title: Implementation of a patient falls risk-management strategy.
abstract: The Department of Health has identified patient falls as a priority area for improvement in its National Service Framework for Older People. Such falls have financial and emotional costs. In one trust, clinical-incident reporting of falls led to an audit and the introduction of a falls risk-management improvement programme as part of its clinical governance strategy.
authors.affiliation: Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simmons
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*