Date & Time
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
9:15 AM - 4:30 PM
Venue
Online Training Course
Availability
Available
Purchase
About
Almost a third of older people experience a fall every year, with 5% of these falls leading to a fracture and hospitalisation, at an estimated cost of £435 million to the NHS.
As outlined in the Urgent and Emergency Care plan, published in January 2023, NHS England is looking the standardise and scale up falls and frailty teams to increase access to joined up approaches across inpatient and community care. With falls becoming increasingly common, contributing to discharge delay through longer-term hospital stays it is now more crucial than ever that the health and social care, voluntary and local government sectors have effective fall prevention methods and care plans in place.
Join this one-day interactive training course on Preventing Falls in Older People to learn how to create and embed effective fall prevention strategies. Featuring group collaboration sessions and practical workshops, this course analyses the key areas of effective falls prevention plans, including evaluating the causes of falls, multifactorial assessments, and personalised interventions. In a highly interactive day, you will work together with peers to produce effective strategies for managing falls and create a tailored fall prevention strategy to implement in your organisation.
Learning Objectives:
Understand and implement the updated NICE and related national guidance
Engage with the process of multifactorial assessment and intervention
Learn how to prevent falls among older people with delirium and dementia
Discuss how to effectively report and respond to falls
Create a successful fall prevention strategy for primary and secondary care
Lead Trainer
Professor Cameron Swift
Consultant Physician
King's College London
Expert Speakers
Dr Louis Koizia
Consultant Physician and Geriatrician
Imperial College NHS Trust
Dr Anna Winfield
Specialist & QI Lead
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Ben Scott
Improvement Lead for Falls
Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Ed Tank
Clinical Lead Physiotherapist
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Hannah Wood
Trust Falls Lead
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Agenda
9:15 am
Logging on and Accessing the Platform
9:30 am
Trainer's Welcome and Clarification of Learning Objectives
Professor Cameron Swift
Consultant Physician
King's College London
9:45 am
Understanding and Implementing the NICE Falls Quality Standard and National Audit Guidance
Learning the key factors in developing, implementing and maintaining an effective falls prevention service
Evaluating the evidence behind an effective falls prevention service and understanding what works and why
Reviewing the recommended pathways for community and hospital settings
Understanding the development of national guidance on falls prevention, including the NICE Guideline and Quality Standard and the latest National Audit of Inpatient Falls Report
Analysing the updates to national guidelines and audit and the impact these will have on different settings.
Professor Cameron Swift
Consultant Physician
King's College London
10:30 am
Integrated Falls Prevention And Organisational Collaboration
Constructing an effective falls pathway
Ensuring cross-disciplinary networks
Avoiding deconditioning
Ed Tank
Clinical Lead Physiotherapist
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
11:15 am
Morning Break
11:30 am
The Role of First Response in Falls Management and Prevention
Achieving optimal first response falls assessment and management
Multidisciplinary first response teams
First response as an integral component of national falls prevention strategy
Ben Scott
Improvement Lead for Falls
Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust
12:15 pm
Effectively Preventing and Managing Inpatient Falls
Using local data as tools for Quality Improvement, including NAIF
Post-fall review and the Patient Safety Incident Reporting Framework
Achieving coordinated local delivery and implementation
Hannah Wood
Trust Falls Lead
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
12:45 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Using QI and Local Audit to Improve Falls Prevention and Management
Setting and applying clear standards for falls prevention
Tailoring patient care and management to individual need and risk
Successful inpatient falls reduction in Leeds – the Falls Quality Initiative
Methods of monitoring and measuring change for the better
Making best use of local audit to drive falls reduction
Dr Anna Winfield
Specialist & QI Lead
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
2:15 pm
Identifying and Managing Delirium in Older People to Prevent Falls
Analysing how falls are significantly more likely to occur for older people experiencing delirium, particularly for people with dementia
Understanding the key indicators of delirium and how to effectively treat and manage delirium in older people
Discussing how fall prevention intervention should be tailored for older people with delirium
Developing multifactorial assessments for older people with delirium
Implementing and delivering effective strategies to prevent falls among older people with delirium
Dr Louis Koizia
Consultant Physician and Geriatrician
Imperial College NHS Trust
3:00 pm
Afternoon Break
3:15 pm
Creating A Successful And Comprehensive Falls Prevention Strategy
Interactive Breakout Groups Session
Discuss with other delegates and share knowledge, opportunities and challenges between services
Strategic core-component planning to reduce the number, cost and impact of falls in your service.
Engagement of key stakeholders to ensure your strategy is understood and supported
Identifying and overcoming obstacles to networking services and maximising referrals
Using national and local audit to drive progress
Creating a falls prevention action plan in line with National standards to take back to your organisation
Professor Cameron Swift
Consultant Physician
King's College London
4:00 pm
Group Feedback, Plenary Discussion
Professor Cameron Swift
Consultant Physician
King's College London
4:30 pm
Summary, Evaluation And Close
*Programme Subject to Change
Pricing
Public Sector
(Online Price)
£345 + VAT
Private Sector
(Online Price)
£445 + VAT