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A prospective randomised controlled trial of dressings for management of pain for minor skin excision wounds in general practice
This research aims to work out how doctors should best manage wounds after minor skin surgery. It is a randomised controlled trial of two types of dressings and dressing protocols following minor skin surgery in general practice. The first part of the study compares participant pain levels with a dressing containing a pain relief medication (ibuprofen) compared to an identical non-medicated dressing. The second part of this study compared whether keeping the wound covered until stitches are removed, or removing the dressing at 48 hours is better in terms of patient pain and comfort, and infection rates.
Data collection for this study is complete, results will be published in due course.
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Investigating local solutions to chronic wound care management
The cost to practices and patients of managing chronic wounds is significant. Evidence-based wound care has been shown to improve outcomes and reduce costs. This study will investigate the barriers and challenges that New England practices experience in managing chronic wounds, and design a local intervention that will aid practices in their delivery of high-quality wound care services to patients. This survey has been distributed to practices via the Primary Health Network. Data collection and analysis are complete, results will be published in due course.
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