21 February 2020

Do you use different approaches for patients with lymphoedema and chronic oedema? If so, it may be time to rethink says Rebecca Elwell.

21 February 2020

Kate Upton describes compassion fatigue, an increasingly reported form of stress associated with the demands of nursing in the current NHS, and questions what can be done to overcome it. 
 

21 February 2020

Jayne Livesey highlights the key goals and principles of delivering wound care at the end of a patient’s life.  

24 February 2020

Alison Schofield asks if tissue viability is in crisis, and explains how WCT and TVN2Together aim to offer support.

24 February 2020

Rachel Reece describes the development of educational resources to support 140 link workers in the efficient delivery of wound care across a large 1200 bed acute trust.

24 February 2020

Do you find it difficult to appropriately reposition patients with complex needs using traditional pressure-relieving products? A lateral tilt pressure care mattress may be the answer to your problem.  The OSKA Series5 lateral tilt pressure care mattress uses an alternating air and foam combination to provide both comfort and support to people with pressure ulcers. It is suitable as an aid in the prevention, and treatment of, pressure ulcers up to and including category 4.

24 February 2020

Una Adderley gives an update on progress of the NWCSP to date.

24 February 2020

Welcome to Wound Care Today; the place for you to share your successes and concerns and learn about what is happening in wound care, globally, nationally, locally, politically and clinically.

20 May 2020

Kate Upton, registered adult nurse and fellow of the Higher Education Academy; representative for Nursing Professions on the Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society; independent nursing/medical tutor and medical writer; PhD student at the University of Birmingham

01 June 2020

The delivery of wound care in the current climate is challenging so effective solutions are more important than ever. It is vital that you are aware of the latest products and innovations that have the potential to improve outcomes.

If you have patients on your caseload with long standing wounds, it is likely that biofilm is the cause. Here, we present AQUACEL^® Ag+, an innovative dressing range that has been specifically designed to disrupt and destroy biofilm to help progress hard-to-heal wounds.