NHS
Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Has a resident fallen?
Do you require assistance?
Call 0161 476 9652 for immediate support.
The NHS GM Falls Lifting Winter scheme is a free service with a 1-hour response time.
The service operates from 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week, including bank holidays.
Please note the last referral will be 7pm.
The team can assess and lift residents who have fallen and are not injured, to reduce unnecessary ambulance callouts for non-emergency falls.
If you are in a life-threatening emergency, you should still call 999 for:
• Choking
• Severe breathing difficulties
• Actively fitting (post-fit can be seen in Primary Care)
• Severe chest pain
• Any stroke symptoms
• Severe allergic reaction
• Uncontrollable bleeding
• Collapsed and currently unconscious
• New drowsiness
• Very low blood sugar
The service will operate from 4 November 2025 – 31 March 2026.
