In a unique collaboration between award-winning Harley Street Skin clinic and Biotherapy Services Ltd., the first state of the art mobile wound clinic is now open at Tesco’s in Brent Cross, Tilling Road, providing revolutionary new treatments.
This is the first of four Harley Wound Healing mobile unit specifically designed to treat complex and chronic wounds such as diabetic and vascular ulcers that may not heal for months or even years.
According to analysis by the charity Diabetes UK, more than 9,000 amputations a year are caused by diabetes with 80 per cent of these being the result of diabetic foot ulcers.
“A large proportion of chronic wounds treated by the NHS are diabetic foot ulcers which can be difficult for them to treat. However, these clinics will have access to novel personalised treatments that harness the patient’s own ability to heal itself and we are able to treat complex, chronic
wounds that were previously near unhealable,” says Dr Aamer Khan, regenerative medicine expert and co-founder of Harley Street Skin and Harley Wound Healing Clinic.
Each mobile unit is kitted out with cutting-edge technologies with the means to provide a range of innovative wound care treatments, including the provision of novel treatments which harness the patients’ own ability to heal itself, based upon a technology referred to as platelet-rich plasma (PRP), which involves doctors taking a small amount of the patient’s blood which is processed in a sophisticated state-of-the-art blood processing system to separate out the plasma and the platelets that contain growth factors, which are used to promote wound healing and boost tissue regeneration.
The mobile units are staffed by a GP, nurses and healthcare assistants who work under the supervision of top specialists who aim to close these complex wounds using the latest innovative wound therapies.
Mr Sandip Sarkar is a vascular surgeon who has pioneered the usage of autologous platelet biotherapies and has been instrumental in setting up the specialist wound healing clinic. Successful trials undertaken by Mr Sarkar for Barts Health NHS Trust have shown wounds that have previously not responded to conventional treatment did respond to the use of these platelet derived technologies. He will be joined by Professor Ash Mosahebi who brings a wealth of experience in reconstructive and plastic surgery and regenerative medicine, and orthopaedic surgeon Mr Haroon Mann who has worked for years in the field of foot and ankle injuries.
An additional 3 mobile units will soon be stationed across the country to provide revolutionary treatments for hard-to-heal wounds which have not responded to conventional means, potentially changing lives and giving hope to many who may otherwise face amputation as a result of their wound.
All treatments are provided in a COVID-19 secure state-of-the-art facility.
Appointments can be made through the Harley Wound Healing Clinic at Harley Street Skin, 48 Harley Street, London: www.harleywoundhealing.com – telephone: 0800 470 1015.
Case Study
Francesca is a patient in her 40’s who suffered from a complex, non-healing wound and multiple health issues including Type 1 diabetes and an underlying blood condition. Through the novel platelet-derived treatment, wounds which had not closed through two years of treatment were finally healed.
For Francesca, a personalised regenerative treatment was developed and it worked with long lasting results. Other patients with chronic wounds and diabetes found similarly positive results after treatment.
This has significant benefits for patients who may be at risk of losing a limb to amputation, as chronic diabetics can often struggle with wounds which do not heal.
