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With great success creating Pioneer’s first ‘home grown’ nurse and introducing newly qualified nurses into to a specialist clinical setting, Pioneer are pleased to continue to support our team to progress their careers and develop the nursing profession. Damien shares...

Sia initially completed a single spoke day with Pioneer in her first year of her nursing degree, this peaked her interest in wound care and lymphoedema and she went on to be allocated a placement with Pioneer in her second year of her nursing studies. This placement...

At Pioneer, we are not immune to the nursing shortages experienced in health and social care settings across the UK. However, what we do have is a large group of dedicated staff who are exceptionally passionate about their specialist area of wound healing and...

The David Nott Foundation is a charity set up to train medical professionals to provide safe, skilled surgical care in countries impacted by conflict and catastrophe. Prof. Jeffery is one of the faculty members who delivers training on managing burns and trauma...

We are delighted to announce our latest clinic Pioneer Norfolk will open for private patients on the 2nd July 2024 to help support patients to manage their lymphoedema / lipoedema. Pioneer did not plan to open a service in Norfolk, but when Sophie Caitlin needed to...

Increasingly over the last few years Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centre has received emails and calls from patients and their families, at times in distress with their non-healing wounds or uncontrolled lymphoedema. These patients have contacted us from all...

Core values are an essential way to align the goals of everyone working in healthcare. These values underpin so much of what we do, from small day-to-day decisions to big-picture strategic decisions. Pioneer is growing rapidly, across multiple services in many...

Professor Jenni MacDonald and Professor David Gray have been appointed to a share a newly created role of Executive Nurse Director, effective October 2023. David Gray moves from the role of Managing Partner and remains on the Board and Jenni MacDonald moves from...

Many healthcare staff feel unable to speak up or are not listened to when they do. That is according to The Freedom to Speak Up report published in 2015. To begin, the students visited the Pioneer Eastbourne Centre, engaging with patients, nurses, and administrative...