The importance of pressure ulcer risk assessment

Created for STOP the Pressure Week 2022 A message from the Offices of the Chief Nurses from around the UK to support the #4nations campaign Professor Alex McMahon, Chief Nursing Officer, Scotland Lynn Woolsey, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Northern Ireland Richard Desir, Nursing Officer, Welsh Government, Wales Charlotte McArdle, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer – Safety […]

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09 February 2023

A unified approach to risk assessment – an overview of the 4 Nations

Created for STOP the Pressure Week 2022 England – Jacqui Fletcher, Senior Clinical Advisor, Stop the Pressure Programme / National Wound Care Strategy Northern Ireland – Jeannie Donnelly, Lead Nurse Tissue Viability & Honorary Senior Lecturer Scotland – Connie Traynor, Clinical Services Manager Wales – Christina Harris, Lead Tissue Viability Nurse

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09 February 2023

Pressure ulcers, It could be you – Dave’s story

We created this video for STOP the Pressure Week 2022. Dave tells of his experience of having a pressure ulcer in an interview with 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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09 February 2023

Pressure ulcers, It could be you – Cara’s story

We created this video for STOP the Pressure Week 2022. Cara tells of her experience in an interview with 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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09 February 2023

Pressure ulcers – it could be you…

Hear from a variety of people who have / have had pressure ulcers. We created this video for STOP the Pressure Week 2022.

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27 January 2023

Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment – Why it matters so much

We created a narrated PowerPoint for Stop the Pressure week 2022 which you can download here: Open the PowerPoint, then in the bottom right hand corner click SLIDE SHOW or you can choose the SLIDE SHOW menu from the tool bar and click START AT THE BEGINNING The narrated PowerPoint presentation will now commence a […]

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11 January 2023

PURPOSE T – a new generation Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Instrument

As part of the NWCSP Evidence for Wound Care Series – this is a recording of a webinar held on the 27 September with a live Q&A which took place during STOP the Pressure week 2022. Associate Professor Susanne Coleman – NIHR Post-Doc Researcher, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds. Below are […]

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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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23 February 2022

Waterless bathing: benefits and implementation challenges

The Speakers Martin Kiernan, Clinical Director, GAMA Healthcare – Martin has worked in infection prevention and control for 30 years in a variety of settings. He is a Visiting Clinical Fellow at the Richard Wells Research Centre at the University of West London, Conjoint Fellow at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales and a […]

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Society of Tissue Viability

Solving skin and wound challenges together

Publisher: Society of Tissue Viability

The importance of pressure ulcer risk assessment

A unified approach to risk assessment – an overview of the 4 Nations

Pressure ulcers, It could be you – Dave’s story

Pressure ulcers, It could be you – Cara’s story

Pressure ulcers – it could be you…

Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment – Why it matters so much

PURPOSE T – a new generation Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Instrument

Atypical causes of leg ulceration webinar

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

Waterless bathing: benefits and implementation challenges

Solving skin and wound challenges together

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