Rebekah Schiff

Rebekah Schiff has been a consultant geriatrician and general physician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust since 2004. She is also an honorary reader at King’s College London.

She has extensive experience in the healthcare of older adults across both hospital and community settings, including hospital@home.

Rebekah was service lead for the department of ageing and health from 2009 to 2018. During this time, she played a key role in developing an integrated care pathway for older adults across Lambeth and Southwark. This included developing the older persons’ assessment unit on the emergency floor (frailty unit) and supporting the development of the hospital@home service, giving patients more choice about where they receive acute care.

In 2019, she started the cardiology older persons’ service. This service provides specialist care for older people with heart conditions, including assessments in clinics and support for patients in cardiology wards.

Her current clinical work includes inpatient care for older adults, the cardiology older persons’ service, acute general medicine, and hospital@home.

She also leads a 1-year clinical fellowship programme for resident doctors, focusing on integrated care for older adults, research, and education.

Rebekah has been, and continues to be, a member of several national committees, including:

• the advisory committee for the National Audit of Care at the End of Life
• the UK Hospital@Home committee
• the London Acute Frailty Network
• the National Frailty Advisory Group
• NICE guideline committees for atrial fibrillation and heart failure