Falls Awareness Week — sometimes referred to as Falls Prevention Awareness Week — is a dedicated annual public health campaign aimed at increasing awareness of fall risks, especially among older adults, and encouraging simple, effective actions to reduce falls and fall-related harm.
Check out some of the resources available below.
FAW 21st -25th September 2026
FAW Featured Webinar
Title: Falls and Bone Health: Easy wins
Speaker: Dr. Alasdair MacRae, Consultant in Orthogeriatrics and Falls Reduction Medicine, The Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley
Date: Friday 25th September 2026, 12-1pm.
Register for the webinar: Falls Awareness Week | Medline UK
Falls Celebration and Learning Event – November 2026 – Register early interest.
Slightly later in November, we will be sharing the best practice from our Falls strategic, community and inpatient falls group and providing updates on the Falls definition work. Final date is still to be arranged but you can register early interest via this form: Early Registration for Falls Learning and Partnership Event – November 2026. – Fill out form
FAW 15th -19th September 2025
FAW Webinars
Falls Awareness Week Webinars – Medline
Title: Developing a national e-learning course on bed rails, and patient transfer trolleys
Speaker: Paul Lee, Chair, National Association of Medical Device Educators and Trainers
Date: Tuesday, 16 September at 2.30pm (BST)
Title: Bedrest isn’t rest: Deconditioning affects everyone
Speaker: Shona McKinnon, Falls Nurse, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Date: Tuesday 22 September at 12pm (BST)
Title: Toilet Runway Project
Speaker: Carrie Tyler, Falls Improvement Specialist Practitioner at
Mid and South Essex NHS FT
Date: Friday 26th September at 12:00pm (BST)
Falls Celebration and Learning Event – 17th September 1-4pm, E.I.C.A Ratho.
Agenda for the afternoon is below:
Conference Resources
The following presentations delivered at the Falls Celebration and Learning are available below: Falls Framework and Implementation planning; 4 HSCP updates; Edinburgh Leisure Balance Life; and Falls dashboard.
Conference Presentation
Simplicare Presentation
