Our Wound Care Today 2026 Speaker Gallery

 

Agnes Collarte

Beth Lillico

Bernadette McGlynn

Helen Shoker

Hollie Robinson

Holly Edmundson

Ines Sadoc Pereira

Jack Short

Jane Parker

Jon Findlay

Katie White

Lucy Goddard

Matthew Allen

Paul Vaughan

Rachel Sweeney

Rasha Okashesh

Richard Shorter

Sarah Robinson

Siobhan Mccoulough

We’re excited to introduce each speaker, with photos and bios, so you can get to know the people shaping WCT2026!

 

Agnes Collarte

Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse Lead, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH)

Agnes Collarte is the tissue viability specialist nurse lead at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH), that oversees wound care services across the tri-borough area of Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Kensington & Chelsea. She manages a dedicated team of tissue viability nurses who provide expert care for patients with complex wounds, including pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, and postoperative wounds, through clinics, home visits, and collaborative work with district and practice nurses.

Born in the Philippines, she began her nursing career after completing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1997. She worked as a nurse supervisor before moving to the UK in 2002 to expand her professional experience. Since joining CLCH, she has progressed through roles from rehabilitation nurse to tissue viability nurse, and ultimately to lead nurse.

She holds a master’s degree in Advancing Practice, achieved while balancing full-time work and family life. Her clinical expertise is complemented by a strong commitment to research and innovation. She co-authored research on mechanical debridement techniques published in the Journal of Community Nursing and International Wound Journal for the impact of a new intervention for venous leg ulcers: a within-patient controlled trial.

Passionate about improving patient outcomes, she emphasises evidence-based practice and education. She leads initiatives to prevent and treat chronic wounds, supports multidisciplinary teams, and mentors colleagues. Her work reflects a deep dedication to easing patient suffering, promoting healing, and advancing community healthcare standards.

 

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Beth Lillico

High Risk & Vascular Specialist Podiatrist

Beth obtained a BSc degree in Podiatry in 2006 and has over 18 years of NHS experience working mainly within community services. Beth currently works in a High-Risk Foot Team and has a special interest in collaborative care for complex lower limb conditions having recently completed a PGCert in Tissue Viability & Leg Ulcer Management. More recently, Beth has been working with the podiatry-led community lower limb vascular service in Manchester, providing early identification, diagnosis, and management of people with peripheral arterial disease.

 

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Bernadette McGlynn

Clinical Lead for Tissue Viability, , Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust

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Helen Shoker

Associate Director of Nursing and Professional Practice, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

 

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Hollie Robinson

Tissue Viability Service Lead, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Hollie Robinson is an award-winning tissue viability specialist nurse and current tissue viability service lead for community services at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust. With over a decade of progressive leadership across acute and community settings, Hollie is driving innovation in strategic wound care delivery through collaboration, data-driven insight, and technology. 

Hollie is recognised nationally and internationally as a published author and dynamic speaker. In 2023 she received the Wounds UK Rising Star Award, reflecting her clinical and service transformation impact.

 

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Holly Edmundson

Community Midwife, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a research midwife, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

Holly Edmundson is a community midwife at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a research midwife in the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. In 2024–2025, she undertook an NIHR pre-doctoral fellowship focused on birth-related wound infections. She has contributed to the National Wound Care Strategy Programme and trust-level QI on wound management and antimicrobial stewardship.

 

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Ines Sadoc Pereira

Independent Nurse Consultant in Tissue Viability

Ines Sadoc Pereira has been a nurse for over 17 years, specialising in critical care and, since 2018, in tissue viability. She started her career in Portugal and has worked in England, UAE and is currently based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Her two passions are working to improve patient outcomes and promoting staff development in critical care and wound care, and educating/mentoring pre- and post-registration nursing students, to empower them to provide the best possible care for patients.

To educate others, she continuously develops herself and has achieved her Master’s in Science — Skin Integrity and Wound Management at Hertfordshire University in 2024. 

More recently, she has achieved certification as a scar therapy practitioner and completed a course in ‘an integrated approach to lymphoedema & chronic wounds’.

Ines aspires to continue further studies in oncology scar and lymphoedema management in the coming year; to inspire others to pursue their dreams; and engage with likeminded peers and patients to create a more sustainable future for wound and scar care.

 

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Jack Short

National Association of Primary Care, Faculty Member

 

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Jane Parker

PCN Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse Lead, West Norfolk Primary Care

Jane Parker is a clinical nurse specialist in tissue viability with 25 years of experience across the NHS, private healthcare, and medtech sectors. She currently works in West Norfolk within the Primary Care Networks, providing expert leadership in wound and leg ulcer management, education, and service development.

Jane has held senior clinical roles at Cambridge University Hospitals and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn (QEHKL), where she led multidisciplinary teams, implemented evidence-based protocols and advanced patient care standards in complex wound management. Her experience in industry further strengthened her expertise in clinical education, stakeholder engagement, and product evaluation.

In addition to her clinical work, Jane acts as an expert witness in tissue viability and offers independent consultancy on formulary development and staff training. She has presented at national events and has contributed to NHS England wound care initiatives. She holds postgraduate qualifications in wound care, leadership in healthcare and medical and healthcare education.

 

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Jon Findlay

National Harm Reduction Lead, Waythrough

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Katie White

Tissue Viability Nurse, Stoke

 

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Lucy Goddard

Midwife and Postdoctoral Researcher in maternity and women’s health within the hypertension team, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

Lucy Goddard is a midwife and postdoctoral researcher in maternity and women’s health within the Hypertension Team in the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. Lucy completed her PhD in March 2024. In her doctoral research, she co-developed and tested a lifestyle support app for women managing high blood pressure in pregnancy. Lucy is particularly interested in improving equity and inclusivity in research.

