Prof Cameron Swift opened today's Falls Prevention in Older People conference with an update on National and International Developments
Cameron updated delegates on the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention which were released in September 2022 and are available here
The presentation also covered
- the key elements to thinking straight about Falls: Concept, Evidence, Structure, Audit
- Assisted techniques is looking hopeful but we do need more real world data
- Falls in Inpatients, these are the highest risk category
- Audit is absolutely crucial
Cameron's slides are available here
The conference continued with an update from Julie Whitney on the National and Local Audit and recent developments
More information on the National Audit can be found here
