In 2015, the Scottish Government commissioned Healthcare Improvement Scotland to develop standards for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers as part of a review of tissue viability services.
The new NHS Scotland Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers Standards will apply to any person at risk of, or identified with, pressure ulcers regardless of age (including babies and children) and apply to services and organisations responsible for pressure ulcer care across health and social care.
They take into account the national health and wellbeing outcomes and revised National Health and Social Care Standards.
The standards cover the following areas:
- leadership and governance
- education
- training and information
- assessment of risk for pressure ulcer development
- reassessment of risk
- care planning for prevention and treatment, and assessment, grading and care planning for identified pressure ulcers.
You can download a copy of the standards here