The teams were recognised for their outstanding contributions and promoting a culture of collaboration and excellence in wound care practices across healthcare disciplines at the online Society of Tissue Viability (SOTV) Awards 2026, held in February.
They were highly commended in the Together We Achieve category.
The awards celebrate people who are making a difference in the world of skin health and wound healing.
ELFT’s Bedfordshire and east London TVNs have worked collaboratively with BLMK ICB quality improvement (QI) nurses in planning a Stop the Pressure event for the annual World Wide Stop the Pressure Day (WWSTP). Many tissue viability services across the UK come together in November to promote education in pressure ulcer prevention to recognise this day.
The Trust’s WWSTP events have more than 100 attendees, who take part to learn about key areas of improvement the tissue viability and QI nurses have identified that year. The nurses have also attended a local radio station to promote pressure ulcer prevention and brought in relatives to talk about their experience of a loved one suffering with pressure damage and the effect this has on the person and family.
Tissue viability nurse and SOTV member Stephanie Mills, from Bedfordshire Community Health Services, said: “I decided to nominate our work as I am very proud of the collaboration that takes place. It takes many months of planning to pull off such a well-attended event.
“We are all so passionate about pressure ulcer prevention and I hope that the information and resources that are shared during this annual event is taken back into the community to make a positive change.”