These resources are designed to support clinicians participating in the National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF).
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.
The information sheet contains the details of the audit methodology. The audit proforma contains the dataset. To see how the audit dataset is linked to NICE Guidance please view the mapping document.
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.
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.
Collaboration is key to improvement. As such, we have created a platform for services to share improvement stories.
