Elderly falls: a national survey of UK ambulance services

Abstract

Objective To provide a detailed description of the current UK ambulance service provision for older people who fall. Method National survey of UK ambulance services. Results 11/13 Ambulance services (84.6%) participated in this national survey. Conclusion This survey has highlighted the need for robust evidence to inform policy, service and practice development to improve the care of this vulnerable population. https://emj.bmj.com/content/29/12/1009 This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ doi: 10.1136/bmj.h535