Falls pathway 

Falls prevention in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has changed. We are embracing a model which ensures that falls prevention is everyone’s business. We will be working across the whole system to make the best use of existing services, skills and strategies and to support the development of new falls screening, assessment and intervention skills.

We need to ensure that the falls pathway in Buckinghamshire enables people to access the most appropriate level of assessment and treatment. Geriatrician level assessments for complex and unexplained falls; therapy or nursing led multifactorial falls assessments for those who need them, brief falls assessments for those who do not need the expertise of falls specialists.

In order to support the new pathway a new Falls Risk Screen is now in place. This Falls Risk Screen must be completed before referring an older adult for falls prevention interventions to any non-consultant led service. The form has been designed to be able to be used by the wide variety of people that currently refer into the Trust for falls prevention.

 Falls risk screen referrals form

Falls risk screen supporting information

If you or your service would like to help us shape this new model of falls prevention, ask any questions or receive training on the subject of falls prevention please contact alison.aylen@nhs.net