Reducing falls through smarter medication reviews

About this event

This webinar is part 2 of 2 in the bone health series.

Each year, 37 million fragility fractures occur globally in adults aged 55+, with most caused by falls—over 95% of hip fractures alone result from a fall. These incidents often lead to loss of independence, diminished quality of life, and increased mortality. While falls have many causes, medication use is a key, modifiable risk factor. Pharmacy professionals play a vital role in fall prevention through targeted medication reviews.

Join this webinar to learn:

• How medications increase fall risk
• Practical strategies for medicine review in at-risk patients
• Key considerations for optimising therapy to enhance safety and effectiveness

Aim

This webinar aims to equip pharmacy professionals with the knowledge and practical strategies needed to identify and reduce medication-related fall risks in older adults. Participants will gain insights into how medications contribute to falls, learn effective approaches for conducting medication reviews in at-risk patients, and understand key principles for optimising therapy to improve patient safety and outcomes.

Target audience

Whether you’re a pharmacist or pharmacy technician in community, hospital, or primary care, this session will equip you with the tools and confidence to make a real difference in fall prevention.

Learning outcomes

After this webinar, attendees should be able to:

• Identify guidelines that can help conduct a structured medication review in the context of falls
• Discuss shared-decision making with the patient on goals of treatment and negotiating falls risk increasing medications
• Recognise the importance of ongoing monitoring and documentation following medication changes to ensure continued falls risk reduction

Booking information

Registration will close at midnight on Sunday 23 November 2025 or earlier if maximum capacity is reached. Should this event not reach its minimum number, the UKCPA reserves the right to cancel the webinar.

If you are not a member of UKCPA but wish to attend this event either as a guest or by applying for UKCPA membership in order to attend this webinar as part of your membership package, your guest account or membership application must be completed by Wednesday 12 November 2025.  Please note that the administration and activation of membership or guest accounts can take up to 7 working days.

Access to the recording of this webinar and any slides made available by the speaker are released as a member benefit.  Guest account attendees are not eligible to access or receive the post event resources.  If you are a guest account holder and wish to access the recording and any resources, please upgrade to full UKCPA membership.