 

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Matthew Allen

Consultant Lead Podiatrist, , Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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Paul Vaughan

RN, MSc, National Deputy Director for Community Nursing, primary care nursing and women’s health, NHS England

Paul Vaughan, RN, MSc is the national deputy director for community nursing, primary care nursing and women’s health at NHS England. In this role, he provides national leadership across nursing and women’s health, driving transformational programmes that strengthen care delivery, workforce capability, and patient experience across England.

Paul currently leads the delivery of the Women’s Health Strategy for England, working closely with the national clinical director for women’s health, Dr Sue Mann, to ensure the strategy delivers tangible and sustained impact for women across the life course. His portfolio includes commissioning the development of a multiprofessional core capability framework for women’s health, commissioning group consultation models to support high-volume, low-complexity women’s health pathways, and co-chairing the Women’s Health Network of Champions alongside Dame Lesley Regan, the women’s health ambassador, to support system leadership, shared learning, and implementation at scale.

Alongside his women’s health leadership, Paul leads major national programmes including the Community Nursing Safer Staffing Tool, the application of CARE Programme principles to improve outcomes for people with lower limb wounds, and the development and implementation of the General Practice Nursing Core Career and Capability Framework, supporting sustainable workforce growth and quality improvement across community and primary care settings.

Previously, Paul served as director of nursing (Transformation) at NHS England, where he led the GPN Ten Point Plan, co-developed the NextGen Nurse programme, and establish the national Nursing Sponsorship Programme, supporting very senior leaders to build confidence in anti-racist leadership and actively sponsor global majority nurse and midwife leaders.

Prior to joining NHS England, Paul was regional director for the West Midlands at the Royal College of Nursing, where he founded the RCN Cultural Ambassador Programme, a nationally recognised initiative promoting inclusion, belonging, and cultural competence within healthcare organisations.

Paul holds a Master’s degree in Management from the University of Liverpool, with a dissertation focused on the factors that enable nursing staff to raise concerns safely. He has also served as an elected member of RCN Council and chair of RCN Council, contributing to the strategic leadership of the profession nationally. He remains deeply committed to advancing nursing leadership, improving equity, and ensuring women’s health is embedded as a core priority across the NHS.

 

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Rachel Sweeney

Skin integrity team service lead, Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Rachel Sweeney is a tissue viabity specialist nurse, currently working in the role of skin integrity team service lead with Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust. She provides clinical, strategic and educational leadership for the community skin integrity team, consisting of specialist tissue viability, dermatology and lymphoedema nursing teams.

Since qualifying as a registered nurse in 2000 from the University of East Anglia, Rachel has held several nursing posts across surgical specialities, quality improvement, research, tissue viability and education within community, primary and secondary care settings.

Rachel’s tissue viability nursing career began in 2011 working within a large acute teaching trust, and while in this post she achieved a MSc in Skin Integrity and Tissue Repair. On leaving this post, Rachel successfully applied for a role in the community developing a newly commissioned tissue viability specialist nursing service.

Rachel is enthusiastic about learning and always keen to further develop her own skills and knowledge, as well as supporting development of colleagues within her team, organisation, and wider system, and is an honorary lecturer at the University of East Anglia.

Rachel also holds postgraduate qualifications in medical and healthcare education and infection control.

 

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Rasha Okashesh

Academic Lead, , Salford Standardization of Vascular Assessments Project

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Richard Shorter

Head of Awkward Conversations

Richard helps performance-focused environments navigate the conversations most people avoid. Through talks, coaching, and continuing professional development (CPD), he equips leaders, coaches, teachers and parents to:

• Tackle tension with calm and clarity
• Listen in a way that motivates, not manipulates
• Handle awkward feedback without conflict or shutdown
• Build cultures where truth and trust go hand in hand.

Examples of some of those whose conversations he has impacted include England Rugby, Manchester United, Manchester City, Motorsport UK, the England Cricket Board, Millfield School, Wellington College, Linklaters and over 40 independent schools.

 

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Sarah Robinson

Director of Health Partnerships and Insights, Health Innovation East, Implementation Lead, NIHR ARC East of England

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Siobhan Mccoulough

Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant and Nurse Director, Pioneer Wound and Lymphoedema Centres

Siobhan is a tissue viability nurse consultant with 25 years’ experience across primary care, community services, acute settings, and clinical commissioning in London and the Southwest. In 2023, she joined Pioneer Wound and Lymphoedema Centres as tissue viability nurse consultant and nurse director.

With a strong track record in quality improvement, innovation, systems thinking, and adaptive leadership, working collaboratively across professional and organisational boundaries, her career includes secondments to the Imperial Academic Health Science Network, where she led a joint commissioning initiative to develop and deliver pressure ulcer prevention training for carers across local authorities and health boards. This work has received quality improvement recognition awards from both European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and the Chief Nurse at NHS England.

In 2022, Siobhan was seconded to the National Wound Care Strategy Programme, supporting test sites in developing case studies that explored the barriers and enablers to implementing the lower limb recommendations.

Passionate about strengthening nursing leadership, Siobhan champions clinicians as ‘experts by experience’ to influence organisational strategy in tissue viability and patient safety. She has a particular interest in amplifying diverse and underrepresented voices in healthcare improvement. Having recently completed an MBA and a Diploma in Senior Leadership and Management in Healthcare at the University of Exeter, Siobhan is eager to share insights on building and sustaining high-quality wound care services during a period of significant change across the UK's health systems.

 

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