Wounds UK 2004 featured a Question Time session with a panel of experts, organised in conjuction with the Tissue Viability Society. The panel were:
- Helen Orchard, Chair of the Tissue Viability Society
- Debs Thompson, Vice-Chair of the Tissue Viability Society
- Dr Miles Maylor, University of Glamorgan
- Rob Holder, MD, Activa
- David Maddox, UK Business Unit Director, Convatec
- Elaine Brown, MD, Karomed
The discussion was chaired by Professor Keith Harding
The questions below are transcripts of those asked during Question Time Session. Click on the video link to watch the answers from the panel.
Question 1:
1. Do you believe industry and health care professionals can be true partners as they are serving two masters in the field of wound care?
[Watch Video]
Question 2:
2. How does industry make sure that it's providing good information to the healthcare professional?
[Watch Video]
Question 3:
3. Is the PASA review of wound care products a threat to the relationship between practitioners and healthcare companies?
[Watch Video]
Question 4:
4. Should people working in industry be educating practitioners about evidence?
[Watch Video]
Question 5:
5. What should we do to get wound healing and pressure ulcers onto a national political agenda?
[Watch Video]
Question 6:
6. How do we ensure patient engagement in developing best practice in wound care?
[Watch Video]
Question 7:
7. Is there a need for all the societies involved in wound care which have been created to continue to exist?
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Question 8:
8. After the explosion of societies and groups, has the Tissue Viability Society failed in its attempts to take wounds forwards as a professional subject?
[Watch Video]
Question 9:
9. Do you believe pressure ulcers have failed as a quality indicator of healthcare delivery in the UK?
[Watch Video]
Question 10:
10. Do national guidelines work?
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Question 11:
11. Should we have a national czar for wounds in the UK, and if we should, who should it be?
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Question 12:
12. In 10 years time, what do you think will have been the single most important development, either in the prevention or treatment of wounds?
[Watch Video]
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