21 February 2024

Patient concordance

Presentation from Advances in pressure ulcer prevention and management study day – November 2023 Heidi Sandoz, Tissue Viability Services Lead & Tissue Viability Society Skin Care Champion Educator, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

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21 February 2024

Pressure ulcer data – How can we use it in a meaningful way?

Presentation from Advances in pressure ulcer prevention and management study day – November 2023 Heidi Sandoz, Tissue Viability Services Lead & Tissue Viability Society Skin Care Champion Educator, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

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21 February 2024

Heels: why do we need to think about their risk and prevention strategies differently?

Presentation from Advances in pressure ulcer prevention and management study day – November 2023 Clare Greenwood, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability/Visiting Research Fellow, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust/CTRU, University of Leeds

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21 February 2024

Why do we use categories? Understanding the A&P structures of pressure damage

Presentation from Advances in pressure ulcer prevention and management study day – November 2023 Jacqui Fletcher OBE, Senior Clinical Advisor STOP the Pressure Programme & Clinical Lead Pressure Ulcers, NHSEI & NWCSP

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21 February 2024

Why don’t we ever talk about pressure ulcer healing?

Presentation from Advances in pressure ulcer prevention and management study day – November 2023 Fran Norman, Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, Southampton University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust

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21 February 2024

‘Within 6 Hour’ risk assessment – What does this actually mean?

Presentation from Advances in pressure ulcer prevention and management study day – November 2023 Jacqui Fletcher OBE, Senior Clinical Advisor STOP the Pressure Programme & Clinical Lead Pressure Ulcers, NHSEI and National Wound Care Strategy Programme

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21 February 2024

Preventing pressure ulcers in people with spinal injury – every contact counts

Background Patients with spinal injuries are by definition immobile and insensitive – the 2 highest risk factors for pressure ulcer development. Their condition is usually irreversible and therefore they live with PU risk for the rest of their lives. Overview During the webinar we discussed: For these people how can we make sure that every […]

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14 November 2023

What makes babies and children so much at risk of pressure ulcers?

Background In these tiny premature babies the fight is to keep them alive, they are surrounded by devices whose sole purpose is to do just that, yet the device may be the cause of harm to the baby. The same is true for children with chronic (often life limiting) diseases. Discussion points How can we […]

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03 July 2023

Unlocking the potential of wound care: Strategies for successful digital transformation projects

Supported by Healthy.io Nursing time spent on wound care is increasing significantly, without always the resources and support required to deliver high quality care. The use of digital technology would support clinicians working with patients and their wounds by reducing variation, improving accuracy and providing access to data for effective caseload management. This webinar will […]

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15 June 2023

Wound pain: can we do better?

Supported by AccelHeal Technologies Ltd Hear a patients perspective of living with a painful wound The Speakers Dr Amelia Swift, Reader in Health Professional Education, University of Birmingham, School of Nursing Liz Ovens, Independent Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse Sarah Gardner, Independent Tissue Viability Consultant & SoTV Vice Chair (Chair/Moderator) Learning Objectives To describe the different types […]

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29 July 2022

Atypical causes of leg ulceration webinar

Overview This video will help you understand the diversity and complexity of leg ulcers and also the management of unusual causes of leg ulcers. Dr Rai aims to expand your knowledge base on different presentations of leg ulcers and will talk about evidence-based management and newer techniques of leg ulcer management. Who’s the webinar suitable […]

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30 May 2022

Skin Assessment: Assessing skin on patients with darker skin tones in relation to PU prevention

A part of the Society of Tissue Viability’s STOP the pressure webinar series 2021.  Presented by Jacqui Fletcher and based on the Best Practice Statement – Addressing skin tone bias in wound care: assessing signs and symptoms in people with dark skin tones, published by Wounds UK.

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