Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of dedicated fall prevention teams.

Integrated Care Boards are responsible for ensuring that the services they commission meet the needs of their local population with the resources they are allocated. Most areas have community-based falls prevention teams in place, these are often multi-disciplinary teams providing advice and support for people at risk of falling.

In addition, in April 2023 the Department launched the Adult Social Care Technology Fund - to test, evaluate, and scale technologies, including those that are shown to reduce falls. Next steps to put People at the Heart of Care announced a further £102m over two years for housing adaptation support, in addition to the £573m per year already available through the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG). The DFG helps around 50,000 eligible people in England each year to make their homes safe and suitable for their needs – this includes the reduction of trips and falls through the installation of stairlifts, level-access showers and ramps.