With over 20 years of experience as a Biomedical Scientist within the field of diagnostic microbiology, Greg Williams is now forging a new career path as a clinical liaison BMS for Public Health Wales Microbiology. A new developmental role with the aim of establishing a closer collaboration between microbiology and the wider health care services of Wales.

Currently, the main focus of this role is to establish closer communication, awareness, understanding and learning between microbiology and the wound care services of Wales.

Greg is also on the HSST specialist clinical consultant program, where he is pursuing a doctorate investigating wound microbiota changes in response to commonly used wound dressings.

Presentation at The Society of Tissue Viability 2025 Conference

Moving from communication to collaboration – a microbiology approach

Objectives

This session is aimed at all wound care providers and colleagues interested in learning more about the microbiology of wound care, and how collaboration is vital for both microbiology and wound care colleagues, explaining:

• Why collaboration is much deeper than we think
• The importance of collaborating with microbiology
• Service improvements we have introduced for wound care in Wales
• An introduction to some interesting wound causing bacteria

Abstract

Background to the topic – We often say we collaborate, but do we really?. To truly collaborate we need to experience the journey of the colleagues we are aiming to collaborate with.

Through this presentation Greg will share his journey of collaboration between PHW microbiology and the wider wound care community of Swansea Bay University Health Board. Explaining how a new job role has transformed how microbiology services engage with tissue viability, diatetics, podiatry and vascular services.

Summary – The aim of the presentation is to provide an understanding of microbiology in the wound care environment, and the importance of engagement between the services involved. Highlighting the benefits, service improvements and experiential learning that can be achieved through true collaboration.