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This national falls summit focuses on reducing inpatient falls, and harm from inpatient falls. Through national updates, practical case studies and learning from the 2021 National Audit of Inpatient Falls report (published in November 2021). The conference will provide a step by step guide to implementing the multiple interventions that have been proven to reduce falls in your service
"There is still work to do to improve prevention and management of inpatient falls and fractures."
"A hip fracture is one of the most severe consequences of a fall. Evaluating the care given to inpatients who experience such fractures, will likely reflect the quality of fall prevention practice and post-fall management available to all inpatients. Not all falls are avoidable, and it is vital that patients are enabled to be active during their inpatient stay. However, it is equally important that all possible steps are taken to identify and address modifiable falls risk factors"
Benefits of attending
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to reduce inpatient falls, and harm from inpatient falls
- Understand the national context including the National Audit of Inpatient Falls move to continuous audit
- Ensure effective implementation and learning from the National Audit of Inpatient Falls
- Improve care for patients by reducing inpatient falls, and harm from inpatient falls in your service
- Reduce falls in older people presenting with frailty
- Learn from trusts who have developed multifaceted inpatient falls prevention programmes that work
- Improve immediate post falls care and management
- Understand how you can reduce harm from inpatient falls particularly focusing on inpatient hip fracture
- Understand the root causes of inpatient falls, and how to investigate an inpatient fall
- Improving practice in the identification and management of people at risk of falls at ward level
- Reflect on case studies to reduce medication related falls including hypotension induced by medication, and reducing falls resulting from delirium
- Prevent deconditioning in hospitals to reduce falls
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
