Recent Publications
Launched on the 19th March at the VVAPPG’s Uncovering the Hidden Challenges of Vascular and Venous Disease drop-in event in Parliament.
The report analyses the range of policies in place at a national level, measures the impact of VTE prevention and examines the challenges in prevention, diagnosis and management of VTE. The roadmap to effectively tackling VTE demands collaborative efforts between policymakers, healthcare providers and healthcare professionals. The report makes recommendations to enhance patient safety and optimise healthcare resources to ensure the NHS is acting to prevent the preventable.
Read the report here.
Tackling Venous Thromboembolism:
pREVENTING THE PREVENTABLE
Published and launched 9th June 2023 at the RSM Venous Forum, the APPG’s report highlights the challenges in treating the number of patients with VLUs, and sets out recommendations for Government, NHS England, and local commissioners to ensure that patients receive appropriate care at the right time, in the right place.
In delivering these changes, the NHS could save significant amounts of money and patients would benefit from earlier interventions and better outcomes.
Read the report here.
Future of Venous Disease:
Growing Problems, Shrinking Workforce
Launched on May 10th 2023 in the Houses of Parliament, the VVAPPG’s report looks at supported self care, its application to lower limb wound health and the benefits it presents to Government, the NHS, clinicians and patients.
If implemented fully across the country, supported self care has the potential to deliver benefits for patients, clinicians, and the NHS. Giving patients support to care for themselves provides better outcomes and allows them to rely less on their health care providers and their schedules; clinicians are given more time to care for patients with more severe wound-care needs; and there can be financial savings through quicker healing of wounds, less need for clinical intervention, and savings for patients through needing fewer journeys to see clinicians.
Read the report here.
EMPOWERING CHANGE: A VISION FOR SUPPORTED SELF CARE
Published in November 2021, this op-ed is penned by Emma Hardy MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular and Venous Disease. In the piece, Emma talks about the experiences that led her to join the APPG as chair, and the excellent work being undertaken near her constituency of Hull West and Hessle to improve care and outcomes for patients. The op-ed can be found here.
Op-ed from APPG Chair Emma Hardy MP
Understanding Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Infographic
Published in October 2021 to mark World Thrombosis Day, the infographic outlines key information to understand Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE), collectively known as Venous Thromboembolism (VTE). The infographic sets out the scale of the problem of VTE and the impact the condition has on patients. An online version of the infographic can be found here.
venous leg ulcers, a Silent crisis
Published in October 2019, the report lays out a number of policy recommendations for the NHS to consider. It sets out a vision for improving the patient pathway in order to ease the high burden of this condition to the quality of life of thousands, and reduce the long term burden on the NHS. An online version of the report can be found here.
Saving lives, saving limbs
This report highlights the national amputation and ulcer challenge and provides a blue print for how this can be tackled. It was published in February 2019. An online version of the report can be found here.
A summary of the APPG on Vascular and Venous Disease regional Partnership events with Strategic Clinical Networks
In 2017-18 the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular and Venous Disease partnered with Strategical Clinical Networks (SCNs) across England to deliver four regional events on local pathways for vascular disease.
The objective of the events was to bring together the individuals involved in the design and delivery of vascular services in order to discuss regional issues and to shine a spotlight on best practice pathways that can be implemented to reduce the rate of unnecessary amputations. A report into this activity was published in 2018.