Citation

O'Dowd A. Br. Med. J. BMJ 2011; 342(online): d3102.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.d3102

PMID

21593094

Abstract

Wide variation in the quality and approach of UK services for dealing with falls and fractures means that patients are poorly served, says a major national clinical audit.

In light of the audit, the emerging GP commissioning consortia have been urged to use a government package for preventing falls and fractures among elderly people, published in 2009, to improve services.

The audit, published on 18 May, says that the variation in quality of NHS services for care and prevention of falls and fractures is “unacceptable.” A key problem, it says, is that in many areas there is a large gap between what NHS organizations claim to provide, in terms of commissioning, protocols, or structure of services, and what clinical audit shows is actually provided.

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