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Preventing and managing skin tears in residential homes

Leading change District nurses at East Coast Community CIC, a social enterprise providing community care across Norfolk and Waveney, flagged high numbers of referrals for suspected skin tears in local care homes. The Tissue Viability team, including a specialist tissue viability nurse and three Assistant Practitioners (APs), then led a structured change to address the […]

Patient safety alert – risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution

A Patient Safety Alert has been issued by NHS England to raise awareness of the risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution. The alert has been issued as a result of incidents being reported to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS). The alert reiterates previous guidance and […]

Risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution

A stage one alert has been issued to raise awareness of the risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution. Risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution The alert has been issued as a result of incidents being reported to the National […]

A Changing Landscape

The NHS has a huge footprint, with an estate spanning 25 million m2 – that’s equivalent to over 3500 football pitches. We have over 10,000 buildings, including 1,140 hospitals and 7,500 primary care sites. Much of the NHS estate in England consists of world-leading facilities that enable the NHS to deliver outstanding care for patients. […]