Pressure sores or bed sores are regarded as one of the most expensive preventable health problems in Britain’s NHS. In the public health system alone it has been estimated that over 400,000 patients develop pressure sores every year and that figure doesn’t take into account the number of residents in care homes and residential homes who also suffer from this […]
Nurses at Great Western Hospital Show What Can be Done
NHS Hospitals in Wales Respond to Alarming Rise in Pressure Sores
There has been a rise in serious pressure sores throughout Welsh Health Boards by an alarming 500 per cent over the last four years and action has been called before the situation gets even worse. Pressure sores in hospitals are almost always caused by prolonged lying on a hospital bed without the ability to move position. A good prevention programme […]
The CQC Find Bed Sore Concerns in a Tyneside Care Home
Most facilities that care for children, such as a school, or that look after the elderly as happens in a care home, are subject to inspections from time to time, whether the establishment operates under government management or is a private concern. There is usually a government watchdog in place which tries to oversee institutions that are given the responsibility […]