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Best practice statement leg ulceration pathway: revision required to reflect new evidence

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Best practice statement leg ulceration pathway: revision required to reflect new evidence

Joy Tickle, Leanne Atkin
18 September 2018

In recent years, the variations in outcomes of patients with lower limb ulceration across the nation have been highlighted. National initiatives such as the Legs Matter campaign (Legs Matter, 2018) and Betty’s Story (NHS RightCare, 2017) continue to attempt to draw attention and interest to the need to ensure patients can access high-quality, evidence-based care, helping to raise public and political awareness of this debilitating condition. NHS England has made promises to provide a national wound care strategy with a clear focus on lower limb ulceration. This is very much welcomed as it will hopefully continue to force improvements in this area.

 

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