CHATTER BOX Your fortnightly bulletin for SaTH colleagues and events Friday 18 August 2023
Poster competition as part of Falls Awareness Week Have you designed your poster yet as part of the run-up to Falls Awareness Week? The competition is to design a poster which will be replicated and put up around our hospitals with the theme being ‘What can patients do to reduce their risk of falls?’ It is one of many activities planned during Falls Awareness Week (18-22 September) to encourage patients to get up and moving. There will be a theme every day with mocktails and a mock crime scene competition also part of the week. Yellow doughnuts will also be sold for £2 each at Captain Tom’s Garden and Courtyard between 11am and 2pm at both sites to raise money for SaTH Charity. Falls Awareness Week is focused
on helping to prevent people from falling. The aim is to help people understand what they can do themselves to help prevent falling – as well as highlight what our teams need to do too.
Practitioner, on leeanne. morgan@nhs.net or call 01743 261000 ext 2547.
The deadline to get in all your great designs is Monday 4 September. Fruit baskets will be the prizes for the winner and runner-up.
Pictured: Leeanne Morgan spreading the word about Falls Awareness Week last year.
You will also be in with the chance of winning a FitBit with a ‘mock crime scene’ competition, where you have to spot the fall risks. The names of staff who spot all the risks will be drawn from a hat to win a FitBit and other winners will receive a Star Card. For more information about Falls Awareness Week and how you can get involved please contact Leeanne Morgan, Falls Prevention
There is also information on the intranet, please click here.