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Stephen Lloyd MP visited the Wound Healing Centre in Gildredge Road, Eastbourne last week. The purpose of Stephen’s visit was to see the work that the team of clinical specialists are doing to treat people with wounds that are not healing as they should. Some wounds having been present for many years.

The Eastbourne Wound Healing Centre specialises in the prevention and management of wounds and their healing rates are among the highest in the UK, something that Eastbourne can rightly be proud of.

The team includes nurses, who specialise in healing longstanding wounds and an occupational therapist, with expertise in the prevention and management of pressure as well as and a podiatrist who maintains foot health and prevents foot ulcers. The team have detailed knowledge and experience of wound dressings and therapies.

All types of wounds are treated, including:

• leg ulcers
• pressure damage
• non-healing surgical wounds
• burns
• cancerous wounds
• Pyoderma Gangrenosum
• pilonidal sinus
• distressing skin conditions

Stephen Lloyd said:
“It was a great pleasure to visit and to meet the team at the Wound Healing Centre. In this difficult economic climate I was very impressed with the potential of the wound healing centre, not only to improve the clinical outcomes in a challenging NHS environment, but also to realise significant cost savings.

Over the last few years, I have received a number of letters from local residents who have suffered with wounds over many years and have received successful treatment from the wound healing centre.

Successful companies like the wound healing centre are vital to the future of Eastbourne. Ill do everything I can to ensure their ongoing success”.