Mildred Griffiths
17 Nov 2017 · Coroner Louise Hunt · Birmingham and Solihull
The coroner's concerns
1. use of Braden Score for pressure sore risk assessment
“The pressure sore risk tool used in the home is the Braden Score. The community Healthcare Trust use the Walsall score - which is nationally recognised. | note the Braden score does not take into account any existing lesion when calculating the risk which means it may under estimate the risk. In addition the Braden score calculates in an opposite way to the Walsall score -thus a low score is high risk in the Braden score, but low risk in the Walsall score. This can lead to confusion between”