Developing a multidisciplinary leg ulcer clinic across two trusts.
This article takes a retrospective look at modernizing treatment of patients with leg ulceration, moving them out of busy treatment rooms and into designated leg ulcer clinics offering holistic care from nurses who are trained in the core areas of: care plan assessment, Doppler assessment, compression bandaging and evaluation. These clinics led to the formation of a multi-disciplinary clinic shared between primary and secondary care working together to benefit more complex leg ulcer patients.
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Irene
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South of Tyne and Wear PCT. irene.speding@sunpct.nhs.uk
D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000628:therapy*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*