Skin Breakdown
The Silent Epidemic

Skin Breakdown

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Our Aims & Strategy

More recently, the Foundation has focused its activities and funding specifically on the area of skin and tissue breakdown. We believe that a key component of nursing care lies in maintaining skin integrity by providing effective nursing interventions which enhance hygiene, skin care and tissue viability. However, the evidence base underpinning such interventions has been neglected and the Foundation is therefore targeting its research grants in order to develop research capacity in this important area.

Our Aims are

  • To contribute to the development of a robust evidence base which will inform the identification of effective interventions for the management and prevention of skin and tissue breakdown
  • To concentrate efforts on developing the research capacity and capability of academic and clinical nurses in this field
  • To create centres of research excellence in skin and tissue breakdown

Our Strategy is

  • To influence and develop evidence based nursing interventions in the field of skin breakdown and tissue integrity
  • To inform the practice of nurses and other professionals
  • To improve the quality of life of patients and their families with skin and tissue breakdown problems
  • To reduce the burden of cost to the NHS

Nurses can make an important contribution to progressing the art and science of skin care. By shaping a strategy for best practice in the prevention and treatment of skin and tissue breakdown at national and international level, the Foundation is playing a major role in developing research expertise within this field.