These resources are designed to support clinicians participating in the National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF).
This resource has been developed to be used by organisations providing health services for individuals receiving care in an inpatient setting. The guidance used is for patients 16 years or older. It has been adapted for use for inpatient falls and therefore, scenarios involving high-energy trauma commonly encountered in emergency departments (ED) have been deliberately omitted.
National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) is a clinically led, web-based audit of inpatient falls prevention care in acute hospitals in England and Wales. NAIF aims to improve inpatient falls prevention through audit and quality improvement.
Collaboration is key to improvement. As such, we have created a platform for services to share improvement stories.
The National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) has collaborated with partners to produce a new vision assessment tool which enables ward staff to quickly assess a patient’s eyesight in order to help prevent them falling or tripping while in hospital.
A repository of all resources produced by the National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) for healthcare professionals, patients and carers.
Latest NAIF webinar NAIF 2025 Q4 webinar: 2025 annual report – Stepping towards improvement
