Old Friends in the NHS

This important article was written by Katherine Ward, Healthy.IO Digitising the management of wound care provides accurate and accessible data to nurses and clinicians while also enabling remote assessment of wounds, notes Katherine Ward The COVID-19 pandemic is front and centre of all current healthcare priorities – and rightly so. Yet, we must not, nor…

A Treat-Eezi Two Layer Bed Pad heals pressure sores on a 17 stone man after only two weeks is just one of the latest findings from a Recliners distributor in Wales.  We are awaiting written documentation from the therapists who used Treat-Eezi on this particular patient and will be pleased to publish the details as…

Pressure sores, commonly also known as pressure ulcers and bed sores, are injuries to the skin and underlying tissue. When people spend long periods of time sitting or lying in the same position and there is increased pressure on their skin, they are at a higher risk of developing pressure injuries. Unfortunately, pressure sores can…

Residents in aged care facilities are repositioned every two hours to prevent bedsores, but new Australian research has found this practice is ineffective and could be causing further problems for patients. What’s more is researchers from the UNSW believe this practice could constitute abuse. The new study found that two-hourly repositioning was not only ineffective…