Award of Tri-borough Steady and Stable Falls Prevention Service to Open Age

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NHS Shared Business Services awarded a contract to Open Age for the provision of a Tri-borough Steady and Stable Falls prevention service across Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster, and Kensington and Chelsea.

The service is an evidence-based falls awareness and prevention programme that aims to improve balance, reduce falls, and enable people to live independently.

It aligns with the 8-week CLCH Falls Prevention Service for individuals at higher need and risk of falls.

The open referral service offers a 38-week programme to build confidence and maintain independence by promoting an active and healthier lifestyle through physical activity for residents in the Tri-borough.

The service outcomes are to improve functioning—such as posture, balance, mobility, orientation, and safety awareness—and to prevent or reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and other acute care resulting from a fall.

The CCG assessed the most appropriate route to awarding this contract, considering the necessity to secure continuity of these essential patient services, and concluded that the incumbent provider would assure the safest solution and is considered the only technically capable provider at this time.

The contract value is £276,000.