Our tissue viability teams provides assessment and treatment for patients with complex non-healing wounds including pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, fungating wounds and post-operative wounds.

The service also provides advice to other healthcare professionals caring for patients with complex wounds and offers education programmes, advice on larval therapy, topical negative pressure and the management of lower limb primary lymphoedema.

You can read about the services we provide across London and West Hertfordshire below.
 

Our tissue viability service in Brent aims to help those over the age of 16 and living in Brent, look after complex and problematic wounds. We particularly focus on preventing and treating pressure ulcers and leg ulcers.

We work closely with you, your GP, district nurses, and other healthcare professionals to provide you with support and high quality care.
 

Who we see

If you are referred to our tissue viability service, one of our specialist nurses will look at your wound. They will advise you and professionals involved in your care about how to look after it.

The tissue viability nurse may see you only once, or they may arrange a follow up visit depending on what you need.

If you need more support or advice after you have been seen by our service, your nurse or doctor can refer you again. You can also contact the service directly if you have any problems or concerns in regards to your wound.
 

Location and contact information

  • Telephone: 020 8102 3456
  • Email address: clcht.brentspa@nhs.net
  • Location: 113 Chalkhill Road, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 9FZ
     

Referral information

Routine referrals will come through to the Brent SPA. The SPA will be available from 08:00 to 17:00. Outside of the SPA opening times, please use the SPA number and your call will be routed directly to the clinical teams that operate out of these hours. To contact the SPA, telephone 020 8102 3456 or email clcht.brentspa@nhs.net.

Download our referral form.

Our tissue viability teams undertake:

  • Leg ulcer assessment and management
  • Doppler assessment
  • Compression bandaging
  • Wound management
  • Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
  • MIST therapy
  • Lower limb primary lymphoedema management
  • Pressure ulcer assessment and management
  • Prevention of pressure ulcer development
  • Advice on wound management e.g. wound bed preparation and dressing choices

Our teams can offer care and advice to patients with a range of wounds and injuries including:

  • Advice on the most appropriate wound dressing products
  • Joint visits with other health professionals to see patients
  • Advice on further assessment of slow healing wounds
  • Advice on pressure reducing equipment
  • Advice including how to prevent ulcer occurrence and reoccurrence
     

Patient contact details

Clinician queries only: 

  • T: 0208 102 5555
  • E: cbo@nhs.net (Mon to Fri, 8am to 5pm)

 

Referral information

Patients can be referred by their GP, practice nurse, district nurse and other healthcare professionals.

Please note that our wound care clinics are by prior appointment only.

  • Phone: 020 8102 5555
  • Email: cbo@nhs.net (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
     

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion 

  • Over 18 years of age
  • Registered with a GP in Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster

Exclusion 

  • Below 18 years of age
  • Patient that are not registered with a GP in Central London, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea

Phone: 03000 200 656, option 7 for Tissue Viability, Leg Ulcer and Lymphoedema Services.

For Referrals, please email them to:

The Tissue Viability Service supports patients with non-healing wounds to access specialist nurse-led assessment and treatment. 

Patients accepted will receive a comprehensive assessment and treatment plan, which will either be delivered in a clinic, by the patient or carer in their own home or the plan will be shared with the healthcare professionals delivering patient care. 

The majority of service provision is delivered in clinics based in health centres. Domiciliary visits will be provided if the patient is housebound and is receiving care from the district nurses. This does not apply to nursing homes where the expectation is the registered nurses provide the routine/regular dressing changes. 

All patients for home visits must be referred to the District Nursing Service in the first instance.

Patients are referred to the service via healthcare professionals. All referrals for will be triaged within 24 hours of being received (Monday to Friday 8-4pm), excluding bank or public holidays and weekends.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

  • registered with a Barnet GP
  • multiple category 2, single category 3 and 4 pressure ulcers
  • deteriorating pressure ulcer
  • moisture-associated skin damage
  • leg ulcer
  • non-healing wound
  • fungating wound
  • surgical wound
  • non-healing surgical wound
  • vulnerable skin
  • negative-pressure wound therapy
  • complex and/or hard to heal wounds, (including patients needing negative pressure wound therapy)*
  • leg ulcer patients who can attend a tissue viability leg ulcer clinic until ulcers healed which may include supported self-care
  • those requiring support and advice regarding pressure relieving equipment and wound management. 

Special considerations

  • In line with CLCH trust policy, patients who are non-concordant with the recommended treatment plan will be discharged from the service. 

Referral details for clinicians: 

Referral number: 020 8102 5520

Referral email: clcht.plannedcarebarnet@nhs.net

Patient feedback contact details: 

Email: clcht.plannedcarebarnet@nhs.net

The team visits patients in their home, nursing and residential homes.

Colville Health Centre

  • Address: 51 Kensington Park Road, London, W11 1PA
  • Opening times: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am to 5pm

Parkview Centre for Health and Wellbeing

  • Opening times: Tuesday and Friday, 9am to 5pm

Parsons Green Walk-in Centre

  • Address: 5-7 Parsons Green, Fulham, London, SW6 4UL
  • Opening times: Monday and Thursday, 9am to 5pm

South Westminster Centre for Health

  • Address: St Georges House, 82 Vincent Square, London, SW1P 2PF
  • Opening times: Thursday, 9am to 5pm

St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing

  • Address: Exmoor Street, London, W10 6DZ
  • Opening times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

Violet Melchett

  • Address: 30 Flood Walk, Chelsea, London, SW3 5RR
  • Opening times: Monday and Thursday, 9am to 5pm

Edgware Community Hospital

  • Address: Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, HA8 0AD 

Finchley Memorial Hospital

  •  Address: Granville Road, London, N12 0JE

Grahame Park Health Centre

  • Address: The Concourse, Grahame Park Estate, London, NW9 5XT

Vale Drive Health Centre

  • Address: Vale Drive, Barnet, EN5 2ED 

 

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