Journal of Community Nursing (JCN) | October 2020

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Improving wound care services through a shared care pathway

Improving wound care services through a shared care pathway
Wound Care

Article topics: Shared Care, Variations in care, Wound assessment

Recently, the national wound care agenda has centred around the cost of wounds to the NHS, inadequate holistic wound assessment, reducing unnecessary variations in care and increasing supported shared care. This article demonstrates how one organisation, by transforming the delivery of wound care services into one, addressed those factors while also freeing up valuable community nurse time. It also describes how working in partnership with industry can not only assist in improving the care journey for patients, but also liberate and empower clinical staff.


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