Conference Title: Falls Prevention and Management in Older People
Venue: The Studio, Birmingham
Date: Wednesday 10th May 2017

SensorCare will be exhibiting at the Falls Prevention and Management in Older People Conference on 10th May. So, why not stop by our stand to speak with our sales team about our falls prevention systems?

With a Keynote opening address from Dr Martin Vernon National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Person Centred Care NHS England Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Director Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, this conference focuses on falls prevention and management in older people, reducing falls and harm from falls, and monitoring progress against the National Quality Standard.

The conference will also discuss the NEW Quality Standard for Falls Prevention published in January 2017, with Prof Cameron Swift Emeritus Professor and Consultant Physician King’s College London & Specialist Committee Member Falls Prevention Quality Standard NICE giving a national update as well as advice for implementing the Quality Statements in practice.

Sessions throughout the day will focus on key elements of the quality standard including developing post fall protocols for every patient and secondary prevention. The conference will also discuss key elements in the reduction of falls in your service including underlying health issues, quality improvement methodology for falls, multidisciplinary assessment, frailty as falls, falls prevention, and managing  comorbidity. There will be a focus session on reducing inpatient falls and implementing the learning from the Broomfield Dignified Throne Toolkit; preventing falls in hospital toilets and bathrooms. Through expert sessions and case studies delegates will take back essential learning outcomes to change practice in their services.

“73% of trusts are still using falls risk prediction tools despite NICE advising they should be abandoned (back in 2013). This means that significant numbers of patients at risk of falls will slip through the net.” – NHS Improvement January 2017

Find out more about the conference here.

For further information on SensorCares Falls Prevention Systems, contact us on 0845 863 9570 or fill in our contact form.