Wound Care and Tissue Viability

The prescribing guidance, formularies, pathways and information on this website have transferred from the predecessor organisations that now form NHS Central East ICB.

Guidance may not be available for all clinical topics or geographic areas. Where guidance is available, it is clearly identified as applying to Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK), Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (C&P), Hertfordshire or Central East (CE).

Guidance labelled Central East (CE) has been harmonised and approved for use across NHS Central East ICB. Where CE guidance is not available, local arrangements for BLMK, C&P or Hertfordshire remain in place.

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Wound Care Guidelines and Dressings Formulary (pdf)

Compression Bandages and Hosiery – Guidance (pdf)

Barrier preparations and incontinence pads – Guidance (pdf)

Hertfordshire

Compression formulary – Hertfordshire (pdf)

Wound Care Products – Silver Dressings Guidance (pdf)

Hertfordshire wound care formulary (pdf)

Foot / Lower Leg Wounds, including Ulcers – First Line Foot Ulcer Management Pathway (pdf)

Foot / Lower Leg Wounds, including Ulcers – Initial Assessment and Treatment/Management of Lower Leg Wounds (including ulcers) (pdf)

Foot / Lower Leg Wounds, including Ulcers – Lower Leg Ulcer Management Pathway (for non-specialist healthcare professionals) (pdf)

Skin Tears – Acute Skin Tear Management by clinician from 24-48 hrs onwards in the community | Adults (pdf)

Skin Tears – Acute Management by Non Clinician in the Community of Skin Tears (pdf)