This is a secondary driver from promote safer mobility through safe, clinical and care processes within the Falls driver diagram
Change ideas
The examples below show how this secondary driver can be implemented in practice. Additional change ideas can be found in the Falls driver diagram
Team:
- Falls risk assessment completed at the front door to support safe waiting
Practitioner:
- Locally agreed approach to a comprehensive falls risk assessment with multifactorial interventions like standardised medication review
Organisation:
- Falls risk assessment completed at the front door to support safe waiting
Evidence and resources
- Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Frailty assessment and interventions tool [online]. 2020
- Montero-Odasso M, van der Velde N, Martin FC, Petrovic M, Tan MP, Ryg J, et al. World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: A global initiative. Age Ageing. 2022;51(9).
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Falls: Assessment and Prevention in Older People and in People 50 and over at Higher Risk [online]. 2025
- The Department of Health and Social Care. UK Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines. 2026
