Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many falls among people aged 65 and over led to a hospital admission in each year since 2009-10; and what the five most frequent types of such falls resulting in such admissions were.

A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) for patients aged 65 and over which have been classified as having been caused by a fall is shown in the following table. These are for the financial years 2009-10 through to 2017-18. This is a count of admissions, not patients, as the same patient may have been admitted on more than one occasion within the time period:

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital

The five most frequent specified types of falls which have resulted in admissions for patients aged 65 and over in the financial years 2009-10 through to 2017-18 are listed below:

1) Fall on the same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling

2) Other fall on the same level

3) Fall on and from stairs and steps

4) Fall involving bed

5) Fall involving chair