Contact Details
0203 819 6022
Rebecca Elwell
MSc Lymphoedema
Director of National Clinical Services at Accelerate CIC?
Clinical Interests:
- Lymphoedema/chronic oedema, Cellulitis/Lower limb inflammation, primary lymphoedema and paediatrics.
- Chronic oedema and wound care.
- Lymphoedema assessment and management.
Professional Profile:
Previously Macmillan Lymphoedema Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Team Leader at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust for more than 20 years.
- Qualifications: Msc Lymphoedema
- Year of qualification: 2012
- Registered General Nurse
Areas of Expertise:
Along with her full-time role as a Director at Accelerate, Rebecca is a proud Trustee of the British Lymphology Society and a member of the BLS Children with Lymphoedema Special Interest Group and the BLS Scientific Committee. She is also the annual BLS conference organiser.
She is a regular presenter in both national and international conferences and is on the editorial board for the Journal of Lymphoedema and the British Journal of Community Nursing?s Chronic Oedema supplement.
Rebecca?s passion for service development and innovation has led to her setting up the UK?s first Red Leg clinic and helping to guide the provision of tools to support clinical practice nationally with the BLS Lower Limb Inflammatory Pathway (formerly the Red Legs Pathway) and the BLS? first position paper for Assessing vascular status in the presence of chronic oedema prior to the application of compression hosiery.
She represents the BLS as part of the lower limb stream of the National Wound Care Strategy and Legs Matter.
Main base:
Accelerate CIC, Centenary Wing, St Joseph?s Hospice, Mare St, Hackney, London E8 4SA