Expert Witness Profile
Rachael Franco

Northwest England

Areas Covered: UK

General Nursing

Care Homes (Residential & Nursing)

Tissue Viability

Wound Care

Leg Ulcer Management

Intravenous and Catheterisation

Falls

Failure to Refer

Serious Incident Reviews

Safeguarding

  • Postgraduate Diploma - Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, Cardiff University (2021)
  • RCN Clinical Leadership Programme (2018)
  • Quality, Service Improvement & Redesign, Practitioner Programme, NHS Improvement (2017)
  • Postgraduate Certificate Practice Development (Evidence-Based Practice) (2010)
  • Leg Ulcer Care & Management (NU2631) (2009)
  • NVQ Assessor Award (D32/D33), Manchester Royal Infirmary (2005)
  • Wound Care Module (Degree level), University of Manchester (2005)
  • ENB A24 - Medical Nursing / ENB 998 - Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice, University of Sheffield (1998)
  • Diploma in Nursing Studies (Adult), University of Sheffield (1995)
  • BSc Biological Science, University of Edinburgh (1989)
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Royal College of Nursing
  • Over two years’ experience as a Tissue Viability and General Nurse at Northern Care Alliance NHS Professionals Bank Exclusive specialising in delivering expert Tissue Viability care.
  • Two years experience as a Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist Team Leader at Salford Royal NHS Trust (Northern Care Alliance) where she Led Tissue Viability services across hospital and community settings.
  • Rachael also has over 12 years of experience working in a variety of roles across NHS trusts specializing in Tissue Viability.
  • 1 year experience as an Associate Lecturer at Edge Hill University teaching Tissue Viability and Leg Ulcer Management

Rachael is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in tissue viability and wound care with extensive experience across general nursing, community and acute care settings, previously including academics.

She currently works delivering care as a Tissue Viability Nurse in the community, utilising the delivery of holistic home-based assessments, wound care and pressure ulcer prevention, Rachael provides safe and effective treatment, and provides preventative advice.