People with leg ulceration are predominantly treated in a community setting either in their own home, a clinic or a general practice surgery. Access to high quality, effective care is vital for timely healing. This article will consider aspects of the National Health Service quality agenda and how these align to leg ulcer care using national venous leg ulcer guidelines as a framework. The purpose of this is to prompt both practitioners and managers to consider the current provision of leg ulcer care and how this might stand up to scrutiny from a quality perspective.
Irene Anderson reader in Learning and Teaching in Healthcare Practice, and Programme Tutor, Tissue Viability, University of Hertfordshire.
Article accepted for publication: May 2012
Gill Walker discusses just whose criteria professionals, policy makers or patients is being used to shape the community health services.
Lynfa Edwards and Val Banks compare and contrast a variety of published pressure sore classification grading systems for use in the community.
Margaret Barnett discusses the responsibility of health care professionals to provide patients/clients with accurate, evidence based information & education to enable informed choices of treatment and care & offers some practical advice
Margaret Barnett RN, MSc, COPD Dip. is COPD Specialist Nurse, Team Leader Plymouth PCT
Article accepted for publication: December 2009
Dr Karen Ousey discusses the impact of the Department of Health’s quality agenda, and its proposals which will affect every practitioner and the delivery of health care services over the next few years
Dr Karen Ousey, Research Leader Advancing Clinical Practice, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Article accepted for publication: February 2011
