Willingsford Limited

Cost of healthcare in the UK and world-wide continues to place an increasing burden on public finances, e.g. the 2019 NHS budget was £134 billion. There are annually 2.3 million wounds in the UK, but treatment times are long and 39% remain unhealed because existing treatments are ineffective. Wounds therefore annually cost the NHS £17.3 bn and require 278...

"The main reason wounds and ulcers have difficulty or fail to heal is infection. For the past decade, it has been standard medical practice to use antimicrobials to treat wound infections, but several clinical studies have shown that they have minimal effects and NICE and the FDA no longer encourage their use. Furthermore, both antibiotics and antiseptics...

Acapsil is a CE-marked novel first-in-class advanced biomaterial, which has demonstrated effects in wound care. Annually in the UK, 2.2 mill wounds require treatment causing direct costs to the NHS of £5.3 bn. Acapsil accelerates wound healing by 60% and reduces bed-days by 31% for hospital in-patients with acute and chronic wounds and ulcers. Estimates i...

The NHS spends each year over £3bn on wound care and at any one time in the UK there are over 600,000 wounds that cannot heal. In the EU there are over 12 mil wounds and burns annually requiring extended treatment or hospitalisation. However, current treatments have limited effects and there is an urgent need for improved wound care products. SertaSil is ...