A care home in Cheltenham has been in the news once again over its lack of care regarding pressure sores. In October 2015 it was told to improve its level of service after an elderly man died after a bedsore he had had become septic. Now, a second resident has died in similar circumstances. Elderly […]

It seems that it was only an undercover investigation by BBC’s Panorama reporters that led to four residential homes for the elderly run by the Morleigh Group in Cornwall being rated as inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The undercover reporting and subsequent visits by CQC inspectors uncovered horrifying conditions at the four Cornwall […]

One of the indicators of a properly functioning health service is the incidence of pressure sores, also called pressure ulcers or bed sores. These are mainly avoidable through monitoring and preventative action, yet continue to be an infliction for tens of thousands of vulnerable people across the U.K. and also a huge cost to the […]

Every year there is a regular event which is designed to focus attention on preventing pressure sores. This year, the “World Stop Pressure Sore Day 2016” took place on November 17th. It was organised around the planet by more enlightened health and aged care facilities. Unfortunately, not every hospital or nursing home is quite so […]

The crucial importance of care workers when it comes to supporting paralysed people, including the prevention of pressure sores, was emphasised in a recent case in York. A man who had been paralysed from the neck downwards and was reliant on regular assistance from care workers found that a private care firm that he had […]

The conventional thinking about bedsores is that they are a preventable symptom of negligence in hospitals and nursing homes. Patients who are unable to move freely themselves spend long hours prone on their beds. The pressure from their bodies against sheets which remain unchanged leads to bedsores. Bedsores are a leading cause of pain and […]

It may surprise you that in this era of medical advances and accountability that more than 500,000 people every year will be inflicted with a pressure sore, also called a bedsore, in the U.K. alone. The NHS has estimated that about 5% of people who are admitted to hospital with a sudden illness will develop […]