The National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) is a continuous national audit which aims to improve fall risk reduction practice for inpatients. As of January 2020, the project comprises a full audit of both falls prevention activity prior to the hip/femoral fracture and post-falls care.
NAIF is included in the HQIP 2021-22 listing for national audits that must be reported in the trust quality account. It also forms part of the National Clinical Audit Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP). The clinical audit dataset is reviewed and updated annually.
If you are already participating in NAIF, you do not need to re-register.
If you are not registered to NAIF, the falls lead in your trust/health board will need to complete the registration form below and return it to falls@rcp.ac.uk.
The registration form is for both the clinical audit and the facilities audit. Registered trusts/healthboards will be updated regularly on any approaching data entry deadlines. If you do not have a falls lead in your trust/health board, an alternative lead should be registered as the key contact for the audit. For example, a patient safety or clinical audit lead.
Please note that falls leads do not have to personally input all the data, but are responsible for ensuring that the actions are completed. There can be some flexibility in terms of who inputs the data into the web tool in different organisations. Falls leads are encouraged to develop ways of completing this audit that work in their local context. Using the web tool All data input will take place via the online web tool.
To enable you to complete the clinical audit we will create a login for you to access the web tool.
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