Frailty Score in GP records

Google NHS England Frailty Index

Esspee, I have of course Googled it, the info I found was confusing hence my question.

It is a search run on your GP records which builds up a picture of your frailty from the data in there.

A nurse told me that when a doctor or nurse has a meeting with a patient that he or she makes a judgement as to what he or she considers is the frailty score at that time, recognising that it is a snapshot at the time and can vary.

Apparently there are two values, one for physical, one for mental.

So, for example, if someone needs to go to the dentist, the physical score is a guide as to whether the person would need supported transport, the mental score is whether the person can make the telephone calls and arrange it or would need help from someone to get it arranged.

It is recognised that frailty score is just a general indication, for example someone could be at 3 for some things, 4 for some things and 5 for a few things, just depending upon his or her particular circumstances.

Thankyou for your responses.
B9...I feel that this is what has happened in my case, thank you.

Apologies OP I assumed you wanted to know what the score indicated. I can’t cut and paste on this ipad (operator malfunction) so referred you to the details of what the score meant.
I now understand you are more interested in how the doctor came to this conclusion. Sorry but I can’t help there.
I would suggest you don’t worry too much about it, or ask them if you can’t ignore it.

It is practice now to run the Electronic Frailty Index electronic assessment tool against your medical record when you hit 65. The idea is that people living with various levels of frailty will be identified and receive the support they need.

However, it is a rather blunt instrument and decided I was mildly frail because it picked up a trip accident, which had been coded as a fall, and an episode of acute glaucoma. As a result, the algorithm decided I was prone to falls and had a visual impairment (I don't),

I raised this with my GP and it as been removed from my records.

These links may help you to figure out where you are.

improvementacademy.org/documents/Projects/healthy_ageing/eFI%20Guidance%20SystmOne%20Notes%20for%20HAC%20Partners.pdf

cloudpractice.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/3000051341-clinical-frailty-scale

Thank you, Espee and Harlem.

Nearly lost the will you live reading that first one harlem the second one easier to understand well I ve got one on the list osteoporosis so guess I m not frail at all certainly feel pretty robust but algorithms usually have a mind of their own