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](https://societyoftissueviability.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SARAH-GARDNER-2.jpg)
![Claire Porter, Plastics Specialist Sister/Lead Nurse, Leicester Royal Infirmary](https://societyoftissueviability.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CLAIRE-PORTER.jpg)
Claire Porter
Advanced Practice Lead in Burns & Plastics
University Hospitals of Leicester
Read more…![Mrs Jansy Williams, Lead Paediatric Tissue Viability Specialist, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust](https://societyoftissueviability.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/JANSY-WILLIAMS.png)
Jansy Williams
Lead Paediatric Tissue Viability Specialist
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Read more…![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](https://societyoftissueviability.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EMMA-READMAN.jpg)
Emma Readman
Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing (previously Burns & Plastics Advanced Nurse Practitioner)
De Montfort University
Read more…![Clinical Nurse Specialist Tissue Viability, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust](https://societyoftissueviability.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/LOUISE-DALTON.jpg)
Louise Dalton-Heppenstall
Clinical Nurse Specialist Tissue Viability
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Read more…![Dr Gary Burgess, Principal Clinical Psychologist and Lead Psychologist in Dermatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust](https://societyoftissueviability.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GARY-BURGESS.jpg)
Dr Gary Burgess
Principal Clinical Psychologist and Lead Psychologist in Dermatology
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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