Delivering wound management in a social setting

As a District Nursing Sister based at a small village surgery, this is a personal account of the author's experiences introducing a new approach for delivering holistic wound management to patients. It deals with the practical and emotional challenges of overcoming barriers to change and forging new working relationships, both within the nursing team and with the patients and wider community. With the encouragement and support of Ellie Lindsay, originator of the Lindsay Leg Club model, Combs Ford Leg Club was set up in 2000 to provide leg ulcer management in an empowered and stigma-free environment. Through the commitment and efforts of nurses, volunteers and patients working together, difficulties and resistance have been confronted and overcome, and Combs Ford Leg Club today is a thriving and vibrant resource, treating, supporting and educating those experiencing leg ulcers or other leg related conditions.