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Preventing Falls in Older People: Online Training Course

Date & Time

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
9:15 AM - 4:30 PM

Venue

Online Training Course

Availability

Available


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

 
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