title: Sore points.
abstract: The National Audit Office (NAO) has echoed calls from the Department of Health to tackle the problem of pressure sores, 'the treatment of which has been estimated to cost approximately £60 million a year… [Their incidence] could be reduced annually by 5 to 10%'1. of course, any reduction would be welcome: the pain and suffering that comes with decubitus ulcers simply cannot be quantified in any terms that currently exist.