Dressing Clinic
Dressing Clinic
The Dressing Clinic at Camborne and Redruth Community Hospital is a nurse led service providing wound management for the North Kerrier GP population.
Address:
Barncoose, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 3ER
Please contact the CRCH reception on 01209 318000 if you are unsure if you are eligible to attend.
Before contacting the Surgery, please take a look at the NHS self-help guide.
Dressing Clinic procedures for the Outpatients Department at CRCH
Procedures / Wounds WE ARE ABLE to treat
- Abcesses
- Any post-operative surgical wound (including wound checks)
- Burns
- Clip/staple removal
- Dehisced wounds
- Infected wounds
- Larval therapy
- Negative Pressure Therapy (VAC/PICO or equivalent)
- Pressure damage - which has resulted in an open wound. Please note - we are unable to offer continence or equipment assessments.
- Skin grafts
- Suture removal
- Abrasions
- Blisters
- Cavity Wounds
- Compression Therapy
- Incisions
- Lacerations
- Leg ulcers - venous, arterial or mixed aetiology
- Pilonidal/Perianal sinusses
- Puncture wounds
- Steri-strip removal
- Trauma wounds
- Dermoscopy
Procedures / Wounds WE ARE NOT ABLE to treat
- Blood thinning injections
- Continence/equipment assessments
- Lymphoedema bandaging
- Surgical drains/Nephrostomy ongoing care
- Vascular Access Device dressings
- Chest drains - e.g. Pluerex
- Eye drops
- Skin conditions
- Urinary catheters