Last year's seminars were so well received by healthcare professionals it is now in its second year.

Wound pain is a distressing area for both patient and healthcare professional alike, chronic pain, particularly with leg ulcers, need not be part and parcel of having an ulcer. ActiFormCoolŽ has been shown to relieve pain in many leg ulcer patients. Nurses using the dressing have been echoing the view of the RCS 1990 that "failure to relieve pain is morally and ethically unacceptable".

The speakers from both the scientific community and clinicians explain how the dressing works and how it differs from previous sheet hydrogels, other speakers discuss their experiences of painful wounds and when they have found ActiFormCoolŽ beneficial.

Speakers include:

• Prof. Keith Harding
• Pauline Beldon
• Dr. Keith Moore
• Sylvie Hampton
• Deborah Hofman
• Trudie Young

Programme

09.30 - 10.15	Professor Keith Harding Accurate Wound Assessment and its Role in Managing Pain Associated with Wounds
10.15-11.00	Pauline Beldon Working in Partnership with the Patient A discussion on how effective patient/professional partnerships can improve clinical outcomes in relation to pain and healing while improving concordance.
11.00-11.30	Dr Keith Moore Advancing Wound Dressing Technology A review of the scientific and clinical implications of second generation sheet hydrogels and their role in wound management.
12.15 - 1.30	Lunch and exhibition viewing
1.30 - 2.15	Sylvie Hampton Second Generation Hydrogels: Clinical Data A review of the clinical research and audit conducted to date on second generation sheet hydrogels.
2.15 - 3.00	Deborah Hofman Effective Clinical Practice A review of the role of sheet hydrogels as part of modern leg ulcer management- case studies and discussion.
3.00 - 3.30	Trudie Young Questions to speaker panel