23 April 2026
A venous leg ulcer (VLU) as defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is a perforation in the skin in between the knee and ankle, which has not resolved within a two-week period with the added complication of venous insufficiency (NICE, 2024). VLUs are the most common type of leg ulceration with a 60–80% incidence rate (Atkin et al, 2024). The annual prevalence per population of VLUs in the UK is estimated at 1.08% (Guest et al, 2020).
