South West falls, hip fractures and bone health review

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The South West falls, hip fractures and bone health review website previously provided information about work to improve the quality of care for people who suffer from falls, bone health issues or fractures in the South West of England.

 

The challenge of fractures

For a PCT and local authority with a population of 320,000, there will be around 45,000 people aged over 65 in 2009.

Of these:

• 15,500 will fall each year, 6,700 twice or more
• most will not seek help
• 2,200 will attend A&E or a minor injury unit (MIU)
• a similar number will call the ambulance service
• 1,250 will have a fracture, with 360 of these likely to be hip fractures.