1) Within your trust who is responsible for ensuring that the trust have the appropriate equipment for the management of falls? This should not be confused with a procurement team purchasing the equipment more who makes the clinical decision. (Often this will sit with a Manual Handling Advisor or Falls lead)
2) Within your trust, if known, please could you confirm the number of falls reported in total for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to current date of recorded data.
3) Of those falls, if known, please can you confirm the number of falls that were deemed as non-injury.
4) At any site within your trust, do you have a falls response team/bleep where a designated person(s) respond to a reported fall.
5) Does your trust have any of the following equipment within the trust and if so how many
• Flat Lifting Kit – Mangar Rhino, Hovertech Hoverjac, GBUK Banana Flojac
• Mechanical Lifting Aid – Liftup Raizer Chair
• Air Assisted Lifting Aid – Mangar Elk, Camel or Eagle
• Any other equipment used for the retrieval of the fallen patient
