Community Care news

Following the launch of the new prevention and management of pressure ulcers Trust policy , there is an updated section on safeguarding considerations and to offer a clear process for staff a new procedure has been introduced which will involve the completion of a new safeguarding template on EMIS known as the Adult Safeguarding Decision Guide .

As part of the Trust wide leg ulcer harm free there have been changes implemented to the lower leg templates on EMIS. Tissue Viability Nurses will be discussing the changes and the roll out of the EQ-5D-5L and Goal based outcomes. The EQ-5D-5L is a standardised measure of health related quality of life patient reported outcome measure.

In line with the national approach to promoting children and young people’s mental health support in the broader context and alleviating the typical stigma associated with CAMHS as a clinical term, the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership will now be known as: Mental Health Support for Children and Young People in Liverpool.

Our Community Pain Management Service has developed a suite of videos to raise awareness about how they help reduce the impact of living with persistent pain, which affects around 28 million adults in the UK. The videos have been released to coincide with Pain Awareness Month for September.

Enteral feeding pump training.