Skin health & wound care for children

Our free service specific/specialist days promote the best practices in skin health and wound healing

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Overview

Caring for children with a chronic illness or disability can pose many challenges to healthcare professionals. Frequently this includes the risks associated with maintaining skin integrity and wound healing when faced with complex factors that can impact on patient outcomes.

This advanced study day will explore some of the factors that need to be considered when assessing and managing children with complex skin and wound care needs.

Who’s the Skin health and wound care for children suitable for?

The Skin health and wound care for children service specific/specialist day is aimed at Children’s Nurses, Community Children’s Nurses, Paediatric Specialist Nurses, Tissue Viability Nurses, Practice Nurses, GPs, children’s nursing students.

Programme

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Virtual exhibition

There will be an interactive virtual exhibition of wound care products and preventative aids from our industry partners.

Our Trustees look forward to welcoming you all virtually to the classroom.

Keynote Speakers

Sarah Gardner, SoTV Chair and Independent Tissue Viability Consultant, Wound Matters

Sarah Gardner

Independent Tissue Viability Consultant

Wound Matters

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Claire Porter, Plastics Specialist Sister/Lead Nurse, Leicester Royal Infirmary

Claire Porter

Advanced Practice Lead in Burns & Plastics

University Hospitals of Leicester

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Mrs Jansy Williams, Lead Paediatric Tissue Viability Specialist, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Jansy Williams

Lead Paediatric Tissue Viability Specialist

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Emma Readman, MSc Health & Professional Practice (Burns & Plastics), BSc Nursing (Registered Children’s Nurse), Non-Medical Prescriber, PGDip Tropical Nursing, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing (previously Burns & Plastics Advanced Nurse Practitioner),De Montfort University

Emma Readman

Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing (previously Burns & Plastics Advanced Nurse Practitioner)

De Montfort University

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Clinical Nurse Specialist Tissue Viability, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Louise Dalton-Heppenstall

Clinical Nurse Specialist Tissue Viability

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dr Gary Burgess, Principal Clinical Psychologist and Lead Psychologist in Dermatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Gary Burgess

Principal Clinical Psychologist and Lead Psychologist in Dermatology

Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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