Legal Duty and Clinical Standards Blog

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Legal Duty in Pressure Sore Prevention: What Good Care Looks Like

An overview of duty of care in UK settings and how reasonable prevention steps are planned and delivered for people at risk of pressure sores.

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Clinical team discussing a patient repositioning plan at a bedside with a turning schedule chart and non identifiable notes

Clinical Standards and Escalation: Records, Reviews and Accountability

How risk assessments, turning schedules and escalation notes support safer care, and why gaps can matter when pressure sores develop.

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