Resources
We have developed and made available a range of documents and guidelines to assist and inform clinicians within Oxfordshire.
Leaflets
The following leaflets are designed to inform patients and staff alike and are a useful accompaniment to joint care planning and patient education:
- Eating and drinking near the end of life (BOB ICB)
- Food First – advice for eating if you have lost weight – PLANT BASED (BOB ICB)
- Food First – advice for eating if you have lost weight or are underweight normal diet (BOB ICB)
- High Protein Snack Options (BOB ICB)
- Homemade fortified fruity drinks (BOB ICB)
- Homemade fortified milky drinks (BOB ICB)
- Wound Care Nutrition for Patients (BOB ICB)
- 30 degree tilt and powered mattress information
- The 30 degree tilt
- OP 060.14 Medical Honey Simplified – Patients
- OP 061.14 Honey Simplified – Healthcare Professionals
- OP 018.18 Pressure area care
- OP 117.15 Oxford Community Pressure Relieving Equipment Leaflet
- Theraband Exercises leaflet
- OH 210.20 Looking after your legs leaflet
Blank documentation
- Abbey_Pain_Scale_doc_2.sflb
- Braden Scale V2 25JAN2022
- The Braden Q risk assessment tool – JULY 2021
- Clockface wound mapping V2
- Chross Checker tool
- Doppler-assessment-recording-formV2
- Equipment request form
- Leg Ulcer Assessment Form
- Lower-Limb measurement form V3Nov2019
- Lower-Limb Assessment Form
- Pain-Wound-pain-assessment-and-managementV1Nov2019
- Pain assessment tool
- Patient Repositioning Chart – JULY 2021
- Paediatric Wound Assessment Dec 13
- Quality of Life Wound checklist Dec2020 with NHS logo
- Skin Inspection Guidance Form – JULY 2021
- Sorbion Authorisation Form
- Tissue Viability Referral Form
- Wound Assessment & Evaluation Form
- Wound healing pathway and risk assessment
- Wound progression chart V3
Guidelines and useful literature
- BLS (2016) Consensus Document on the Management of Cellulitis in Lymphoedema (2nd edn)
- Guidelines on Prevention and Management of Pressure Damage (CP66)
- Hypergranulation Pathway FINAL
- Guidance on Opportunistic Maggots
- Motivational interviewing ‘At a Glance’ guide V2
- NICE_guideline_CG179_April_2014_3.sflb
- Oxfordshire_guidelines_for_managing_bacterial_loads_in_wounds_v2.sflb
- Pain – Wound pain assessment and management
- Potassium Permanganate Guidance and Risk Assessment
- Protocol for the use of topical steroids in wound care Final version
- Skin Barrier Management Pathway
- Oxfordshire Compression Hosiery booklet
- Wound Exudate Pathway
- Wound Mapping Guidance
- Wound Photography Guide Final V2. 17DEC2021
Training presentations
Below are links to a selection of power point presentations form the various study days we run. Although we try and keep them as up to date as possible we do tend to make regular changes base on feedback we receive. You may find parts of the presentation differ slightly from the one you received but it shouldn’t be by much.
Wound Assessment and Management
Fundamentals of lower limb management
Pressure Damage Prevention and Management
Hosiery workshop
Nutrition
Useful websites
The following websites contain a wealth of resource for clinicians to access.
Activa Healthcare
For videos on full leg bandaging, measuring for hosiery and e-learning modules.
Website: www.activahealthcare.co.uk
The British Lymphology Society
For guidance and resources on Lymphoedema.
Website: www.thebls.com
The European Pressure Ulcer Advice Panel (EPUAP)
For International guidelines, conferences and pressure ulcer resources.
Website: www.epuap.org
European Wound Management Association (EWMA)
For research and educational resources.
Website: www.ewma.org
Lipoedema UK
For guidance and resources on Lipoedema including a free e-Learning module
Website: RCGP eLearning course – Lipoedema UK
The Lymphoedema Support Network
For resources for staff and patients on Lymphoedema, including short videos on Simple Lymphatic Drainage (SLD)
Website: Self-Management Videos – Lymphoedema Support Network – LSN
Wounds UK
For best practice statements, journal articles, ‘Made Easy’ booklets and many more useful resources.
Website: www.wounds-uk.com
Wounds International
For articles & webcasts raising awareness and sharing best practice world-wide.
Website: www.woundsinternational.com
Page last reviewed: 19 February, 2025