Falls prevention
Falls Prevention Awareness Week (15–19 September 2025)
This year’s theme for Falls Prevention Awareness Week is “From Awareness to Action”, highlighting the important message that falls are not an inevitable part of ageing. Most falls can be prevented, and older adults have the ability to reduce their risk through physical activity and improved fitness.
Top tips to help you stay on your feet:
- Keep active – Add strength and balance exercises into your regular routine. You could try the KOKU app
- Check your eyesight – get regular eye tests, which are free if you’re over 60, to catch changes that could affect your balance.
- Have regular medication checks - some medications can make you more at risk of falls. Ask your GP for a yearly review.
- Make your home safe – clear away clutter, particularly from floors and stairs. Make sure rooms and hallways are well lit and remove loose rugs. You can use this checklist to help you make your home safe.
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Be careful outside – during winter, watch out for ice, wet leaves, and snow. Wear good-grip shoes and use handrails where possible.
Falls Prevention Service
Radcliffe Primary Care Centre,Church Street West,Radcliffe,Lancs,M26 2SP
Referrals are received from GP's, district nurses, health professionals, Social Services and voluntary organisations.
The Falls Prevention Service provides specialised Assessment and treatment for people who have fallen or are considered to be at high risk of falls, individuals are assessed in their own homes.
All eligible people who are discharged from the Accident and Emergency Department at Fairfield General Hospital following a fall are followed up with a Falls self-Assessment questionnaire and the offer of further intervention if required.
Advice on prevention falls and the management of people who fall is given to health and Social Care staff and community groups involved in working with the over 65's.
Bury Live Well Service
Bury Live Well Service promote healthy and active living and help people to make positive changes to their lifestyle. They offer a choice of face-to-face or telephone appointments.
Keeping mobile, preventing falls and maintaining independence.
- Make a self-referral
- Make a Supported Referral (when you get help from someone else to make your referral, for example a friend or family member)
- Ask your GP or health practitioner to make a referral on your behalf
Children under 16 must be referred by their parent or guardian, or by their GP or health specialist.
0161 253 6668
Rapid Response
Emergency falls response
The Service will respond to falls within 2 hours, providing a prompt assessment and safe lifting techniques to avoid ambulance call-outs and hospital admission.
8am - 8pm 7 days a week (last referral 7pm)
0161 253 6292
NHS
What to do if you fall, help from a GP for falls, how to prevent falls and more.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/falls/
Age UK
- What can I do to prevent a fall?
- How can I make my home fall-proof?
- What can I do if I'm worried about a fall?
Later Life Training
Falls Prevention Courses
