{"id":243254,"date":"2025-11-04T12:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/243254\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:16:11","slug":"norfolk-county-council-uses-ai-to-flag-people-at-risk-of-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/243254\/","title":{"rendered":"Norfolk County Council uses AI to flag people at risk of falling"},"content":{"rendered":"

One couple who were supported as part of the pilot had new grab rails fitted at their front door and staircase. <\/p>\n

The husband and wife, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “We’re really happy they were fitted and think it will have a big impact, making us more confident going up the stairs.<\/p>\n

“We also had had positive conversations with the team around steps we can take to help prepare for older age. <\/p>\n

“We didn’t realise the help that was there for us.”<\/p>\n

Thomas said: “The pilots of the scheme have proved that by proactively intervening with residents, both those already known to adult social services and those not yet in contact with us, helps deliver a reduction in falls. <\/p>\n

“This then reduces associated fractures, improve wellbeing outcomes, and lower social care costs”.<\/p>\n

Norfolk County Council said it planned to spend more than \u00a3707m pounds, external<\/a> on adult social care for the financial year 2025\/26.<\/p>\n

The authority added it would use AI in a “safe, ethical and transparent way”. <\/p>\n

Nick Clinch, the director of transformation in adult social services at Norfolk County Council, said: “We know that around 40% of people who enter a care home do so after a fall. <\/p>\n

“We also know there are thousands of admissions to hospital every year related to a fall. <\/p>\n

“It definitely has made a difference, we have strong evidence that supporting people to reduce falls will reduce the amount of social care they need in the long term”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One couple who were supported as part of the pilot had new grab rails fitted at their front…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-243254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}