Wednesday: Leg ulcer management

Best practice for achieving good outcomes, regardless of the clinical setting and the cause of ulceration

Learning outcomes:

At the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

• Review leg ulcer prevalence and discuss current practice 
• Explore best practice clinical evidence in managing leg ulcers
• Introduce the Leg Ulcer Pathway and the outcomes seen nationally post implementation
• Self Care Solutions:

1. Where self care sits in the Leg Ulcer Pathway
2. Challenging views on who can self care
3. The benefits of embracing self care

• Virtual clinic: putting best practice into practice

The interactive zone will contain the following activities:

• Introduction to the VLU pathway
• Virtual clinic in which delegates will consider how to apply best practice within a virtual wound clinic