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Friday 09 May 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8421

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8421

Date Request Received: 04/02/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 19/02/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Pressure Care Guidance and Incidents

Request Category: Private Individuals

 
Question Number 1:
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request data on bed sore-related guidance and complaints made to this trust.

• Please provide any trust guidance on pressure care (for the care and prevention of pressure sores, pressure ulcers, or bed sores) issued to administrators and/or hospital staff in the past 24 months.
 
Answer To Question 1:
Please use the following link to locate the Tissue Viability Guidelines as follows;

https://app.eolasmedical.com/auto-login/EOLAS%23ORG%23staging-salisbury-nhs-foundation-trust%231120b4c7-8856-4520-934a-f2778c95fc7a%23860230f5-00eb-4248-8db4-c71d458f6f81

And navigate to SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ > Hospital Guidelines > Clinical Trust-Wide Guides > Tissue Viability

No complaints have been received in the past 24 months related to sores or tissue viability.
 
Question Number 2:
• For the following years, please provide the number of patients within the trust treated for bedsores (classified as ICD-10 code L-89), as filed in Datix, Ulysses or other relevant reporting systems:

o 2022

o 2023

o 2024
 
Answer To Question 2:
Number of patients per year treated for diagnosed bed sores (diagnosis code L89):

2022 = 270

2023 = 252

2024 = 239
 
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