Frailty Unit - Rapid Access Clinic Referral Form

Author: Denise Briggs, IGSM Operational Manager

Date published: March 2025

Date to review: March 2026

Description:

The RACE service is to provide frail and elderly patients a rapid comprehensive geriatric assessment in a one-stop clinic, at the Sheffield Frailty Unit, receiving all their tests and specialist assessment in 1 day.   The service aims to see patients that have been referred within 5 working days.   The type of patients to refer to this service is frail patients who are rapidly deteriorating and at risk of an admission to hospital or emergency department attendance. Common symptoms that we see in clinic are falls, confusion, dizziness and weight loss.