Title
Consultant Geriatrician
Company
Poole Hospital
Bio
Matt Thomas, Consultant geriatrician, Poole Hospital A Consultant Geriatrician at Poole Hospital since 1995, last century he led the Dorset Guidelines for Falls, this century turning to Intermediate Care and Interface Geriatrics in the Poole area. This has involved award winning developments with both community providers (Woodlands and Poole Intermediate Care Service) and in the acute unit (Rapid Access to Consultant Evaluation). Outside clinical medicine Matt has had roles (managerial and educational) locally, regionally and nationally and is on the faculty of the Acute Frailty Network. He has spoken nationally (eg Royal College of Emergency Medicine, RCP Edinburgh) and internationally (Taiwan and Hong Kong) on intermediate care and the inception and use of frailty units in the modern care of older people.