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For some, lockdown has been a complete life change. But for others, including many of the million leg ulcer patients across the country – old and young, there's been no change.

We are now in the fourth month of our nation fighting the pandemic. And four months of no prevention work could lead to a lifetime legacy of ill health and worsening outcomes for many patients. 

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.

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. 

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.

Patients require effective treatment and if they do not receive compression, then COVID-19 or not will not stop the deterioration.