Tissue Viability Service: NMUH

Enfield
Under Review — this page was due to be reviewed by Thursday, 22 February 2024. The information shown here may be outdated.

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The Tissue Viability Service (TVS) is a small specialist community nursing service, under the clinical leadership of a Consultant Nurse.

The service offers specialist advice on the management of people with non-healing wounds.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

Patients may be referred to the service if:

  • they are an Enfield resident or patient with an Enfield GP
  • they have a wound that shows no signs of healing for four to six (4-6) weeks and standard care has been implemented for that condition
  • documentation of past and present care and investigations has been provided at time of referral
  • the healthcare professional and their team have reached the limit of their tissue viability knowledge
  • referrers keep the patient on their caseload while advice from the TVS is provided

How to Refer

EMIS form

Referral methods: Email

Complete the Adult Services Single Point of Access Referral form - Enfield Community Services and send to the following centralised ECS address
e: beh-tr.ecsadultsinglepointofaccess@nhs.net 

Once the referral has been received, it will be screened by non-clinical administrators with no changes to clinical response times.

Where to find the form

ENF Global Library > Community Therapies 

Service Feedback

Forest Primary Care Centre

beh-tr.TissueViabilityService@nhs.net 020 8702 5880 308a Hertford Road, Edmonton, London, N9 7HD

Review date: Thursday, 22 February 2024

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