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Leg Clubs are an innovative way of treating people with leg ulcers. Patients with leg problems become members of a club, which meets in a community setting and provides a mix of clinical interventions and social support. Amanda Brookes, an NHS manager from Wiltshire, has introduced a Leg Club into general practice and, in this podcast, explains to Ben how the club works and some of the astounding results they have delivered.

Show Notes

Amanda describes her route into primary care (47secs)

Amanda’s role in two large GP practices (1mins 15secs)

A business manager looking after enhanced services (1mins 46secs)

The Level 2 Leg Ulcer contract in West Wiltshire (2mins 12secs)

What is a Leg Club? (3mins 10secs)

Membership of the Leg Club – for life (3mins 59secs)

Clinical and social interventions (4mins 45secs)

Low mood and social isolation (5mins 11secs)

How it works in practice (7mins 02secs)

Drop-in was problematic to introduce (7mins 22secs)

Audit and call-backs (7mins 56secs)

No-one is forced to join (8mins 38secs)

Introduction of the Leg Club was driven by patient outcomes (9mins 01secs)

Moving from a district nurse model to primary care (10mins 11secs)

The impact of the Leg Club (10mins 28secs)

The social benefits (11mins 34secs)

What’s available at the Leg Club (12mins 47secs)

Identifying patients at risk of hospital admission (13mins 19secs)

Staffing with primary care nurses (14mins 07secs)

The patient journey (14mins 56secs)

Nurse-led (15mins 44secs)

Impact on practice nursing (16mins)

Freeing up GP time (17mins 03secs)

Where is the Leg Club run? (17mins 43secs)

How is it funded? (18mins 19secs)

The costs of setting up the Club (18mins 37secs)

The Lindsay Leg Club Foundation (19mins 29secs)

Contacting Amanda (20mins 14secs)

The Lindsay Leg Club Foundation web address is www.legclub.org

Contact Amanda via amanda.brookes@nhs.net