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Wound healing & aftercare

Dressing changes, wound checks after surgery and ongoing care for slow-healing wounds, diabetic feet and pressure sores. Walk in for a wound check, or book regular dressing changes.

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Dressing Changes & Wound Checks After Surgery

Walk-in / By appointment

A wound is checked for healing and signs of infection, cleaned and dressed again. The nurse or doctor follows the plan from whoever treated the wound first, and a doctor reviews it if it is not healing as expected.

If you had an operation at a hospital or another clinic, we can do your wound checks and dressing changes closer to home. Please bring your discharge summary or the instructions from your surgeon, so we can follow their plan and contact them if there is a problem.

  • Dressing changes for cuts, burns and other recent wounds
  • Wound checks after surgery done elsewhere
  • Checks for infection and delayed healing
  • Contact with your surgeon or hospital when needed
  • Advice on caring for the wound at home

How it works

  1. Bring your papers

    Bring your discharge summary, the surgeon's instructions and any dressings you were given.

  2. Wound check

    The wound is examined for healing, infection and any fluid or bleeding.

  3. Dressing

    The wound is cleaned and a fresh dressing applied, following your surgeon's or doctor's plan.

  4. Next steps

    You are told when to come back, what to watch for and when to contact your surgeon.

Slow-Healing Wounds & Leg Ulcers

By appointment

A wound that has not healed after several weeks usually has an underlying cause, such as poor circulation, pressure, infection, diabetes or swelling of the legs. The doctor looks for and treats these causes as well as dressing the wound.

For suitable venous leg ulcers, compression bandaging may help healing. The blood flow to the leg is checked first, because compression is not safe for everyone.

  • Assessment of wounds that are not healing
  • Checks for circulation, infection and underlying conditions
  • A dressing plan with regular reviews
  • Compression care for suitable venous leg ulcers
  • Referral to a vascular or wound specialist when needed

Diabetic Foot Checks & Wound Care

By appointment

Diabetes can reduce feeling and blood flow in the feet, so small wounds can go unnoticed and heal slowly. A foot check looks at the skin, feeling, pulses and footwear, and identifies feet at higher risk.

Selected foot wounds can be dressed and reviewed at the clinic alongside your diabetes care. A foot with poor blood flow or a spreading infection is referred urgently to a specialist.

  • Diabetic foot checks for feeling, pulses and skin
  • Dressing and review of selected foot wounds
  • Advice on foot care and footwear
  • Coordination with your diabetes care
  • Urgent referral for high-risk feet

Pressure Sores & Caregiver Training

By appointment

Pressure sores (pressure injuries) can develop in people who spend long periods in bed or a wheelchair. The doctor assesses the sore and any infection, and sets out a plan for dressings and for relieving pressure on the area.

Family members and helpers can be shown how to reposition the person, check the skin and look after the dressing at home.

  • Assessment of pressure sores
  • A dressing plan and regular reviews
  • Advice on relieving pressure and repositioning
  • Training for family members and caregivers
  • Referral for specialist wound care when needed

Negative-Pressure Dressings & Stoma Care

By appointment

Some wounds are treated with a negative-pressure (vacuum) dressing. We can arrange dressing changes with partner wound-care providers, following the plan from your wound specialist, so you do not always need to return to the hospital.

If you have a stoma, we can help with sore skin around it and with bags that leak or do not fit well, working with a partner stoma nurse. A stoma that changes colour, or stops working with pain or vomiting, needs hospital care.

  • Negative-pressure dressing changes arranged with partner providers
  • Care of sore or irritated skin around a stoma
  • Help with leaking or poorly fitting stoma appliances
  • Referral back to your hospital team when needed

Go to A&E or call 995 instead if

  • You have a fever, chills or feel very unwell with a wound
  • Redness, swelling or pain around the wound is spreading quickly
  • A surgical wound has opened up or is bleeding heavily
  • A foot wound in someone with diabetes is turning black, cold or rapidly worse
  • A stoma has turned dark or black, or you have stomach pain, vomiting and no output from the stoma
  • You have new chest pain, breathlessness or a painful swollen leg after an operation

Before you book

Common questions

The doctor explains the cost of any medicines, tests or procedures before going ahead.