We are delighted that Luxmi Dhoonmoon, co-chair of the Wounds UK Best Practice Statement ‘Addressing skin tone bias in wound care: assessing signs and symptoms in people with dark skin tones’, has been short-listed for The National BAME Health and Care Awards, promoting BAME excellence in healthcare. Luxmi has been nominated as a ‘Health and Wellbeing Advocate’, for her work on the Best Practice Statement and embedding skin tone awareness and assessment into practice.
You can read more about the awards here: https://bamehscawards.org
You can read the full Best Practice Statement here: https://www.wounds-uk.com/resources/details/addressing-skin-tone-bias-wound-care-assessing-signs-and-symptoms-people-dark-skin-tones
Congratulations, Luxmi!