Friday 02 May 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8421
Date Request Received: 04/02/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 19/02/2025 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Pressure Care Guidance and Incidents
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request data on bed sore-related guidance and complaints made to this trust. • Please provide any trust guidance on pressure care (for the care and prevention of pressure sores, pressure ulcers, or bed sores) issued to administrators and/or hospital staff in the past 24 months. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please use the following link to locate the Tissue Viability Guidelines as follows; https://app.eolasmedical.com/auto-login/EOLAS%23ORG%23staging-salisbury-nhs-foundation-trust%231120b4c7-8856-4520-934a-f2778c95fc7a%23860230f5-00eb-4248-8db4-c71d458f6f81 And navigate to Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust > Hospital Guidelines > Clinical Trust-Wide Guides > Tissue Viability No complaints have been received in the past 24 months related to sores or tissue viability. | |
| Question Number 2: • For the following years, please provide the number of patients within the trust treated for bedsores (classified as ICD-10 code L-89), as filed in Datix, Ulysses or other relevant reporting systems: o 2022 o 2023 o 2024 | |
| Answer To Question 2: Number of patients per year treated for diagnosed bed sores (diagnosis code L89): 2022 = 270 2023 = 252 2024 = 239 | |
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