“ ” Telecare Using telecare as part of an integrated falls service About a third of all people aged over 65 fall each year in the UK, equivalent to over 3 million people. In the year to April 2012, 3,242 people aged over 65 in Derby and Derbyshire were admitted to hospital as a result of a fall, and 1,462 of these people had fractured their hips. NHS Derbyshire County spent more than £10 million treating this cohort of patients. 1 Hip fractures

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