Page last updated:
6th June 2023

Resources

There’s a whole host of resources such as films, leaflets, clinical evidence and publications that have been carefully curated by our experts to help support you – whether you’re a healthcare professional, patient, career, friend or family member.

No harm in asking – The essential questions to ask your GP or other healthcare professional

Date: June, 2023
Published by: Legs Matter Coalition
Access: Open – free to use

Knowing what questions to ask your GP or other healthcare professional can help you make sure that you, or someone you care for, gets the right treatment for a leg or foot condition. Here are some questions that everyone who has a leg or foot condition should ask their GP or healthcare professional.

Ten-point plan to tackle harm

Date: June, 2023
Published by: Legs Matter Coalition
Access: Open – free to use

This plan calls on senior leaders, decision makers and clinicians within the NHS to radically rethink the way people with leg and foot conditions are treated in order to reduce their risk of being harmed.

Best Practice Statement – The use of compression therapy for peripheral oedema: considerations in people with heart failure

Date: May, 2023
Published by: Wounds UK
Authors: J. Fletcher, L. Atkin, D. Brown, R. Byrom, G. Cooper-Stanton, R. Elwell, S. Haigh, C. Irvine, C. Merrick
Access: Open Access
Condition: Compression Therapy

This best practice document has been written and reviewed by a group of highly experienced lymphoedema, vascular and tissue viability specialists and makes recommendations about the use of compression therapy in patients with heart failure.

Compression therapy is the gold standard of care for treating lower limb oedema and ulceration; however, uncorrected knowledge gaps and misconceptions surrounding its use for patients with heart failure can deter healthcare professionals from applying it. This document will also address common misconceptions about compression therapy and provide the information necessary to understand compression therapy’s fundamental principles, as well as the value of a multidisciplinary approach that ensures that the patient receives the best care possible.

File size: (939.59 KB PDF)

10 Top tips on leg ulcers for healthcare professionals

Date: May, 2022
Published by: Legs Matter Coalition
Access: Open – free to use

Here’s a simple guide with 10 top tips on how to appraise, diagnose, and treat leg ulcers to avoid harm.

This resource also explains with handy tips how you should involve patients with your approach to leg ulcer management.

Having better conversations about chronic swelling / lymphoedema

Date: October, 2021
Published by: Legs Matter Coalition
Authors: Alison Hopkins at Accelerate
Access: Open – free to use

This film explores how you discuss these issues with your nurse, or healthcare professional. This film will help you learn to take better control of your lymphoedema.

Real life story videos – film resources

Date: October, 2021
Published by: Legs Matter Coalition
Access: Open – free to use

A series of appropriate real life stories and conversation with Legs Matter coalition patients and partners. Stories that will make you laugh, cry and think about the way we approach leg and foot conditions and what changes we can all make.

Fitness and movement – film resources

Date: October, 2021
Published by: Legs Matter Coalition
Access: Open – free to use

A series of appropriate exercises for people with leg and foot conditions. These include:

  • Exercise for healthier legs
  • The importance of mobility in lower leg and foot health
  • Getting fit after 50 – how Rolf overcame lymphoedema

Film resources for diabetic foot ulcers

Date: October, 2021
Published by: Legs Matter Coalition
Access: Open – free to use

A series of films on diabetic foot ulcers. These include:

  • Understanding and living with diabetic foot ulcers
  • How to check your feet
  • The importance of mobility in lower leg and foot health including the best shoes to wear
  • What to do when a knock or sore isn’t healing
  • Fungal feet – fungal infection of skin and nails and how to prevent fungal infection in feet

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