21 February 2022 News update Listen to Trisha Goddard and Lymphoedema Awareness Week The British Lymphology Society will be on Talk Radio on 5th March to promote Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2022 Full story
29 September 2021 Research Palliative care and pressure ulcers – A daughter’s perspective (who just happens to be a TVN) This powerful insight into a daughter’s perspective on palliative care and pressure ulcers written by a TVS member who’s location and identity have been withheld to protect privacy. Mum is in hospital… She has a hospital acquired DTI on her left buttock (left sided weakness after a very dense stroke). She had such beautiful skin […] Full story
10 June 2021 News update NEW National Wound Care Core Capability Framework RELEASE A new England-wide multi-professional framework has been published that sets out the knowledge and skills needed by all levels of the health and social care workforce to deliver high quality, consistent wound care across all settings, improving healing rates and patient outcomes. Launched by the National Wound Care Strategy Programme (NWCSP), the National Wound Care […] Full story
14 April 2021 News update Skin Care Champions Educator – Appointment Announcement! The TVS Trustees are delighted to announce that Heidi Sandoz, Independent Tissue Viability Consultant, has been appointed as the Skin Care Champions Educator. The Skin Care Champions Programme & Network is the latest educational offering from the TVS and one which has won the prestigious Urgo Foundation Award. We look forward to working with Heidi on […] Full story
18 December 2020 News update Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year – A time for reflection… 2020 has been a year of challenge and change for us all and the TVS, like many organisations, has had to adapt the way it has worked in order to support it’s members and industry partners. Nevertheless, in spite of this, the TVS have made many achievements and here are just some of them… With […] Full story
14 December 2020 Research PRESSURE ULCERS, DO WE NEED A RE-THINK? “Is a rethink required around the strategies to prevent PUs or are the PUs we are now seeing due to the advancing age, severity of illness and number of co-morbidities patients in our care are experiencing? Read the latest blog from Joanna Swan, Senior lecturer in Tissue Viability, Birmingham City University and TVS Trustee Pressure ulcers […] Full story
19 November 2020 Community Do you want to be a Pressure Ulcer Hero? Read the latest blog from Tina Chambers, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability & TVS Trustee, on how you can be a Pressure Ulcer Hero! Mirrors are an essential piece of equipment for those that care. They give you a super power and make you a Pressure Ulcer Hero. What does a mirror mean to […] Full story
10 November 2020 News update TVS Skin Care Champions Project awarded Urgo Foundation funding! The Tissue Viability Society Trustees are excited and delighted to be the recipients of the prestigious Urgo Foundation award in support of of the Skin Care Champions Project. The TVS identified an opportunity to facilitate an online education programme and support network which will develop ‘Skin Care Champions’ in the Care Home and Home Care […] Full story
03 November 2020 News update Assessment of non white skin There is very little information out there on the assessment of non-white skin but there is now a great new resource about the assessment of the lower limb in patients with black and brown skin called “Mind the gap”. Click here for more information Full story
04 August 2020 News update TVS Education Endorsement of ActivHeal Academy Higher Education Modules (1-3) ActivHeal are committed to supporting Healthcare Professionals ensuring they select the right product not just the first time but every time. As part of this commitment they approached the Tissue Viability Society and were asked to review and endorse the higher level modules of the ActivHeal Multi Tiered Wound Care education programme. David Hibbitt (Global […] Full story
22 July 2020 Community It is OK to put yourself first A personal account from Clare Greenwood, Clinical Nurse Specialist – Tissue Viability, Leeds Teaching Hospitals on being a key worker, post grad student, wife and mother Calmness can be skin deep… I never really thought of myself as an anxious person. Yes, I would replay some conversations over and over in my head, worrying that […] Full story
01 July 2020 News update Raising funds to provide education for our Carers The Tissue Viability Society are embarking on a Journey to the Centre of Mars (the Ruby Red planet) As part of our 40th Ruby Anniversary activities (strongly hampered by Covid-19), we aim to raise money to develop and deliver a programme of training and education to say a huge thank you to all our CARERS across the UK. So please […] Full story