How lower limb wound care became a Greater Manchester ICB Priority in their 5 year plan

Naseer is a vascular surgeon based at Manchester, UK and performs the full range of vascular procedures including carotid, aneurysm and venous surgery but specialises in complex lower limb surgery that prevents an amputation.  He is the Clinical Director of both the Manchester Amputation Reduction Strategy (MARS) and the Greater Manchester & East Cheshire Aneurysm Screening Programme and a former Deputy Chief Clinical Information Officer of his hospital.  MARS has reduced amputations by 42% in 6 years in its pilot area and is now part of the Greater Manchester ICB 5 year plan.  He champions a ‘whole systems’ approach and is bringing together siloed NHS services by working with leaders across Manchester’s academic, clinical, strategic, financial and digital areas.