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Falls prevention contracts

UK public sector · 79 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
79
Last 12 months
Median contract
£153k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£76.6m
68 of 76 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
57
Suppliers
87

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most falls prevention contracts took 15% of them (12 of 79).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £153k, is 45% above the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • North West had the most contracts: 22, or 28% of the total.

Who buys falls prevention

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Halton Borough Council5 contracts
  2. 2NHS North West London ICB4 contracts
  3. 3NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB4 contracts
  4. 4London Borough of Hackney3 contracts
  5. 5NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board2 contracts
  6. 6Essex County Council2 contracts
  7. 7NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board2 contracts
  8. 8OPEN THINKING PARTNERSHIP2 contracts
  9. 9South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  10. 10Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts

Top falls prevention contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  2. 2Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  3. 3Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  4. 4SPEAKEASY THERAPY LIMITED2 contracts
  5. 5THE SPEECH THERAPY CLINIC LTD2 contracts
  6. 6COMMUNICATE SLT CIC2 contracts
  7. 7Precision Resource Group2 contracts
  8. 8Frontline Health Professionals2 contracts
  9. 9HG Mindworks Ltd2 contracts
  10. 10Linq Healthcare2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

10Q4 2025*24Q1 202621Q2 202624Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 77 · Scotland 1 · Wales 1

North West22London10South East10East of England9North East7Yorkshire and The Humber6East Midlands5South West2West Midlands1Wales1Scotland1UK-wide or not stated5

What is included

Therapy-led community services for adults and children: speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, podiatry, arts therapies, condition-specific rehabilitation, falls prevention and strength and balance programmes and frailty teams.

  • Paediatric and adult speech and language therapy
  • Occupational therapy and dietetics
  • Music and arts therapies
  • Post-COVID and other multidisciplinary rehabilitation
  • Falls prevention and monitoring
  • Balance and stability programmes
  • Healthy ageing and frailty prevention
  • Integrated frailty and complex care teams
  • Community podiatry
  • Podiatry waiting list initiatives
  • Diabetic foot and nail care

What is not included

  • MSK physiotherapy and pain (hlt.comm.msk-and-pain-services)
  • Psychological therapies (hlt.mh.talking-therapies-adult-counselling)
  • OT assessments for adaptations (soc.equip.occupational-therapy-assessment-services)
  • Telecare and falls pick-up (soc.equip.telecare-response-and-falls-pick-up)
  • Urgent community response (hlt.comm.urgent-community-response)
  • Orthotic footwear (hlt.comm.prosthetics-orthotics-services)
  • SEND specialist teaching support (edu.sch.send-specialist-teaching-and-sensory-support)

Often bought by the same buyers