A repository of all resources produced by the National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) for healthcare professionals, patients and carers.
NAIF resources
- FFFAP resource map: Information for people who have fallen and broken a bone
Have you suffered a fracture after a fall or are you caring for someone who has?
Launched on World Osteoporosis Day 20 October 2024, this interactive resource aims to bring together resources across various patient pathways and have all useful information in one place to help support patients and carers involved in the recovery journey after suffering a broken bone from a fall. - Building your confidence after a fall in hospital
With over 1,300 people experiencing a fall related femoral fracture while in hospital across England and Wales in 2021, the National Audit of Inpatient Falls has put together a resource that can help patients, their carers and named contacts in understanding potential next steps and how to access further help.
The patient and carer panel, who advise the Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP), chose the three most important findings of the most recent report to help you understand what your hospital should be doing to prevent falls and how to respond to a fall if it does happen.
This resource is aimed at Healthcare Champions who are looking to influence and improve the care and management of patients who have fallen in an inpatient setting.
A resource designed to help prevent serious injury and unnecessary cost to the NHS caused by older people tripping or falling when they are in hospital.
Created for clinicians, 'Supporting best and safe practice in post-fall management in inpatient settings' clarifies what constitutes a post-fall check for injury. By providing guidance on how to implement best practice in post-fall management processes, training and competencies.
An interactive e-learning tool designed for foundation level doctors, but appropriate for all healthcare professionals which covers the knowledge needed to identify and reduce patient and environmental risk factors to assist with reducing inpatient falls.
A resource designed to assist clinical teams in standardising their approach to falls prevention in hospitals. It is evidence-based and seeks to address variability in recording lying and standing blood pressure.
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.
KPI improvement case studies and template.
The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) is a new approach to learning from safety events in healthcare.
- NAIF 2024 Q4 webinar: NAIF 2024 annual report and 2025 expansion
Watch NAIF’s last webinar of 2024 held on Thursday 5 December, 12-1pm, with NAIF clinical lead, Dr Julie Whitney for a lunch time session discussing the latest annual report, ‘Don't stop moving: optimising safety while staying active in hospital’ and how to get ready for the audit expansion starting 1 January 2025. This webinar also featured 3 organisations sharing their experiences participating in the expansion pilot (16 September to 31 October 2024). The webinar concluded with an interactive Q&A session.
Presentation slides are available here. - NAIF 2024 Q3 webinar:
Hydration Hurdles: Supporting Hospitalised Older Adults to Drink More
Watch our webinar held on Wednesday 2 October 2024 – 12-1pm, where we discussed about the challenges staff experience in hydrating older people and starting to think about how we tackle them. This webinar was delivered by NAIF clinical lead Julie Whitney and guest speaker David Gray, followed by an interactive Q&A session.
- NAIF 2024 Q2 webinar:
Avoiding the 'F' word - promoting safe activity for inpatients
Join NAIF clinical lead, Dr Julie Whitney and NAIF clinical fellow, Joanna Miles for a session focusing on changing the philosophy of falls prevention. Joanna presents information about the 'Keep me moving' QI project, already being utilised in her trust. The webinar ended with a Q&A session.
The team are joined by NAIF Clinical Lead, Dr Julie Whitney and Dr Sarah Howie as they discuss methods of detection and interventions.
- NAIF 2023 Q2 webinar:
Considerations in the implementation of effective multifactorial falls risk assessment
Lessons from a multi-site case study
Watch the discussion on the effective implementation of multifactorial risk assessment with our guest speakers from the University of Bradford. Listen to our lively Q&A session with our clinical lead, Julie Whitney, and guest speakers.