Bath Specialist Falls Response Team

The time we have been dreading has arrived, booking off for the final time 🥲Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the service over the past 6 years it has been amazing 👍⁦@consultantpara⁩

Booking on for my last operational shift on the falls car, we have reached the final weekend of the service, mixed emotions with what could have been for such an amazing service, opportunity missed! I’m leaving the trust after 32 years to explore similar roles in the community

Back in early 2019 as the service evolved we attracted interest from the local news who spent a day with us to find out more about our joint working and the subsequent success! 🎥 The feedback was amazing! 👍

This is where it all started on the 1st April 2017, in our first year we visited 691patients, 82% discharged on scene, the new joint working Paramedic and therapist was taking shape!! 👍

Thanks Gina for your amazing support over the years! 👍👏🏻

Penultimate weekend for the service, what better than a few photos against some of the most iconic landmarks in Bath, over the next week will post our development over past 6 years! 👍 #teamwork #MDT #proud

February saw another increase in activity up 15% on the same time last year, we are entering the last few weeks of this amazing service 😞 but as a team we remain 100% committed to our patients. #proud #teamwork

It has suddenly dawned on us we only have 6 weeks left of this totally amazing service so we treated ourselves to coffee! #hopeful a new service will be equally successful in responding quickly to some of most vulnerable in the community 🤞🏻

Tricky wound closure on a pendant button this morning!! 104 year gentleman fell at home, pressed alarm, on scene within 30 mins, clinical, therapy review, discharge safety to his care team with working button #amazingfallsteam ⁦@swasFT⁩ ⁦@consultantpara⁩

Great to catch up with ⁦@NiagaraEMS⁩ today, sharing best practice and demonstrating the value of MDT working 🤝 keeping our most vulnerable safe within our communities ⁦@swasFT⁩ ⁦@NHSBSWICB⁩ ⁦@HCRGCareGroup⁩ ⁦@PTOTSLTDietAHPs⁩

999 call, elderly faller, MDT Falls car dispatched 🤝Clinical and Therapy review 👍 discharged on scene with 3 x pieces of equipment and community support referral 👍 service now entering it’s last few months 😔

Thank you to the ⁦@RUHBath⁩ for the breakfast bap setting us up nicely for the day! Happy Christmas 🤶 🎄🎅 ⁦@swasFT⁩ ⁦@PTOTSLTDietAHPs⁩ ⁦@NHSBSWICB⁩ ⁦@HCRGCareGroup⁩ ⁦@consultantpara⁩

What an amazing team!! Time to celebrate and look forward to the new year, #remainingpositive, we just hope this isn’t our last Christmas party! 🎄🎅⁦@PTOTSLTDietAHPs⁩ ⁦@consultantpara⁩ ⁦@RUHBath⁩

Lovely to catch up with my now qualified student Emma 🧑🏻‍🎓such a valuable placement on the Falls Car, confidently referring patients to our team and avoiding ED 👍 ⁦@swasFT⁩ ⁦@consultantpara⁩ ⁦@PTOTSLTDietAHPs⁩ ⁦@NHSBSWICB⁩

Incredibly busy weekend working with fellow community teams to avoid admission ⁦@RUHBath⁩, 11 patients visited, supported with equipment and therapy, MDT working at its finest! 🤝 ⁦@swasFT⁩ ⁦@consultantpara⁩ ⁦@PTOTSLTDietAHPs⁩ ⁦@NHSBSWICB⁩

Sadly as mentioned in a number of replies SWAST are not re-tendering for the service from March 2024, they are looking at an alternative model county wide. We are working closely with ⁦@NHSBSWICB⁩ to continue providing this fantastic service we as so passionate about 👍👍

Weekend update!! 📰 12 patients visited with 11 discharged at home. Equipment provided, therapy and clinical reviews with some phone triage added into the mix! ☎️ supporting our frail and vulnerable in our society ⁦@swasFT⁩ ⁦@NHSBSWICB⁩ ⁦@HCRGCareGroup⁩

Bright and frosty morning to start the day, first patient discharge on scene following a fall, clinical and therapy review completed 🤝MDT working at its best, freeing up crews and avoiding hospital admissions 👍🚑 ⁦@swasFT⁩ ⁦@NHSBSWICB⁩ ⁦@HCRGCareGroup⁩