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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Academic · Elderly care & frailty
Tom Brennan: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Tom Brennan
ageing researcher at Flinders University in Australia
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press citations on 1 topic since 9 Mar 2026 · last quoted 28 Oct 2026
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Tom Brennan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- ageing researcher at Flinders University in Australia
- Quoted on
- Elderly care & frailty
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 28 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 9 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where Tom Brennan sits on elderly care & frailty
Ranked 8= of 100 voices quoted in the press on elderly care & frailty, level with 37 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK7 - 2
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)6 - 3=
Dr. Kenneth RockwoodAcademicProfessor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine and Neurology) and Clinical Research Professor of Frailty and Aging; Senior Medical Director, Frailty and Elder Care Network, Nova Scotia Health, Dalhousie University (Division of Geriatric Medicine) and Nova Scotia Health4 - 8=Paul RingerSector leaderchief executive officer at Age UK Oxfordshire2
- 8=Lianne WoodAcademicLead author of Cochrane review, University of Exeter2
- 8=Tom BrennanAcademicageing researcher at Flinders University in Australia2
- 8=Jon SloperSector leaderFounder and director of Help and Kindness2
- 8=Cathryn FairhurstSector leaderManaging Director Operations, Lovett Care2
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05 On the record · press
What Tom Brennan has said
By outlet · linked articles
- newscientist.com1
- smh.com.au1
Where Tom Brennan has been quoted
- 01Frail in your 40s? What to know about ‘pre-frailty’ and how to reverse itsmh.com.au · 28 Oct 2026
- 02Frailty sets in far earlier than you’d expect, but you can reverse itnewscientist.com · 9 Mar 2026
Verbatim
“If we want to prevent frailty, we should ask more about what's happening in someone's life. How confident are they about being active?”
“Physiologically, pre-frailty reflects a body under strain, but still highly adaptable. People are not yet experiencing major limitations in everyday function, but small deficits are beginning to accumulate.”
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