Dr Fania Pagnamenta

Joint Clinical Academic Associate Professor

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

I am a Clinical Academic Nurse Consultant for Tissue Viability in a trailblazing post that offers the best of both worlds: I deliver expert hands-on care and undertake research that has rapid clinical impact.

Clinically, I assess, plan, deliver and review care for patients with wounds of differing aetiologies as they are first admitted to The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NuTH). I also co-lead a regional multi-professional Healing Clinic for Complex Wounds. I am the Professional Lead for wound care in NuTH and co-chair for Tissue Viability within the Shelford Group, which is a collaboration between ten of the largest teaching and research NHS hospital trusts in England.

Academically, I work at Northumbria University as a researcher and my interests pertain to leg ulceration, clinical pathways and ways to prevent simple wounds from becoming chronic ulceration.

I have edited a training booklet aimed at generalist nurses, ‘A Short Course in Wound Healing’ which is now used as a basis for wound care training within (the Shelford Group).

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

I have a keen interest in pragmatic dressing evaluation methodology that adds to the body of wound care knowledge. Collaboration with service users is central to my approach to for my wound care and research.

Key Publications

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Junior nurses' wound care knowledge and attitude towards wound care and training aspirations: a training needs analysis, Pagnamenta, F., Teasdale, C., Lhussier, M., Rapley, T. 6 Aug 2026, In: British Journal of Nursing
The value of intuition in selecting debridement aids for the removal of hyperkeratosis: an introspective study, Pagnamenta, F., Robson, S., Mason, L. 1 Sep 2026, In: British Journal of Community Nursing
Transforming Inpatient Venous Leg Ulcer Management Through Early Specialist Tissue Viability Intervention, Pagnamenta, F., Harris, R., Burn, C., Agar, H. 1 Aug 2026, In: International Wound Journal
Complexities of conducting dressing selection research for malodourous fungating wounds, Pagnamenta, F., Lopez, V., Desjardin, C., Lhussier, M. 25 Sep 2025, In: Wounds UK
Exploring agency, autonomy and authority among lead tissue viability nurses: a qualitative study, Pagnamenta, F., Rapley, T., Lhussier, M. Dec 2025, In: Nursing Open
Reducing variance in wound care: a cross-sectional study of chronic wounds in one district nursing team's caseload, Baldridge, W., Pagnamenta, F., Rapley, T. 2 Mar 2025, In: British Journal of Community Nursing
The (dis)organization of leg ulcer care: A realist synthesis, Pagnamenta, F., Lhussier, M., Rapley, T. 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing
Using a prognostic medical device for early identification of pressure ulcers: protocol for study design, Keltie, K., Parker, R., Dervin, H., Pagnamenta, F., Milne, J., Belilios, E., Latimer, L., Wason, J., Ogundimu, E., McParlin, C., Sims, A. 20 Jun 2024, In: British Journal of Nursing
A review of leg ulcerations coverage in the United Kingdom print media: A growing problem for the vulnerable adult, Pagnamenta, F., Lhussier, M., Rapley, T. 1 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Vascular Nursing
Is bias biased?, Ousey, K., Totty, J., Pagnamenta, F., Moore, Z., Williams, K. 18 Mar 2022, In: Wounds UK