08.30–10.00
Registration and exhibition
10.00–10.15
Opening remarks
by Helen Shoker, clinical director, Wound Care Today
and introduction of conference chair
Paul Vaughan, national deputy director, community and primary care nursing, NHS England
10.15–11.00
Motivational session: Difficult conversations
Richard Shorter, creator of ‘Non-Perfect Dad’, head of Awkward Conversations and author of ‘Conversations for the Journey’
11.00–11.35
How to build general practice, community and hospital wound care provision against a backdrop of the 10-year plan
Jane Parker, tissue viability nurse; Rachel Sweeney, lead tissue viability specialist nurse, skin integrity, both at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Jack Short, faculty member, National Association of Primary Care
11.35–11.55
Epidermolysis bullosa: a parent and specialist nurse perspective
Katie White, tissue viability nurse, Stoke
11.55–12.00
Questions from the audience
12.00–14.00
Lunch/exhibition/skills zones
14.00–14.10
Welcome, introduction to afternoon sessions
Paul Vaughan, national deputy director, community nursing and primary care nursing, NHS England
14.10–14.46
First-time speaker sessions
Three speakers who have never spoken at a national conference showcase their work
14.46–15.00
Questions from the audience
15.00–16.00
Break/exhibition/skills zones
16.10–16.40
Lessons learned when introducing innovation into a community-based wound care service
Agnes Collarte, tissue viability specialist nurse lead, Inner Northwest Division (Central London, Hammersmith and Fulham and West London)
16.40–17.20
Women’s experiences of having a caesarean wound
Holly Edmundson, research midwife, pre-doctoral clinical and practitioner academic fellow, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust; Lucy Goddard, postdoctoral researcher in maternity and women’s health, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration, Oxford and Thames Valley; Ines Sadoc Pereira, nurse consultant tissue viability, NHS Grampian
17.20–17.40
National strategy for wound care: what’s next?
Sarah Robinson, director of health partnerships and insights, Health Innovation East; implementation lead, NIHR ARC East of England
17.40–17.50
Summary/evaluation of today’s conference
08.00–09.00
Exhibition opens
09.00–09.10
Welcome and open of day two
Paul Vaughan, national deputy director, community and primary care nursing, NHS England
09.10–09.30
Free paper sessions
Speakers share their work
09.30–10.00
Role of AI technology in improving patient outcomes in a wound care service
Hollie Robinson, tissue viability service lead, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
10.00–11.00
Break/exhibition/skills zones
11.10–11.50
Chronic limb-threatening ischaemia and clinical frailty
Beth Lillico, high risk and vascular specialist podiatrist, Manchester Local Care Organisation
11.50–12.30
Podiatry initiative to improve vascular assessment among the community workforce
Matthew Allen, consultant lead podiatrist, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Rasha Okasheh, academic lead, Salford standardization of vascular assessments project
12.30–12.40
Questions from the audience
12.40–14.10
Lunch/exhibition/skills zones
14.20–14.50
Healing non-healing, lower limb wounds through collaborative working with GPs, community healthcare trusts, tissue viability and district nursing
Bernadette McGlynn, clinical lead for tissue viability, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
14.50–15.20
A leg ulcer population calculator and its role in commissioning and service delivery
Siobhan Mccoulough, nurse director ‑ tissue viability nurse consultant, Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centres
15.20–15.35
Questions from the audience — lower limb panel discussion
15.35–16.05
Finding a way through: non-traditional wound care provision in vulnerable populations
Jon Findlay, national harm reduction lead, Waythrough
16.05–16.20
Questions from the audience
16.20–16.35
Summary/evaluation and close of conference
