A new video is out which highlights the fall risk for older people and how health services and the voluntary sector can work together to reduce them.
The video is part of a programme by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and Age UK Norwich to reduce patient falls.
They are the most frequently reported patient safety incidents in NHS hospitals and are a common cause of injury in the community.
Anna Skipper, the hospital’s Falls Management and Prevention Lead, says: “Using real life experiences in the video we show how simple steps can be taken by health professionals to prevent falls, such as reviews of medication, providing information on exercises and falls prevention, and signposting to other services.
“Making improvements has involved training staff, using technology and changing our processes to reduce the number of these incidents on our wards. There has also been collaborate working across the Integrated Care System to raise the profile of Healthy and Active Ageing as part of the falls and frailty prevention agenda.
“This summer our hospital saw the lowest number of patient falls since we began the programme, with our hospital performing well against those with much younger patient profiles across the country.
“The video provides another dimension to this work and listening to people’s experiences gives us the opportunity to learn about the things that we do well and consider where we can make further improvements.”
See the video below:
