We are excited to announce the launch of our brand-new wound care and suture removal service.
The service is now live and will be delivered 5 days a week from Springfield Road and Willows Medical Centre.
Willows Health have been nominated as the preferred provider for wound care services for the following practices:
Downing Drive Surgery
Johnson Medical Practice
Humberstone Medical Centre
East Leicester Medical Practice
Al-Waqas Medical Centre
The Hedges Medical Centre
Narborough Road Surgery
The Melbourne Centre
Dr S D’Souza & Partner – St. Peter’s Health Centre
Walnut Street Surgery
Belgrave Health Centre
St Elizabeth’s Medical Centre
Highfields Medical Centre
Highfields Surgery
Manor Park Medical Centre
What will we be seeing?
The service will provide simple wound care and suture removal in line with the service specification.
- Suture removal
- Simple wound care dressings
- Cleaning and dressing of simple lacerations or grazes, minor burns, scalds, skin flaps, splinters, etc
- Post-surgical wound dressings (NOT wound checks)
- Wound packing (e.g. pilonidal sinus)
- Wound dehiscence (where wounds are granulating and healing)
- Lower limb simple leg ulcer dressings
- New diabetic foot ulcer
How do you get referred?
Referral to the service will be by direct appointment booking through your GP practice. If your practice is listed above, please contact them.
Other notes
Please do not contact Willows practices directly – your GP (if listed above) can book on your behalf.