Impact and outcomes

• Ambulatory clinics have now been successfully set up in mid Essex in Maldon, Braintree and more recently in a GP surgery in Chelmsford, with the aim of seeing patients within two weeks of referral, as guided by the National Wound Care Strategy lower limb recommendations.
• Timely assessment means patients with lower limb wounds are referred on if clinically indicated following assessment or are monitored and any deterioration can be recorded and addressed quickly.
• Patients across the system have easier access to specialist nurses with the right skills and training; nurses are involved in patients' care throughout and become a familiar face and safe person to go to.
• Patient feedback is key in shaping the clinic and ensuring it continues to be successful. Volunteers in mid Essex randomly select a number of patients to call to check in and gather feedback, which is acted upon.

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