P-85 Half the community nurse case load!: estimating the prevalence of lower limb chronic oedema

Background

Chronic oedema has a profound impact on quality of life. It may originate from primary anatomical reasons (primary lymphoedema), be secondary to cardio-vascular dysfunction, be related to cancer or cancer treatments and is increasingly a result of obesity. The numbers of patients with chronic oedema are increasing and both hospice specialist lymphoedema and community nursing teams are over-stretched with ‘revolving door...