2025 conference programme

We believe that skin health and wound healing is everyone’s business and that change happens when we work together, not in silos

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Day 1 – 30 April, 2025

Conference Hall – Main Plenary Sessions

RESILIENCE IN HEALTH CARE

10.15 – Break and exhibition viewing

SAFE AND EFFECTIVE LOWER LIMB CARE

  • 11.00 – Injecting injuries and leg ulceration in people who inject drugs – Dr Alison Coull
  • 11.30 – Diagnostic performance and cost-effectiveness of automated devices for identifying peripheral arterial disease in people with leg ulceration – Dr Dwayne Boyers
  • 12.00 – A randomised controlled trial of compression therapies for the treatment of venous leg ulcers: VenUS 6 Study Results – Catherine Arundel

12.30 – Lunch and exhibition viewing

OPTIMISING HEALING: GETTING WOUND BED PREPARATION RIGHT

  • 14.00 – Understanding wound debridement: assessment and methods for effective practice – Joanna Swan
  • 14.30 – “Uniting Expertise”, reaching a consensus on international best practices for wound debridement among Nurses Specializing in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Canada and the Society of Tissue Viability – Sharon Neill

15.00 – Break and exhibition viewing

THE PRESSURE IS OFF! HOW NEW EVIDENCE CAN INFLUENCE PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT

  • 15.45 – Understanding the association between pressure ulcers and sitting in adults: What does it mean for all of us? Seating guidelines for people, carers, health and social care professionals, third edition – Melanie Stephens
  • 16.15 – Unlocking Potential: Transform your ideas into reality, how can ‘Art’ influence lower limb pressure ulcer prevention and management – Sharon Neill
  • 16.45 – Pressure ulcer prevention for people with long-term neurological conditions: a participatory approach – Dr Susanne Coleman and Dr Laura McLarty
  • 17.15 – Close

Concurrent Sessions – Small Conference Hall – New evidence to support practice

SESSION 1 – PREVENTION / EARLY INTERVENTION TRIALS

  • 11.00 – Free papers
  • 11.30 – PREVENTion and treatment of Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis (IAD) through optimising care: development and feasibility cluster randomised trial of the IAD-Manual (PREVENT-IAD) – Dr Sue Woodward
  • 12.00 – Targeted antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of SSI – Dr Hannah Daysley
  • 12.30 – Lunch and exhibition viewing

SESSION 2 – DIABETIC FOOT

SESSION 3 – GETTING STARTED IN WOUNDS RESEARCH / CAREERS IN RESEARCH

  • 15.45 – Getting started in wounds research / careers in research. Panel discussion including hints, tips and personal experiences – Martin Sylvester, Dr Clare Greenwood and Professor Peter Worsley

  • 16.15 – Free papers
  • 17.15 – Close

Concurrent Sessions – Lecture Hall – Workshops

Day 2 – 1 May, 2025

Conference Hall – Main Plenary Sessions

A CUT ABOVE THE REST: USING EVIDENCE TO IMPROVE SURGICAL WOUND CARE

  • 09.15 – A pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy versus usual care for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention (SWHSI 2) – Catherine Arundel
  • 09.45 – PPAC2 trial (packing vs no packing) – Katy Newton
  • 10.15 – Surgical wound complications- what we need to know and do! – Jacky Edwards
  • 10.45 – Break and exhibition viewing

HOW WELL DO WE REALLY UNDERSTAND WOUND PAIN?

  • 11.30 – More than just pain – A lived experience of skin and wound challenges of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) – Victoria Abbott-Fleming MBE
  • 12.00 – Wound related pain – are we responding to patient need? – Professor Georgina Gethin
  • 12.30 – Wound-related pain and the endocannabinoid system – Catherine Healy
  • 13.00 – Lunch and exhibition viewing

WHEN SHOULD WOUND CARE BECOME URGENT?

  • 14.30 – Necrotising fascitis – urgency and impact on patients – Luxmi Dhoonmoon
  • 15.00 – How should we manage pre-tibial lacerations and haematomas? What is the current evidence base? – Dr Clare Greenwood

INCLUSIVITY IN HEALTH CARE

Concurrent Sessions – Small Conference Hall – Prevent-Manage-Heal: A collaborative approach

COLLABORATION IN PRESSURE ULCERS

  • 09:15 –

    The influence of localised cooling at the skin of the heel and sacrum – Dr Ralph Gordon

  • 09:40 – Overview of innovations and emerging technologies to detect posture, mobility and pressur ulcer risk in vulnerable individuals – Dr Silvia Caggiari
  • 10:05 – Complex positioning/sleep systems – Dr Jackie Casey
  • 10:30 – Q&A
  • 10:45 – Break and exhibition viewing

COLLABORATION IN INFECTION

  • 11:30 – The importance of collaboration in surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance – Anja Thompson
  • 11.55 – Collaboration in diagnosing & treating wound/unusual infection – Moving from communication to collaboration – a microbiology approach – Mr Greg Williams
  • 12.20 – Antimicrobial Stewardship – what is it and how do we apply it to wound care? – Professor Val Edward-Jones
  • 12.45 – Q&A
  • 13:00 – Lunch and exhibition viewing

COLLABORATION IN LOWER LIMB

  • 14:30 – Collaboration in skin tear management: Ambulance service | Industry | Community Nursing – Dr Jeannie Donnelly
  • 14:55 – Lower limb care and cellulitis diagnosis – Rebecca Elwell
  • 15:20 – Creating collaboration in personalised lower limb care – Katie Rees and Rebecca Long
  • 15:45 – Q&A
  • 16.00 – Close

Concurrent Sessions – Lecture Hall – Workshops

It’s a fantastic programme for the Society of Tissue Viability 2025 Conference – don’t miss out!

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