Safe Steps community app

Falls in Southwark

In England, falls account for half of all accident related hospital admissions amongst older people. Serious falls can result in hip fractures and other debilitating conditions. Falls can also add to complications in other complex health conditions. Research has shown falls in the elderly have previously cost the NHS £2bn annually, with this figure expected to rise significantly in line with an ageing population.

Southwark has seen local investment in this area through an improved offer of Strength and Balance services, Telecare and Reablement pathways. This has resulted in some improvement in rates and outcomes. However, more work is needed to decrease the incidence of falls, and increase the uptake in these services.

Between April and December 2019, Southwark worked with the Health Innovation Network on a discovery phase of work to answer the question “how the prevention and management of falls in Southwark could be improved to reduce the impact on residents and the wider health and social care system”. It looked at different opportunities to maximise the utilisation of data, new technologies to address individual risk factors, and increase in digital training, awareness and navigation between services.

Part 2Discovery outcomes - Safe Steps

Page last updated: 14 December 2020

Name	Cookie purpose description	Provider	Expiry
CookieNotice	Used to hold the selections you make as to which cookies you allow from the site.	southwark.gov.uk	6 months
Bridge.Auth	used to hold authentication information	southwark.gov.uk	Session
ASP.NET_SessionId	used to hold session information	southwark.gov.uk	Session
ProcessDisplayOptionsActionFilter.Pref	This cookie is used to remember display settings for colour contrast and font sizes set by the user in the accessibility options panel.	southwark.gov.uk	30 days
visid_incap_#	Preserves users states across page requests.	southwark.gov.uk	1 year
incap_ses_#	Preserves users states across page requests.	southwark.gov.uk	Session
AWSELBCORS	Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times.	www.servmetric.com	5 minutes
local_storage_support_test	The cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the browser. This function allows the web site to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures.	twitter.com	Persistent
CalloutDisplay	This cookie is used to record what callouts have been dismissed during a session to ensure they do not re-appear.	southwark.gov.uk	Session
ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS	Essential cookie used for web server load balancing	southwark.gov.uk	session
ApplicationGatewayAffinity	Essential cookie for web server load balancing	southwark.gov.uk	session

Name	Cookie purpose description	Provider	Expiry
___utmvc#	Collects information on visitor behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used on the website, in order to optimise the relevance of advertisement.	southwark.gov.uk	1 day
r/collect	This cookie is used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	google-analytics.com	Session

Name	Cookie purpose description	Provider	Expiry
_dc_gtm_UA-#	Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag.	google-analytics.com	1 day
_ga	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	google-analytics.com	2 years
collect	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	google-analytics.com	Session
_gid	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	southwark.gov.uk	1 day

Safe Steps community app

Falls in Southwark

Cookies policy

Review your privacy settings