'Heal not hurt': piloting an initiative on wound pain assessment

As a number of consensus and position documents have made clear, wound pain is an issue that all nurses involved in wound care should take seriously. Based on the 'Heal not hurt' initiative supported by MoInlycke, a wound assessment tool has been adopted by East Riding of Yorkshire PCT. This article gives an overview of the documentation and argues that thorough assessment is essential in wound care and proper documentation is the key to successful clinical outcomes.