NICE recommends UrgoStart dressings

Posted on by kaitiscotland

From BMJ 9 Feb 19

NICE have recommended that a new dressing, UrgoStart, may be used to treat non infective diabetic and vascular ulcers.

The dressing contains material that inhibits enzymes from the tissues that inhibit wound healing. They estimated that these dressings can speed up healing and save the NHS £342 per patient per year. This takes into account the savings on dressings, nurse, GP and out patient visits.

They estimated that if a quarter of all diabetic ulcer patients were changed to this dressing that the NHS could save £5.4 million a year.

My comment: We are not using it in our surgery yet.

 

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I am a Scottish doctor who is working to improve the outcomes for people who have diabetes using a low carb diet, and advanced insulin techniques when necessary. Professionally I provide expert witness reports in the clinical forensic and family medicine areas and I also provide complementary therapies. I enjoy cooking, cinema, reading, travel and cats.

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