Presentation by Safe Steps at Health Matters Liverpool City Region launch event on Tuesday 17 September at Redmonds Building, Liverpool.

1. Preventing falls, improving lives
www.safesteps.tech
@SafeStepsTech

2. James Chapman
Co-Founder & Managing Director

3. 6 older people fall
every single second
across the UK

4. “A fall can have a devastating effect on an older person,
bringing physical consequences and associated
loneliness, isolation and loss of independence”
Errol Taylor, CEO Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

5. Falls related
A&E admissions
to reach 1000
people a day by
2020

7. £7,500

8. 1 year

9. £2.3 bn

10. x4

11. 23,000
new

12. Our mission is to improve
older people's lives by
reducing the number of
preventable falls across
the UK

13. Digital falls prevention app - built
to NHS Digital standards
Helps reduce the risk of falls and
learn from when falls do occur
Clinical decision-making tool
providing advice and support to
professional health & care teams
Digital innovation to reduce falls

14. Measures 12 key risk factors

15. “Risk assessment
followed by appropriate
interventions can
reduce patient falls by
up to 25 to 35%”
Prevention rather than cure

16. ● Provides a full multifactorial risk assessment - enabling early
identification of risks
● Creates a personalised action plan (from 50+ proven
interventions) to reduce those risks
● Tracks actions and interventions to prevent falls
● Collects evidence of falls when they do occur - to drive
continuous improvement
● Creates a digital audit trail to satisfy regulatory inspection
requirements (Health & Social Care Act 2008)
Benefits

17. Real-time analytics
provide actionable insights
for healthcare professionals
- Falls
- Risks
- Outcomes
Tools for commissioners

18. Our partners

19. 4,531
Risk screenings
93
Health & Care
Organisations
30%
Reduction in falls
811
Older people
being screened

20. 30%
Reduction in falls across the first 8 months

21. “We use Safe Steps in our care home to ensure we
are doing everything we can to reduce the chance
of falls happening. It also helps us demonstrate to
CQC where we are making positive improvements”
Vanessa, Care Home Manager
Real-world validation

22. Preventing falls, improving lives
www.safesteps.tech
@SafeStepsTech