{"id":401,"date":"2026-09-16T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/latest-falls-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:50:13","slug":"draft-latest-falls-news-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/draft-latest-falls-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Falls News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New! Refreshed Falls policy and procedure document<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lothian Falls policy (Adult Inpatients) and procedure documents have recently been refreshed.  Preview them below.  The documents will shortly be fully accessible on the policy hub and in the local guidelines section on the staff education website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/Falls-Prevention-and-Management-Adult-Inpatients-Policy-v5.4.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Falls Prevention and Management (Adult Inpatients) Policy v5.4.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0ae5ff67-0445-40a4-87b3-9ab6cbe100e6\" href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/Falls-Prevention-and-Management-Adult-Inpatients-Policy-v5.4.pdf\">Falls Prevention and Management (Adult Inpatients) Policy v5.4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/Falls-Prevention-and-Management-Adult-Inpatients-Policy-v5.4.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0ae5ff67-0445-40a4-87b3-9ab6cbe100e6\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/Falls-Prevention-and-Management-Adult-Inpatients-Procedure-v5.4.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Falls Prevention and Management (Adult Inpatients) Procedure v5.4.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9e6a693a-7826-4f3d-869a-2ae85679d1b2\" href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/Falls-Prevention-and-Management-Adult-Inpatients-Procedure-v5.4.pdf\">Falls Prevention and Management (Adult Inpatients) Procedure v5.4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/Falls-Prevention-and-Management-Adult-Inpatients-Procedure-v5.4.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9e6a693a-7826-4f3d-869a-2ae85679d1b2\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New! A Falls Day At Work Game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A collaborative interactive game for all staff to play within their areas focusing on falls management.  Available under downloadable resources <a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/?page_id=384\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Falls Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Falls dashboard has been developed to provide a wider view of falls that happen in the community that attend our Emergency departments.   The dashboard holds attendances, admissions, recurrent falls, referral routes, age, sex, co-morbidities, SIMD information and has an interactive heat map to look at different areas across Lothian. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Falls dashboard can be accessed on Tableau dashboard by requesting permission from the owner &#8220;Bethany Hitchen&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel custom-post-type-post has-slides-gap-small is-carousel has-arrows-inside has-dots-outside\">\n\t\t\t<div data-slider-option=\"{&quot;sliderSlidesToShowDesktop&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;getwid_slidesToShowLaptop&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;getwid_slidesToShowTablet&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;getwid_slidesToShowMobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;getwid_autoplay_speed&quot;:6000,&quot;getwid_animation_speed&quot;:800,&quot;getwid_slidesToScroll&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;getwid_autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;getwid_pause_on_hover&quot;:false,&quot;getwid_infinite&quot;:true,&quot;getwid_center_mode&quot;:false,&quot;getwid_arrows&quot;:&quot;inside&quot;,&quot;getwid_dots&quot;:&quot;outside&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post\">\n        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-content-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-header\">\n            <h3 class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/2024\/05\/20\/falls-improvement-newsletter-august-2023\/\">Falls Improvement Newsletter August 2023<\/a><\/h3>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-excerpt\"><p>Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership Falls Improvement Newsletter Falls Improvement Newsletter August 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post\">\n        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-content-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-header\">\n            <h3 class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/2024\/05\/20\/lets-talk-falls-newsletter-february-2024\/\">Let&#8217;s Talk Falls Newsletter February 2024<\/a><\/h3>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-excerpt\"><p>Welcome to the 1st &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Talk Falls Lothian&rdquo; Newsletter of 2024. Let&rsquo;s Talk Falls Newsletter February 2024Our feedback link in the last issue, told us that people would like to<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post\">\n        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-content-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-header\">\n            <h3 class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/2024\/05\/20\/lets-talk-falls-lothian-september-2023\/\">Let\u2019s Talk Falls Lothian September 2023\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-post-carousel__post-excerpt\"><p>Welcome to our 1st Falls Programme Quarterly Newsletter, keeping you updated on Falls Programme improvement work and sharing the amazing work carried out to support Falls prevention &amp; safer mobility<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New! 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