Hospitals at Home’ can and could support people with dementia. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afag229

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/handle/123456789/131071
• Archer L, Relton SD, Akbari A et al. (2026). Development and evaluation of the electronic frailty index+ (eFI+) tool for older people: prognostic prediction modelling with integrated decision curve and health economic analysis.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.3310/gjac1008

  
  

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• Sweeney P, Wickham H, Bastien G et al. (2026). Pre-Operative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for Frail Older Surgical Patients: A Service Model. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afag197.037

  
  

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• Leaver S, Conroy S, Lumley G et al. (2026). Trauma as a critical condition in the very old: assessment, care pathways and outcome differences. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/s41999-026-01512-z

  
  

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• Cluley V, Pickard S, Conroy S et al. (2026). What does frailty mean to older, racialised minority migrants living in the UK? A qualitative exploration of meaning and interpretation. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afag169

  
  

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• Conroy S, Tite M, Thompson D et al. (2026). ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A1731 INCREASING UK STROKE THROMBOLYSIS RATES: A NATIONAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/esj/aakag023.817

  
  

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• (2026). ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A1731 INCREASING UK STROKE THROMBOLYSIS RATES: A NATIONAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: doi

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/handle/123456789/130455
• van Oppen JD, Bloom B, Conroy S (2026). Geriatric critical care assessment: key considerations. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/s41999-026-01478-y

  
  

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• Greene L, Connors J, Hulme C et al. (2026). Feasibility of the MAINTAIN intervention to support independence after a fall for people with dementia: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial in participants’ own homes. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-112336

  
  

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• Krishnan S, Gogoi M, Tarrant C et al. (publicationYear). Healthcare needs and priorities of older people living with heart failure and frailty: a multi-perspective study of patients, carers and clinicians. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-06926-1

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/handle/123456789/116252