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Taking steps to reduce falls
Author(s)Emma Vere-Jones
Journal titleNursing Times, vol 102, no 31, 1 August 2006
Pagespp 16-17
Sourcehttp://www.nursingtimes.net
KeywordsFalls ; Preventative medicine.
AnnotationFalls account for almost half of all patient safety incidents and cost the NHS around £1.7bn a year. The author investigates why services been slow to improve, in the light of a report on patient safety by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-060921201 A
ClassmarkOLF: LK2 *

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