Former tissue viability nurse and now Senior Clinical Advisor for the Stop the Pressure Programme at NHS Improvement, Jacqui Fletcher visited CHFT this week, and was impressed with quality improvement work put in place since she worked here. It's possible some of our work will be rolled out nationally.

Lead Tissue Viability Nurse (TVN), Ayesha Marshall, welcomed Jacqui (pictured in the striped dress) and gave her a tour of both sites.

She said "It was a real pleasure to welcome Jacqui back, from a personal perspective, but also because at CHFT we are part of the National Pressure ulcer collaborative to reduce pressure ulcers.

"Ward 21 at HRI and CRH Acute medical floors are already focussed on proactively looking at quality improvements to reduce pressure ulcers. Risk assessment is the focus of the quality improvement and to accurately record and complete in the specified time."

Assistant Director of Quality and Safety, Anne-Marie Henshaw and Matron Cath Briggs were amongst the team meeting Jacqui with Lead TVN Ayesha marshall escorting Jacqui to the sites

Some colleagues may remember Jacqui, as she was our first TVN in 1990s and was greatly impressed how creative and innovative CHFT has become.

Ayesha added "Jacqui was very impressed with the concept of Tissue viability link practitioners (TULIPS) and this may well go national!. She was also impressed at how a multidisciplinary approach with OT/Physios and therapists is evolving and how we are working collaboratively".

Jacqui took to Twitter during and after her visit she was so impressed - you can see a Tweet below, where she write she'd "met some amazingly enthusiastic staff doing some amazing work".

After all reducing pressure ulcers, a patient harm, is everyone's role.

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