Vantage Telewoundcare enables healthcare professionals to effectively manage patients from their homes or from a community facility.

The prevalence of chronic wounds is especially high among the elderly population, significantly impacting their quality of life and taking a long time to heal. They require regular monitoring and dressing. If the appropriate dressing is not applied, the process of healing may take years.

In the UK, chronic wounds represent a significant burden to patients, healthcare professionals and the NHS. Some 200,000 patients in the UK have a chronic wound.

The cost to the NHS of caring for patients with a chronic wound is conservatively estimated at £2.3bn–3.1bn per year (around 3% of the total estimated out-turn expenditure on health). With proper diagnosis and treatment, much of this burden should be avoidable.

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