Dr Pandora Wright

Dr Pandora Wright MBBS BSc FRCP Consultant Geriatrician and physician Dr Pandora Wright is an experienced consultant in geriatric and general medicine, focusing on holistic, person-centred care for older adults with frailty, cognitive impairment, dementia, multimorbidity and complex health needs. She practises at Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and has distinctive expertise in community geriatrics, regularly visiting patients in their own homes and providing specialist care-home reviews. This enables her to understand each patient’s environment, daily challenges and personal goals, and to shape care that is truly centred on their life, values and priorities. She provides holistic, comprehensive assessment and integrated care across hospital and community settings, and is skilled in managing complex medical conditions including falls, cognitive and functional decline, and the multiple long-term conditions that commonly affect older people. Dr Wright undertakes Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments, advanced care planning and capacity assessments related to care needs and place of care. She is known for her calm, professional and compassionate manner, and for working closely with GPs therapists, specialist nurses, social care teams and other hospital specialists to provide clear, coordinated and supportive care plans for patients and their families. Dr Wright graduated MBBS with Merit in Clinical Pharmacology from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine and holds a First-Class Honours degree in the History of Medicine from University College London. She completed her specialist training across major London teaching hospitals and has been a Consultant Geriatrician at Charing Cross Hospital since 2016. Throughout her career, she has developed a particular interest in community and nursing home based care, integrated pathways and improving services for older adults with complex medical and social needs. Her research interests include admission avoidance and innovative community care models. She was first author of a well-cited Age & Ageing study evaluating the TREAT admission-avoidance service, which received a Royal Society of Medicine presentation prize. She is also a Clinical Adviser to the MINDERCARE study at Imperial College , and contributes to research and quality improvement work on frailty and acute care pathways. Dr Wright is committed to teaching and training the next generation of doctors. She teaches and examines undergraduate medical students, including final examinations, and serves as an Educational and Clinical Supervisor to postgraduate trainees. She has held senior leadership roles including Past President of the Royal Society of Medicine’s Geriatrics & Gerontology Section, and is a Trustee of Age UK Kensington & Chelsea, where she chairs the Quality, Performance and Development Sub-Committee.

Community comprehensive assessments including care homes and home visits, frailty, falls, ageing well , complexity, multiple medications and long term conditions,