We are a research team at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. We are conducting a research study to develop principles for providing care immediately after an older person falls in a care home (known as post-falls management). The research is sponsored by NUH.
As part of this research, we would like to carry out an online national survey to map post-falls management processes and procedures in England. We are inviting care home staff and health staff working in acute, community, primary and emergency care settings to take part in the survey.
We would appreciate your support with sharing a survey invitation with your network (attached and below) and sharing details about the survey at relevant events using the attached slide. We do not need you to share any personal information, such as names and contact details, directly with us.
The survey will be open until 28th February 2026.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the study, please contact the research team- Fran Hallam-Bowles, nuhnt.postfalls@nhs.net
Thank you for supporting this research.
Survey invite
Do you work with older people living in care homes who experience falls?
Care home staff, and healthcare staff working in acute, community, primary and emergency care across England are invited to take part in a short online survey. The survey will map processes and procedures used immediately after older people fall in care homes (known as post-falls management). The survey is part of a research programme at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The survey will help understand how falls are currently managed and identify barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making. We’ll use findings to inform principles for post-falls management in care homes, with the intention of improving care for residents.
Taking part will involve completing a one-off survey, which is estimated to take no more than 15 minutes to complete.
The link below takes you to REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) which is an online application for research surveys. Here you can read the study information page and decide if you wish to take part. If you do not wish to take part, or need some time to decide, you can close your browser and exit REDCap. You can revisit the link until 28th February if you wish to take part.
If you are interested in completing the survey, please click on the link: https://nuh.eulogin.redcapcloud.com/survey.jsp?code=kyoWQGjJQ1nRmmM0
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the Chief Investigator: Fran Hallam-Bowles, nuhnt.postfalls@nhs.net
