Wound treatment breakthrough could save NHS £125m a year
Date added:
25/07/2016
A NEW treatment for chronic wounds, developed in the Cheshire-based Crawford Healthcare and the University of Manchester, could save the NHS more than £125m a year in the fight against antibiotic resistance. With more than 5,000 major limb amputations taking place each year in England at a cost of about £25,000 per operation, Crawford’s new silver-based wound dressing KerraContact Ag – developed in partnership with the University of Manchester – has prevented a near certain leg amputation at an NHS hosp...
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