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Leicester Wound Care Service

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.