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 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
