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An overview of the achievements of the National Stop the Pressure Programme in England and its current focus

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An overview of the achievements of the National Stop the Pressure Programme in England and its current focus

Jennie Hall
31 October 2019

The National Stop the Pressure Programme (NSTPP) is an important Quality Improvement (QI) programme to support the delivery of improved patient care in relation to pressure ulcers. Within the NSTPP, good progress has been made in developing key approaches to deliver an improved profile to avoid patient harm in England. It is key that the new approaches are now consistently implemented to achieve the desired changes in practice. This article gives an overview of all recent pressure ulcer-related initiatives that have taken place across England and discusses the current focus of the NSTPP.

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