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 A, Wong A, Davies N et al. (2026). Policy scoping review of how 'Hospitals at Home' can and could support people with dementia.. nameOfConference

  
  

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  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/131071
• 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/xmlui/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/xmlui/handle/123456789/116252
• Greene L, Allan LM, Whale B et al. (2025). Home‐Based Falls Intervention for People with Dementia: Insights from a Process Evaluation. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1002/alz70858_099063

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/116658
• Street A, Maynou L, Blodgett JM et al. (2025). Association between Hospital Frailty Risk Score and length of hospital stay, hospital mortality, and hospital costs for all adults in England: a nationally representative, retrospective, observational cohort study. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.lanhl.2025.100740

  
  

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