Support your team to confidently recognise, prevent and respond to skin damage caused by pressure, moisture and shear.

This highly interactive course gives staff the knowledge and practical skills needed to protect the people they support, reduce avoidable harm, and improve overall wellbeing.

Skin damage can develop quickly – often within hours – and can have serious consequences if not acted on promptly. This course equips learners with a clear understanding of how healthy skin works, why damage occurs, and what they can do every day to prevent deterioration.

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Key information

  • Duration: 6 hours

  • Format: In‑person training

  • Location: At Momentum People’s training centre at no extra cost, or at your chosen venue (mileage and accommodation may apply)

  • Group size: Up to 12 delegates

  • Cost: £795 + VAT per group (plus travel/accommodation where applicable)

Course overview

Understanding tissue viability is essential for preventing avoidable harm. This full‑day course explores:

What you learn:

  • How healthy skin functions and what affects its integrity

  • Causes and signs of pressure, moisture, friction and shear damage

  • How to identify, describe and report different grades of pressure injuries

  • How to use risk assessment tools effectively

  • Evidence-based prevention strategies

  • Equipment that can reduce risk

  • Basic wound care principles and when to escalate concerns

  • Documentation standards supporting safety and accountability

Content can also be tailored to your organisation. Contact us to find out more.

Have a question? Email us here.

Who Should Attend Course

This course is ideal for:

  • Support workers
  • Carers
  • Nurses and senior support staff
  • Anyone involved in personal care or supporting individuals at risk of skin breakdown

No prior clinical knowledge is required. The course is designed to be accessible, practical and relevant to all health and social care settings.

Benefits of Attending Tissue Viability Training

  • Gain confidence in recognising early signs of skin damage

  • Improve safety and wellbeing by preventing avoidable harm

  • Reduce incidences of pressure injuries and skin breakdown

  • Understand how to position, move and support individuals safely

  • Strengthen skills in using risk assessment tools

  • Improve communication with nurses, GPs and MDT

  • Increase competence in reporting, documenting and escalating concerns

  • Promote consistent, evidence-based practice across services

  • Reduce long‑term complications and infection risks

  • Prevent costly interventions and reduce intensive care needs

How to Tissue Viability Training Training Course

Call the team on 0330 100 2821, or send a training enquiry or drop us an email at training@momentumpeople.co.uk.

Where is the training delivered?

We have an in-house training room in Stoke-on-Trent or we can come to a location of your choice.

Course reviews

If in doubt book. TeeJay’s knowledge is spot on and it’s such a friendly course.

Hollie Carlile,

Action for Children

It is excellent. Very comprehensive and informative. Definitely 3 days well spent.

Carol Burnham,

 Clervaux Garden School

Such a good course, so interactive. Having ADHD I tend to get bored easily however this one was brilliant.

Kim McCreadie,

Staffordshire County Council

Awesome training from very experienced trainer who always makes it an easy and enjoyable experience.

Joel Joseph,

Priors Court School

The course was a good pace, interactive with the use of break out rooms for positive group discussion around medication processes within care settings. It was good to hear experiences the trainer has had within the ambulance service and their medication knowledge as well.

Lucy Gibbs,

Action for Children

Why Train with Momentum People

With over 20 years’ experience in CPD-certified training in the UK, Momentum People deliver practical, interactive, and compliant courses. Refresh your skills, update your knowledge, and maintain confidence in delivering safe use of medicines training.

Want to find out more?

Ask any questions you have to team on 0330 100 2821 or email training@momentumpeople.co.uk

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