LegsMatter

We’re a coalition of healthcare organisations that have come together to make lower leg and foot conditions a higher priority for everyone. #legsmatter

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

What happens when prevention is deprioritised?

👣 More wounds
👣 More recurrence
👣 More pressure on services
👣 Worse outcomes for patients

Join Dr Leanne Atkin and Alison Hopkins MBE for an honest discussion on the realities of lower limb care today.

📅 15 July | 6.30pm

👉 https://t.co/NrxbZ1NGlu

#LegsMatter #ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

🎉 Congratulations to our 2026 Legs Matter Changemakers!

These inspiring individuals and teams are helping to improve lower limb care, challenge the status quo and make a real difference to patients' lives 👣💙

Meet this year's winners 👉
https://t.co/C52FSvAj2Q

#LegsMatter #ChangemakerAwards #LowerLimbCare

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

👣 UNDER PRESSURE

Join two of the UK's leading voices in lower limb care:

🎤 Dr Leanne Atkin
🎤 Alison Hopkins MBE

For an honest, unfiltered conversation about the challenges facing lower limb care today - and what needs to change. In partnership with L&R.

📅 15 July 2026
⏰ 6.30–7.30pm

Register now 👉 https://t.co/NrxbZ1NGlu

#LegsMatter #LowerLimbCare #Healthcare

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

What happens when lower limb care starts earlier?

At Bromley Healthcare, some patients are now arriving at specialist services already healed.

A powerful example of what can happen when teams use better data, earlier intervention and joined-up care.

🔗 Read the case study:
https://t.co/ByzjxEH710

#LegsMatterWeek
#ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

Simply amazing @UrgoMedicalUKI - we love it. Our L is certainly getting around - but fantastic that you are having such important conversations - thank you to you and everyone involved for supporting the #LegsMatter campaign #LegsMatterWeek #ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[Urgo Medical UK & Ireland @UrgoMedicalUKI]

Our specialists are out visiting clinics & hospitals for #LegsMatterWeek! 🏥💙 We're loving the chance to connect face-to-face with nursing teams.

Stay tuned for more photos! 👀📸

Find out about Urgo Medical Compression solutions: https://t.co/GR45ZIA5zT

#LegsMatter #NHS

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

📣 Applications are now open!

The Legs Matter Champion Programme is back and we're looking for passionate people to help improve lower limb and foot care.

As a Legs Matter Champion you'll help raise awareness, share best practice and start conversations that can drive real change.

💜 Because it doesn't have to be this way.

Apply today:
https://t.co/yulRWy2sMY

#LegsMatter #LegsMatterChampion #ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

Great initiative @AccelerateCIC #LegsMatterWeek #ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[Accelerate @AccelerateCIC]

🦵 A great day supporting #LegsMatterWeek!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for leg checks and conversations about lower-limb health.

Proud to support the @LegsMatter campaign and help raise awareness that #LegsMatter 💛

#ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay #LowerLimbHealth #AccelerateCIC

[Martin Fox @Martinfox2000]

Do @LegsMatter ? Really? Thank you to the Greater Manchester lower limb podiatry, nursing, vascular & woundcare community, champions & leaders for our ..

#LowerLimbCollaborations

[Martin Fox @Martinfox2000]

@LegsMatter

#PAD 🫀 #CLTI 🦵

📣 all community podiatrists & nurses …

Can we identify one of the most common life & limb threatening cardiovascular conditions …
In less than 60 seconds?

Yes we can 🙌🏼

@RoyColPod
@SoTV_UK
@CircFoundation
@DiabetesUK
@PodVascSAG

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

From 18-week waits to assessment within 10 working days.

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust showed what's possible when services challenge old ways of working and focus on earlier intervention.

Because it doesn't have to be this way.

🔗 Read the case study:
https://t.co/zFGQDalTDX
#LegsMatterWeek
#ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

Absolutely, @UrgoMedicalUKI Thank you for sharing #LegsMatterWeek #ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[Urgo Medical UK & Ireland @UrgoMedicalUKI]

More than 1 million people in the UK develop leg ulcers annually (Guest et al., 2020). 🦵

It doesn’t have to get worse before it gets better. Early, effective compression therapy breaks the cycle of endless dressing changes.

#LegsMatterWeek #UrgoMedical #WoundCare #LegUlcer

[Lohmann & Rauscher UK @LRmedUK]

Too many people are still affected by avoidable harm from lower limb wounds. Contributing to an estimated £5.8 billion cost associated with unhealed wounds in the UK.​

At L&R, we’re proud to stand together with Legs Matter to drive change. It doesn’t have to be this way. ​

Read the article 'An advanced self-care delivery model for leg ulcer management: a service evaluation' ​👉 https://t.co/oyjWMbREqI

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

The message from the Frontier report is clear:

Improving lower limb care isn't just better for patients.

It makes economic sense too.

So if we already know what works, why are so many people still waiting too long for the right care?

Read the report:
https://t.co/22kmnZ0UU2

#LegsMatterWeek
#ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[Lohmann & Rauscher UK @LRmedUK]

Too many people still experience avoidable harm from lower limb conditions.​
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At L&R, we support Legs Matter to drive actions and change. ​
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Read Adam Mence, Senior Brand Manager at L&R, discuss the challenges and opportunities in lower limb care​.

A sustainable approach to simplifying lower limb wound care *1​

https://t.co/XqbvkY8emV

*1Open Access Government

[Accelerate @AccelerateCIC]

⏳ Still time to register!

"Just lose weight."

For people living with #Lipoedema, it's often not that simple.

Join @LegsMatter, @LipoedemaUK & @AccelerateCIC

📅 9 June
🕡 6.30pm
🔗 https://t.co/qmjXc0aDtq

#LegsMatterWeek #ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[Royal College of Podiatry @RoyColPod]

It's @LegsMatter Week! Podiatrists are key to the prevention and treatment of lower limb wounds. Find out more about the CPD events taking place this week at https://t.co/uA2AsyPjPo
#LegsMatter #LegsMatterWeek

[Lohmann & Rauscher UK @LRmedUK]

It's time for change. ​

With over 730,000 leg ulcers in the UK alone, ​there's a better way to manage lower limb wounds.​​

L&R supports delivery of consistent evidence based care to achieve better outcomes. ​
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Read about the fantastic results of achieved by Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust 👇

​Achieving Sustainability in Tissue Viability 📖 https://t.co/4jk9a9xe52

*1 Kerr, A., Wood, L. and McDonagh, L. (2025) ‘Achieving sustainability in tissue viability’, Clinical Services Journal, December, pp. 15–19.

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

@Mersey_Care Thank you for sharing #LegsMatterWeek #ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

£1 invested.
£27.60 returned.

That's the potential return from implementing guideline-based lower limb care.

Better outcomes.
Better value.
Better care.

We already have the evidence.

Now we need implementation.

#LegsMatterWeek

[LegsMatter @LegsMatter]

What happens when lower limb care starts earlier?

Yateley Medical Centre introduced immediate and necessary compression at the first appointment, helping patients begin treatment sooner and giving them the best chance of early healing.

Because it doesn't have to be this way.

Could your service take a similar approach?

🔗 https://t.co/r36oGvIvoh

#LegsMatterWeek #ItDoesntHaveToBeThisWay