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 […]

Read the latest blog from Joanna Swann, Lead Tissue Viability Nurse at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, on the challenges of Pressure ulcers (PU) in the proned Intensive Care patient “I won’t be the first to say we are in challenging times. Our work places are experiencing unprecedented changes that are testing all of us […]

Thanks to our TVS Trustees, Nikki Stubbs and Kate Williams for taking part in EWMA’s webinar where they answered your wound healing during COVID-19 questions. The discussions provided a great source of support for all Healthcare Professionals caring for those with wounds during this time. If you missed it on the day, don’t worry as […]

Scottish Care represent the largest group of independent sector social care providers across Scotland, delivering residential care, nursing care, day care, care at home and housing support services.  This includes private, not for profit and charitable organisations. After eighteen months of development including consultation and engagement with individuals and groups across Scotland, Scotland’s first Bereavement […]

The final guideline has now been published on impetigo. You can also find the supporting evidence, as well as all the stakeholder comments that were received during consultation and the responses to these comments. The comments were invaluable in helping to develop and refine the guideline. An equality impact assessment has also been produced to […]

The Tissue Viability Society (TVS) will be 40 years old in 2020. The society has many subscription paying members some of whom have given their support financially and actually for a decade or more. In preparation for our birthday we issued a survey to our members in order to identify what the next steps for […]

This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for adults with leg ulcer infection. It aims to optimise antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance. Click here to view the published information

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department of Health. They are responsible for regulating all medical devices and medicines in the UK by ensuring they work and are acceptably safe. A large part of their work consists of investigating adverse incidents that are reported and they encourage […]

We are delighted to announce that Pressure Relieving Support Surfaces for Pressure Ulcer Prevention (PRESSURE 2): Clinical and Health Economic Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial have now been published by The Lancet and can be viewed by clicking here Huge thanks to the Trust research teams and patients involved.

BACKGROUND At the Tissue Viability Society (TVS) we’ve served the wound care community for over 39 years. The Tissue Viability Society started as a regional group in 1979, becoming a national society in 1981 and gained its charitable status in the mid 1990s. Today it is an independent registered charity run by a body of […]

The Journal of Tissue Viability (JTV) is the official publication of the Tissue Viability Society and we are proud to announce that the impact factor is  2.831. This is an increase from the previous year of 1.925 and ranks the journal #2 in the JCR Nursing category of 120 journals SCIE database. Also ranking 22/66 […]

This guideline covers assessing and managing urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women aged 18 and over. It also covers complications associated with mesh surgery for these conditions. In June 2019, NICE withdrew recommendations 1.8.21 and 1.8.22 on the use of synthetic polypropylene or biological mesh insertion for women with recurrent anterior vaginal wall […]