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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The Society of Tissue Viability is extremely grateful to all speakers at their conference who have given their time for free.

Day 1 – 30 April, 2025

Conference Hall (across the car park) – 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 – Dr 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 (across the car park) – New evidence to support practice

SESSION 1 – PREVENTION / EARLY INTERVENTION TRIALS

  • 11.00 – Free papers
    * The Skin and Soft Tissue Abscess Severity Assessment Tool (SSTA-SAT). Knowledge and innovation from a doctoral research study – Liam Stout
    * Steven Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: perspectives of healthcare professionals in Northern Ireland and the global literature – Kate Bennett
    The evolution of suspected deep tissue injuries reported at a hospital Trust in England – Alexandra Bishop
    * ‘Bed Mobility Matters’: Do pressure mattresses impact bed mobility and independence? Comparing the perceptions of the individuals who use them and health care professionals – Rachael Durrans
    * Skin and soft tissue abscess flare: a contemporary definition for interpreting erythema – Liam Stout
    * Optimising Compression Therapy fOr inPatients with venous UlcerS. Providing compression therapy in NHS hospitals – Yaping Lian
    * Reducing incidences of pressure ulcers in ICU by 70% – Sarah Kate Mangan
  • 12.00 – 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
  • 12.30 – Lunch and exhibition viewing

SESSION 2 – DIABETIC FOOT

  • 14.00 – MIDFUT: Multiple interventions for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) – Myka Ransom and Henrietta Konwea

  • 14.30 – Evaluating extracorporeal shockwave therapy for diabetic foot ulcer healing – Professor Ian Chetter

  • 15.00 – Break and exhibition viewing

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 – Dr Clare Greenwood, Professor Peter Worsley and Martin Sylvester

  • 16.15 – Free papers
    * Implementation of an OSCE style competency framework to improve clinician confidence and competency in lower limb management – Eva Harris and Jackie Dark
    * Introduction of a new moisture associated skin damage pathway in adult critical care unit at Leeds Teaching hospitals – Natasha Hyde and Catherine Gacad
    * Enhancing pressure ulcer prevention and management through multidisciplinary collaboration: A joint approach between Tissue Viability Nurses (TVNs) and Occupational Therapists (OTs) – Eva Harris and Danielle Base
    * The role of the Pressure Ulcer Improvement Nurse (PUIN) in improving the adverse event review process of pressure ulcers – Susan Newman
    * Integrating Digital Technology in Chronic Wound Management: The ICAREWOUNDS study – Rini Bhatnagar and Lissy Augustine
    * Clinical audit identifying compliance with wound assessment within an acute setting – Stephanie Brown and Katie Leek
    * Equity in care : Skin tone diversity education in pressure damage prevention – Lourdes Rivera
  • 17.15 – Close

Concurrent Sessions – Lecture Hall (first floor) – 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 – The Impact of postoperative packing of perianal abscess cavities: a multicentre RCT – challenging wound care dogma. Results and discussion about de-implementation – Ms 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
  • 09:45 – Overview of innovations and emerging technologies to detect posture, mobility and pressure ulcer risk in vulnerable individuals – Dr Silvia Caggiari
  • 10:15 – Using positioning in lying to reduce the risk of developing pressure ulcers in those with limited mobility and or complex postures – Dr Jackie Casey
  • 10:45 – Break and exhibition viewing

COLLABORATION IN INFECTION

  • 11:30 – The importance of collaboration in surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance – Anna Thompson
  • 12.00 – Moving from communication to collaboration – a microbiology approach – Mr Greg Williams
  • 12.30 – Antimicrobial Stewardship – what is it and how do we apply it to wound care? – Professor Val Edward-Jones
  • 13:00 – Lunch and exhibition viewing

COLLABORATION IN LOWER LIMB

Concurrent Sessions – Lecture Hall – Workshops

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