Updates - - BHR
Reminder: BHR new booking system for simple wound care service
The aim of the community simple post-op wound care service is to provide a high quality, clinically safe and innovative service provision within a primary care setting, enabling continuity of care and consistent review.
BHR - Simple wound care pilot launch
From 1 October 2022, NHS North East London in partnership with local GPs and North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT), will be trialling a new service in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge for patients requiring simple wound care.
BHRUT - Implementation of a Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) in Dermatology
BHRUT plan to rollout PIFU within their Dermatology service as of Monday 12 September 2022. This will mean that instead of routinely booking a follow up appointment for some patients at a specified point in the future, some will be asked to contact the hospital to request an appointment
BHR - Early intervention training: Wound care and chronic swelling in the lower limb
Practice staff across Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge will be taking part in training during September and October on how to identify at the earliest opportunity early intervention for patients with a lower limb swelling and trauma.