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Quick Guide: Improving offloading for the foot in diabetes – Use of Total Contact Casting in practice

Optimal offloading will stimulate the healing process and reduce injurious forces at an ulcerated site.

7 November 2024

Management of cavity wounds in practice

The aim of this document is to increase clinicians’ knowledge and confidence and, ultimately, improve outcomes for patients with cavity wounds

Made Easy: Surgical site infections in Caesarean section wounds

Although considered to be the most common and safe surgery in women, complications are well documented including surgical site infection

Quick Guide: Primary and secondary prevention in lower leg wounds

There is a need for a change of mindset that focuses on primary and secondary prevention of lower limb wounds, rather than management, to improve patient qu

Moisture Associated Awareness Day: 20 March 2025

Principles of wound management in paediatric patients (Second Edition)

This updated resource seeks to explain the application of wound care knowledge in paediatric patients.

7 November 2024

Quick Guide: Improving offloading for the foot in diabetes – Use of Total Contact Casting in practice

Optimal offloading will stimulate the healing process and reduce injurious forces at an ulcerated site.

7 November 2024

Management of cavity wounds in practice

The aim of this document is to increase clinicians’ knowledge and confidence and, ultimately, improve outcomes for patients with cavity wounds

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Healthcare demands and patient expectations of palliative wound care

Skin tone in lower-limb assessment: results of a UK survey

Managing wounds colonised with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Embracing change to improve patient outcomes amid shifting NHS priorities

Activities of Daily Living Model: Application to person-centred wound care

Art to understand wound management and infection: opinion

Addressing the lack of compression therapy provision in NHS Hospitals across the UK

Role of emollients in treating xerosis in individuals at risk of skin tears and pressure ulcers

Sustaining improved patient outcomes in the reduction of wound infections through implementing evidence-based care into practice

Healthcare demands and patient expectations of palliative wound care

Skin tone in lower-limb assessment: results of a UK survey

Managing wounds colonised with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Embracing change to improve patient outcomes amid shifting NHS priorities

Activities of Daily Living Model: Application to person-centred wound care

Art to understand wound management and infection: opinion

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NWCSP/NHSE Consultation Survey: Leg Ulcer Best Practice Bundle (closes 6th of December)

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Taking the pain out of wound healing with microcurrent electrical stimulation therapy

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Wound malodour: A 2024 update

Wound malodour poses a significant challenge for both clinicians and patients, often leading to social and psychological issues for the patient, their famil

Length: 60min

Cost: Free

7 February 2024

Understanding and preventing MARSI

This module provides a comprehensive overview of the causes of MARSI, factors that increase the risk, and most crucially, strategies for its prevention

Length: 60min

Cost: Free

15 November 2023

Emollient use for skin health and integrity

The primary aim of this module is to improve knowledge and understanding of the role of the skin as an organ and the importance of maintaining skin health

Length: 60 min

Cost: Free

Maintaining and managing skin integrity: A 2024 update

Module aims are to understand; the structure of the skin, why maintaining skin integrity is vital to reduce the risk of pressure damage, medical adhesive-re

Length: 60min

Cost: Free

Wound malodour: A 2024 update

Wound malodour poses a significant challenge for both clinicians and patients, often leading to social and psychological issues for the patient, their famil

Length: 60min

Cost: Free

7 February 2024

Understanding and preventing MARSI

This module provides a comprehensive overview of the causes of MARSI, factors that increase the risk, and most crucially, strategies for its prevention

Length: 60min

Cost: Free

15 November 2023

Emollient use for skin health and integrity

The primary aim of this module is to improve knowledge and understanding of the role of the skin as an organ and the importance of maintaining skin health

Length: 60 min

Cost: Free

Maintaining and managing skin integrity: A 2024 update

Module aims are to understand; the structure of the skin, why maintaining skin integrity is vital to reduce the risk of pressure damage, medical adhesive-re

Length: 60min

Cost: Free

Wound malodour: A 2024 update

Wound malodour poses a significant challenge for both clinicians and patients, often leading to social and psychological issues for the patient, their famil

Length: 60min

Cost: Free

7 February 2024

Understanding and preventing MARSI

This module provides a comprehensive overview of the causes of MARSI, factors that increase the risk, and most crucially, strategies for its prevention

Length: 60min

Cost: Free

15 November 2023

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