Blackpool councillor, Lily Henderson, is using her fall experience to promote the service in which she now has a personal as well as professional interest. The former mayor of Blackpool broke her arm last month after falling in her kitchen and was on the floor for 45 minutes before being discovered by her grandson. Now the cabinet member for adult social care, housing and health is getting a helping hand from the ‘Vitaline’ service run by her own department.
Councillor Henderson, who was awarded the MBE in 2005 for her voluntary work, is delighted with the system. She said: “It’s fantastic and I think every home should have Vitaline’s monitoring system installed. It doesn’t matter how old you are!”
Councillor Henderson