| Fact: One in five patients in UK hospitals suffers avoidable pressure sores’ * |
Your Turn is a national movement campaigning for the mandatory reporting of incidents of pressure sores (sometimes called bed sores) in the UK.
We urgently need your help!
We are looking for people who have suffered from bed sores or know somebody who has suffered from bed sores to contact the campaign. We would like to highlight this awful condition through real life stories. If you would be interested simply fill in the form on the contacts page and we will get in touch with you and explain in detail how you can help others at risk of developing pressure sores.
* Clark M, Bours G, Defloor T. The prevalence of pressure ulcers in Europe. In Recent Advances in Tissue Viability (Ed M Clark), 2004, Quay Books, Salisbury
** Bennett, G. Dealey, C. & Posnett, J. (2004) the cost of pressure ulcers in the UK. Age and ageing, 33p230-235