CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Wound Care Today will host its seventh FREE conference on 6-7 March, 2024.
Just click on the tabs below to view. Alternatively you can download a pdf version.Meet our Speakers
08.30–10.00
Registration and exhibition
10.00–10.15
Opening remarks
Helen Shoker, clinical director, Wound Care Today
Introduction of conference chair
Paul Vaughan, deputy director, Primary Care Nursing and NextGen Nurse, NHS England
10.15–11.10
Harnessing the power of human emotion and personal purpose to achieve our true potential
Personal development session: Vicki Anstey, world record holder, adventurer, award-winning entrepreneur, Ted-X speaker, mentor, mental skills coach and athlete
11.10–11.30
Lymphoedema — journeys taken together
Garry Cooper-Stanton, doctoral researcher, senior teaching fellow, Queen’s Nurse, associate dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire
11.30–11.55
Re-imagining wound care delivery: a virtual approach
Cerys Stowe, lead tissue viability nurse specialist, Fundamentals of Care team;
David Cruttenden-Wood, consultant colorectal surgeon
Rebecca Housley, consultant nurse, telemedicine, virtual wards and the communication centre, all at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
11.55–12.00
Questions from the audience
12.00–14.00
Lunch / exhibition / skills zones
14.00–14.15
Welcome, introduction to afternoon sessions
Paul Vaughan, deputy director, Primary Care Nursing and NextGen Nurse, NHS England
14.15–14.50
Free paper sessions
14.15–14.27 Diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a clinical case report
James Gotts, diabetes specialist podiatrist, Vascular Department, Royal London Hospital
14.27–14.39 Acroangiodermatitis (Pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma): a case study of a woman referred with chronic oedema, venous insufficiency and sun damage
Clare Anvar, clinical therapy specialist, Lymph Fusion
14.39–14.51 Using larval debridement therapy to improve management of haematomas in an acute setting
Rebecca Sacree, tissue viability nurse, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
14.50–15.00
Questions from the audience
15.00–16.00
Break / exhibition / skills zones
16.00 –16.20
Debridement: why and how?
Alison Parnham, teaching associate clinical nurse specialist — tissue viability, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
16.20–17.00
Measuring quality in wound care: demystifying statistical process control tools
Siobhan Mccoulough, tissue viability nurse consultant, Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centres
17.00–17.15
Summary/evaluation of today’s conference
08.30–9.00
Exhibition opens
09.00–09.10
Welcome and open of day two
Paul Vaughan, deputy director, Primary Care Nursing and NextGen Nurse, NHS England
09.10–09.40
Wounds, digital tech, AI and the role of the nurse
Panel discussion: Joanna Swan, senior lecturer in tissue viability, Birmingham City University;
Samantha Haigh, lead nurse in tissue viability, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dorothy Bean, regional chief nursing information officer, NHS England South West and IT systems analysis and design student, University of Oxford
09.40–10.00
Radiotherapy injury in different skin tones
Naman Julka-Anderson, Macmillan radiotherapist, co-creator of Rad Chat
10.00–11.00
Break / exhibition / skills zones
11.00–11.40
Managing oncological surgical wounds with a focus on reducing the risk of infection
International speaker: Sara Carvalhal, surgical oncologist, melanoma, sarcoma and peritoneal malignancy unit wound care team
11.40–12.00
Impactful clinical leadership
Ines Pereira, nurse consultant in tissue viability, NHS Grampian
12.00–12.15
Questions from the audience
12.30–13.45
Lunch / exhibition / skills zones
14.00–14.50
First-time speaker sessions
14.00–14.12 Communicating large scale change: delivering a campaign approach
Jacquie Warner, tissue viability nurse, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
14.12–14.24 Bariatric patient’s skin removal complications abroad
Shaun Churm, third year nursing student, Sheffield Hallam University
14.24–14.36 Importance of holistic care in wound care demonstrated by a case study
Linda Humphreys, community matron
Jane Hughes, district nurse caseload holder
Linda Johns, clinical nurse specialist, all at Merseycare NHS Trust
4.36–14.48 Transforming lymphoedema care in the Scottish borders
Cheryl Lugton, tissue viability specialist nurse, NHS Borders
14.50–15.30
Collaborative working between primary care, community care and the integrated care board (ICB)
Jane Parker, PCN tissue viability specialist nurse, West Norfolk Coastal and King’s Lynn PCNs;
Rachel Sweeney, tissue viability specialist nurse, Norfolk Community Heath and Care NHS Trust
15.30–15.45
Creating your narrative for change
Paul Vaughan, deputy director, Primary Care Nursing and NextGen Nurse, NHS England
15.45–16.00
Summary / evaluation and close of conference
Join us in an interactive event to explore the next decade of innovation in wounds, tissue viability and lymphoedema.
The Wound Healing and Practice Development Unit of Birmingham City University (BCU) will lead an interactive event where specialists in the fields of Wounds, Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema will reflect on the last 3 decades of innovation in their fields, share how barriers were overcome and engage in interactive discussion with the audience to chart the next decade of innovation. In today’s NHS we face a new set of challenges that can restrict innovation and by engaging in a series of clinically focussed sessions the audience will be invited to participate in discussions where the realities of innovating in the next decade will be considered. We will hear from those who have a proven track record in innovation in the fields of wounds, tissue viability and lymphoedema and invite those in the audience to identify the barriers to innovation we need to overcome in the future. Our sessions will focus on Lower Limb Wounds, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, Debridement, Regulation, Innovative Environments and Digital Healthcare while also exploring what makes a culture of innovation a reality and the leaders who support innovation.
All Speakers are part of Birmingham City University except those with affiliations shown.