Wound Expo, Liverpool

Hi I have been keeping a spreadsheet on the use of Treat-Eezi. I believe it to be a realistic and an honest reflection of what we would have spent without Treat-Eezi There needs to be a bigger uptake now though but it’s still easier to order air than a Treat Eezi (the problem with managing…

From a wound care perspective, the growing prevalence and incidence of non-healing acute and chronic wounds is a worrying concern. Indeed, the incidence of wounds in the EU-27 is approximately 4 million, and furthermore 2 million patients acquire hospital acquired infections each year. 1 It is estimated that more than 23% of all hospital in-patients…

A recently published CATALYST study showed that the NHS is managing approximately 2.2 million wounds per annum at an estimated cost to the NHS of £5 billion (comparable to obesity). Of these, it was estimated that 1.3 million wounds heal (60%) and 0.9 million remain unhealed (40%), although the annual cost of managing the healed…

Thanks to all the old friends in the Wheelchair Services Departments who I met after 10 years at the Posture & Mobility Exhibition and conference in Cardiff last month, I am sure our new products will be of benefit.

In the UK, around 400,000 individuals develop a new Pressure Ulcer annually. The cost to the NHS is in the range of £2.6 billion and this is rising all the time. It is estimated that one in five hospital inpatients has a Pressure Ulcer (Clark et al,2004)5 – this represents at least 20,000 hospital patients…