Mr David Cruttenden-Wood is an acute and general surgeon in Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust (HHFT) who specialises in coloproctology. He maintains a specialist interest in vascular surgery, including the acute treatment of diabetic feet and leg ulceration. He leads surgical ambulatory care (SDEC) on the Winchester site and is also the clinical director for virtual healthcare for HHFT, leading the development of the virtual wards and other virtual healthcare initiatives to help benefit the local population. 

He is passionate about making sure patients get the right care by the best team, at the right time in the best place. For over 20 years, he has had a sustained clinical interest in helping to improve the care for patients with complex surgical wounds. He was an early adopter of negative pressure dressing in the management of these tricky patients. He has always been keen to develop collaborative multidisciplinary team (MDT ) driven services with a real focus on training healthcare professionals as ‘one team’.

His current roles have best placed him to drive collaboration between the community and hospital tissue viability nurses (TVNs), the local surgeons and virtual ward team. The aim being to provide wrap around seamless enhanced care for patients in the region with complex wounds using a virtual ward. Virtual monitoring, vibrant MDT discussions along with the sharing of knowledge and ideas have led to increased confidence and coordination, that has improved patient safety and care.

When David is not working, he will be found either cycling over a mountain or wakeboarding on flat water enjoying the sunshine.