Joanna Swan, Senior lecturer in Tissue Viability, Birmingham City University and TVS Trustee asks as Pressure ulcers (PUs) continue to cause concern amongst Healthcare Professionals, is it time for a re-think? Click here to read the blog in full

The TVS, on behalf of the OUTPUTs project group (Prof Jane Nixon, Dr Susanne Coleman, Ms Delia Muir, Prof Katrin Balzer, Prof Jan Kottner and Ms Anna Lechner), would like to ask you to participate in a survey about what outcomes you think are most important in clinical pressure ulcer prevention research. Thereby you can […]

EPUAP FREE Webinar – Tuesday 8 December, 1630-1715 This webinar will consider epidemiological and biomechanical evidence in the development of an applied clinical conceptual framework for pressure ulcer development. It will go on to describe the application of these principles, through the development of a new generation Risk Assessment Instrument, PURPOSE-T for use in clinical […]

Our Skin Care Champions Programme & Network is the latest educational offering from the TVS and one which has won the prestigious Urgo Foundation Award. We are looking for 15 Care Homes/Home Care Agencies to join the programme initially. If you are a Care Home or Home Care Manager and are interested in subscribing to […]

The final version of the National Wound Care Strategy Programme (NWCSP) Lower Limb Recommendations are now available to view either via the NWCSP website or you can click here to download and read now.

Tina Chambers, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability & TVS Trustee, shares how mirrors are an essential piece of equipment for those that care and how they give you a super power and can make YOU a Pressure Ulcer Hero! Click here to read the blog in full  

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 […]

The Vascular Research Priority Setting Partnership wants to hear from people who have experience of any vascular condition. We also want to hear from carers and family members too. Get involved by completing the survey and help inform future research so that it focuses on what matters most to those accessing vascular services. This is […]

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

**Healthcare Professionals – please share with your patient or carers and forward to the lead for patient and public voice involvement within your organisation**   The NWCSP (National Wound Care Strategy Programme) are looking to recruit patients and carers living in England who have experience of surgical wounds, pressure ulcers or lower limb ulcers* to […]