Intermediate Care and Rehabilitation: Helping People Stay in a Place they Call Home

Liz Jones is the Policy Director of the National Care Forum, joining the organisation in May 2019. Liz has a strong background in social policy, care and support and health and housing , with over 20 years’ experience across the civil service, local government and the charity sector including Methodist Homes (MHA), Nottingham City Council and Manchester City Council. Liz has strong research and analytical skills, along with consultation/engagement skills, and brings with her a passion for ensuring that the voices and views of the people and communities we serve are central to our policy development and implementation.

She was previously President of the British Geriatrics Society. She was president from Oct 2016-Nov 2018, during which time the BGS enhanced its muti-disciplinarity and developed a Special Interest Group for GPs. She was an advisor to the government on the Green paper on the Funding of Adult Social Care She recently was elected as a member of the Council of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Her interests are in the management of frailty, complex co-morbidity, health and social care integration, care home medicine and end of life care. She has written and spoken widely on these topics. She has been a member of several NICE/SCIE Guideline development groups in these areas She worked as a Consultant Geriatrician at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and also in the community on behalf of the Leeds Community Health Care Trust until April this year. She has developed Community Geriatrics in Leeds, and has also pioneered the development of interface geriatricians working with colleagues in the A&E department. She has published on a range of topics related to the care of older people, more recently focussing on service delivery for older people with frailty.