NursingNotes
  • login
  • signup
  • Latest News
  • Clinical Updates
  • Professional
  • Education
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
NursingNotes
No Result
View All Result

Home > News

NICE says Nurses & GPs should Routinely ask Elderly about Falls


31 January 2017

The recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), states that GPs and other health professionals should routinely ask elderly patients about falls.

The guidance states that GPs should ask older patients(65 and over) about falls during routine appointments, when they attend hospital appointments and during home visits by other healthcare professionals like community Nurses and social care workers [i].



Research suggests that approximately 30% of people aged 65 and up will fall at least once a year.

While the update has been welcomed, the Royal College of General Practitioners notes that its implementation may be hampered by the standard 10-minute GP consultation, which it describes as “increasingly inadequate”, particularly for older patients living with multiple, long-term conditions.

The update to the quality standard state professionals should be asking whether they have had falls in the last year or consider themselves to be at risk of falling – for example, if they ever lose their balance or feel unsteady on their feet.

If the person is then deemed to be at risk, healthcare professionals should refer the older person to the appropriate services such as falls prevention teams and offer guidance.


Does your service routinely assess patients for falls? Join the discussion below.

[i] https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/preventing-falls-in-older-people-through-conversation



Popular

Patient face mask in GP

GP practices can now deregister patients for ‘unrealistic service demands’

2 June 2022

student nurse staff nurse

Student nurses ‘used and abused’ on placements

13 June 2022

RCN

Nursing staff demand immediate review of ‘not fit for purpose’ Agenda for Change pay and conditions

8 June 2022

Insight

Busy A&E waiting room

‘The NHS is having its worst winter ever – and the reasons run much deeper than COVID’

28 January 2022

Hospital curtain intensive care

‘During the Downing Street Christmas Party we were caring for dying patients and forbidden from seeing family’

8 December 2021

Vaccine inPPE

‘Making vaccination compulsory for NHS frontline workers likely to make patients suffer’

19 November 2021


Related Posts

Community nurse dressing a wound
Workforce

Community nursing ‘no longer viable’ due to astronomical fuel prices

24 June 2022
Nurse filling up car with petrol
Workforce

Community nurses are literally ‘paying to work’ due to record fuel prices

8 June 2022
District nurse Mark Walsh
Clinical

Electric bikes revolutionise the way district nurses get around

24 August 2021
NursingNotes

© 2019 NursingNotes.co.uk

Navigate Site

  • Who are we?
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Agenda for Change Pay Scales

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Latest News
  • Clinical
  • Education
  • Health Politics
  • Opinion
  • Resources

© 2019 NursingNotes.co.uk