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Wounds UK Wound Essentials Conference - 23rd June, Telford

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Time

Topic

Speaker

08.00

Registration and exhibition viewing

09.00

Chair's welcome

09.15

Debridement - a review of methods, therapies and treatments used in the debridement of devitlaised tissue - supported by case studies

Lorraine Grothier, CNS Tissue Viability, Middlesex PCT

09.45

Wound Infection - identification of infection and treatments - the use of topical applications

Kathy Leak, Wound Care Sister, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10.15 - 11.00

Coffee and Exhibition Viewing

11.00

Diabetic foot- assessment, treatment and management of patients with diabetic foot ulceration

Paul Chadwick, Principal Podiatrist, Salford NHS Trust

11.30

Making Sense of Pressure Ulcer prevention equipment in the hospital and community setting

Richard Buckland, Tissue Viability Lead Nurse, County Durham PCT

12.00

Questions from the Morning Sessions to Speakers Panel

12.15-13.30

Lunch and Exhibition Viewing

13.30-14.15

Best Practice Statement Optimising the use of Versiva XC gelling Foam Dressings - Sponsored by Convatec

David Gray, CNS Tissue Viability and Pauline Beldon, Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant,

14.15

Exudate management in the lower limb

Pauline Beldon, Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

15.00

Wound Granulation - a review of therapies available to promote wound granulation, including the use of Topical negative Pressure

Fiona Russell, CNS Tissue Viability, Grampian Health Services, Aberdeen

15.45

Questions from the afternoon session to the speakers panel

16.00

Close of conference

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