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National Burn Care Referral Guidance

Tuesday, 20th March 2012

The National Network for Burn Care recognises the need for national guidance aimed at ensuring patients are referred to a burn care service which has the relevant level of expertise and specialised resources to optimise treatment and recovery. Natio...

e-newsletter from the National Network for Burn Care

Tuesday, 20th December 2011

e-news is written to keep you updated with the work of the National Network for Burn Care.  Click here for the January 2012 edition.  

Draft National Severity Thresholds for Comment

Tuesday, 1st November 2011

The National Network for Burn Care recognises the need for national guidance on severity thresholds for each of the three tiers of specialised burn care service.  The attached guidance has therefore been drafted by the NNBC Network Clinical Lead...

Safe and Sustainable refute allegations made by Royal Brompton

Tuesday, 27th September 2011

Teresa Moss, Director of the National Specialised Commissioning Team, said:“Safe and Sustainable do not accept the allegations made today by the Royal Brompton. We will present our own case later this week when we provide evidence in court demo...

Meeting the Needs of Patients with Burn Injury in Planning for Trauma

Friday, 19th August 2011

The National Network for Burn Care has today released guidance to the NHS in England regarding the needs of burn injured patients in planning trauma care pathways.The Guidance decribes the principles which the NNBC would wish to see applied to the pl...

e-News Bulletin from the National Network for Burn Care

Wednesday, 13th July 2011

e-news is written to update you with the work of the National Network for Burn Care.  Click here for edition 1 (July 2011)

National Burn Care Standards Consultation

Tuesday, 5th July 2011

The National Network for Burn Care has undertaken a review of the National Burn Care Standards. A multi-disciplinary group, chaired by Owen Jones (Network Manager for Midlands Burn Care Network) has developed an updated version of the standards for ...

British Burn Association Prevention Meeting

Thursday, 5th May 2011

The first British Burn Association Prevention Meeting takes place on 20th May 2011 at The Council House, Birmingham (10.00 - 15.00 hrs). Please attend if you are: -Interested or involved in burn care -Involved in injury prevention -Want to be inv...

Burn Care Emergency Planning Guidance Published

Thursday, 5th May 2011

The new version of the Burns Emergency Planning Guidance has now been published by the Department of Health. Titled "NHS Emergency Planning Guidance - Planning for the management of burn-injured patients in the eventof a major incient".  The gu...