Diagnostics in the Leg Ulcer Pathway

The main objective of this project is to determine the role/position of diagnostic imaging in the patient journey for a patient with active or healed ulceration. 1. To determine the current practice in primary care for venous leg ulcer management and availability of services to onward referral. 2. To determine the current practice for diagnosis and management of suspected venous leg ulcers in vascular scientist departments across the UK 3. To establish what the minimum diagnostics should be for this cohort of patients including what scans should be performed and can a set criterion be applied to this cohort of patients. 4. To determine the cost effectiveness of implementing this in both primary and secondary care settings.