Lessons from redeployment to carry into post-COVID working
Lockdown presented the need and opportunity for me to work differently during the Coronavirus and I’m two months into my redeployment as a community tissue viability nurse.
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Self care for venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers
Since March 2020, his wife, Pat, has taken on Peter’s care supported by Legs Matter member Kate Williams, a wound clinical nurse specialist at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
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NHS changes will help save lives says Legs Matter chair
Lockdown brings benefits for patients with serious leg and foot problems
Patient waiting times fall from up to two months to five days.
Half of UK’s one million lower leg and foot patients now self-care.
Closer working between services means problems treated 87% faster.
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We need to optimise compression therapy more than ever
Patients require effective treatment and if they do not receive compression, then COVID-19 or not will not stop the deterioration.
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Lipoedema UK becomes an Affiliate Member of Legs Matter
Read a little bit about Lipoedema UK who are now an Affiliate of Legs Matter
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It’s OK not to be OK
In the initial weeks with COVID-19 I was fuelled by adrenaline but as it trickled away, the true nature of this terrible pandemic is starting to take hold.
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