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Chair's Welcome and Introduction: The World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management in Older Adults & National Developments in Falls Prevention
Professor Cameron Swift
Emeritus Professor, Consultant Physician
Kings School of Medicine
and Specialist Committee Member
Falls Prevention Quality Standard, NICE
• falls prevention and management - where are we now?
• understanding and implementing the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management in Older Adults
• core components of an effective falls prevention service
• evidence for effective falls prevention – positive and negative
• driving change: falls, frailty and the recommendations from Getting it Right First Time in Geriatrics
• responding to the National Audit of Inpatient Falls
• current developments, challenges and opportunities
10:45
Driving improvement through national guidance, national and local audit
Dr Julie Whitney
Clinical Lead
National Audit of Inpatient Falls
Physiotherapist & NIHR Clinical Lecturer
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• findings from the latest National Audit of Inpatient Falls report
• moving from snapshot audits to continuous audit
• focusing on patients who sustain a hip fracture while in hospital
• how the Falls and Fragility Fractures Audit Programme can support improvement activity
• implications for falls prevention in older people