Falls: Guidance and seven-minute briefing (South Lanarkshire)

Useful for: All who work in Adult Support & Protection

Seven-minute briefing diagram on falls and Adult Support and Protection, with numbered boxes of staff guidance

This guidance, and accompanying seven-minute briefing, sets out when to consider raising an Adult Support and Protection (ASP) referral following a fall.

Areas covered include: what a fall is, how falls are linked to ASP legislation, and examples of when falls might trigger raising an ASP referral. There is also a flowchart to aid understanding.

Attachments

Falls: Guidance (South Lanarkshire) (PDF)

Falls: Seven-minute briefing (South Lanarkshire) (Word)