The Burden of Wound Care study explained

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The Burden of Wound Care study explained

28 June 2021

In June Wound UK published a made easy ‘Burden of Wound Care: what does it mean for clinicians?’, highlighting the key points of Guest et al’s methods and data.

 

Given the importance of the 2020 Guest paper on the costs of wounds in the UK, £8.3 billion in 2017/2018, it is no surprise that several guides and infographics have recently become available to explain the data from this study. In June Wound UK published a made easy ‘Burden of Wound Care: what does it mean for clinicians?’, highlighting the key points of Guest et al’s methods and data.

The data provide us with insight into the nature of wound care service delivery in the UK, and the changes needed to shape future care. The ABHI and SDMA summarise this in a series of infographics, highlighting how technologies (i.e. dressings, products and devices) represent only a fraction of wound care spend. Technologies should be viewed as enablers of improved care, with procurement based on the overall value to the system.

Further information was also provided by Julian Guest in an article in the March 2021 issue of Wounds UK Burden of wounds to the NHS: what has changed since 2012/13?.

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