09 November 2023 News update NWCSP/NHSE Consultation Survey: Leg Ulcer Best Practice Bundle The National Wound Care Strategy Programme (NWCSP) has worked closely with NHS England colleagues on the draft Leg Ulcer Best Practice Bundle and would like to invite health and care professionals, providers, commissioners, people with wounds, carers and wound product suppliers to share their views. The Best Practice Bundle is based on evidence-based practice, learning […] Full story
02 November 2023 Blogs Taking steps towards a career in Tissue Viability A question I often get asked is, “How do I specialise in Tissue Viability?” and my response is that the pathway will vary by person and profession. We are extremely lucky within the Society of Tissue Viability to have a great variety of expertise and professional backgrounds represented on our trustee board and among our […] Full story
24 October 2023 News update The Wound Management Digital Innovation Fund Background This innovation fund aims to support healthcare providers to improve outcomes for patients living with chronic wounds by enabling the adoption at scale of digital wound management programmes in community nursing services. Overview The £250,000 innovation fund will improve access to a digital enabler for community nursing teams which have not yet launched a […] Full story
11 October 2023 News update The service user involvement made us all reflect on our daily clinical practice Attending the EPUAP conference in Leeds provided me with the opportunity to expand my knowledge, learn and help improve patient care through quality improvement, focusing on how we can change our current practice. The theme for the conference was ‘Involving service users in PU research and priorities’ I found the Pressure Ulcer Research Service User […] Full story
06 October 2023 News update There was so much information to digest from the key lectures in terms of treatments, assessments, reporting and of course classification! I would like to start by thanking the Society of Tissue Viability for the grant I received which allowed me to attend the event. What a jam-packed three days it was. The event started with a tribute to Professor Dan Bader, formally chief editor of the Journal of Tissue Viability. Peter Worsley fondly recounted Professor […] Full story
06 October 2023 News update Thank you for the opportunity to attend the conference It was interesting to see what other countries are doing in relation to pressure ulcer prevention, particularly around digitalisation of services. The conference also gave me the opportunity to reflect on what we are doing well in our Trust. Of particular interest to me were the presentations about the management of contractures in pressure ulcer […] Full story
05 October 2023 News update Such a great opportunity to join the EPUAP conference It was such a great opportunity to join the EPUAP conference and listen to numerous speakers from around the world bringing different strategies for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers. The experience definitely was very refreshing and reassuring that we are not alone in facing challenges in PUP. And finally, the learnings were absolutely […] Full story
15 September 2023 News update National Wound Care Strategy Programme: Help us with the development of our wound product classification system! Are you a healthcare professional working in clinical practice in primary care, an NHS provider trust or a community interest company? Are you interested in wound care products and their use? If so, The National Wound Care Strategy Programme (NWCSP) would like to invite you to share your clinical experience of using these products. This […] Full story
24 July 2023 Journal of Tissue Viability Becoming a peer reviewer of the Journal of Tissue Viability About the Journal of Tissue Viability (JTV) Did you know that as part of your membership with the Society of Tissue Viability, you get free quarterly copies of the Journal of Tissue Viability? The Journal of Tissue Viability has an Impact Factor (a measure of importance or rank of a journal) of 3.374, ranking it […] Full story
13 July 2023 Research Interventions, stakeholders and organisation related to pressure ulcer prevention for individuals with spinal cord injuries in transition from hospital to home – A scoping review Knaerke Soegaard, Martin Sollie, Dimitri Beeckman, Fin Biering-Sørensen, Jens Ahm-Sørensen, view paper on the JTV website. This is a scoping review, which aims to assess the potential size and scope of available literature in a particular research area. This review looks at any studies that included an initiaitive, organisational components and/or stakeholders’ perspectives on pressure […] Full story
11 July 2023 Community The importance of the Society of Tissue Viability’s Trustee election – voting closes 14th August Read the latest blog from Tina Chambers, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability, on the importance of the 2023 SoTV Trustee Elections “The Society is in the fortunate position to need to hold an election to elect 3 new trustees, the last election was back in 2020. An election is on the cards every year, […] Full story
06 July 2023 News update, Research Do you assess skin changes in chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD)? Background The team of researchers and clinicians from King’s College London and the University of Surrey are interested in the assessment of skin changes in people with dark skin tones. Recent research has highlighted there are unwarranted variations in practice when assessing skin changes in people with dark skin tones which has a negative impact […] Full story
