Older People: Accidents

(asked on 21st February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department makes available for elderly people on how to avoid harmful falls.


Answered by
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David Mowat
This question was answered on 1st March 2017

Falls and falls-related injuries such as fractures are a common and serious health issue faced by older people in England.

Public Health England (PHE), in partnership with Saga and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists produced the ‘Get up and go: a guide to staying steady’ booklet, a guide to preventing falls. People are able to download the booklet from:

http://www.csp.org.uk/publications/get-go-guide-staying-steady

and the falls page of the NHS Choices website. Hard copies are also available upon request.

PHE is also collaborating with the Centre for Ageing Better and the Chief Medical Officer to produce practical evidence based guidance on maintaining and improving muscle strength and balance. This is due to be published in autumn 2017.

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