title: Treatment for lymphorrhoea in limbs and in advanced disease.
abstract: Supported by the NHS Lymphoedema Service Administrator, this article reports on a project undertaken by a clinical nurse specialist in Lymphoedema (CNS) and in part fulfilment of an MSc in Skin integrity skills and treatment, achieved from the University of Hertfordshire, September 2011. The need for the project was generated by the 5-day delay experienced by terminally ill patients in a hospice while waiting to receive treatment for lymphorrhoea from the community-based CNS. The training and assessment of healthcare assistants in a cost-effective treatment enabled the instigation of care within 3 hours of the development of lymphorrhoea in a patient and an evaluation of its competent delivery.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Board
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D017048:Health Care Costs; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D013222:State Medicine; D019452:Terminally Ill