Wounds UK Annual conference 2024

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The Wounds UK Annual Conference will feature fresh clinical content, including the expansion of our popular Made Easy workshops, which will provide all delegates with a more intimate and rewarding learning environment. Under the theme Integrated strategies and solutions for quality outcomes, our plenary sessions will update you on the latest clinical opinion, research, and policy from around the UK.

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Conference ticket options	Details	Cost Inc VAT
3-days	Including dinner	£385
3-day	Excluding dinner	£288
1-day Monday	Monday only, no dinner	£192
1-day Tuesday	Tuesday only, no dinner	£192
1-day Tuesday	Tuesday, includes dinner	£272
FDUK Conference	Tuesday only, no dinner	£81
1/2 day Wednesday	Wednesday only	£110
3-day Poster presenter	Including dinner	£200
3-day Poster presenter	No dinner	£120
Gala dinner	Gala dinner Tuesday	£88
Exhibitor pass 3-days	Exhibition only no entry to sessions, no dinner	£186
Exhibitor pass 1-day	Exhibition only no entry to sessions, no dinner	£92

Agenda

Event Schedule

Monday, November 11

+ Agenda

09.00-10.15

Registration, refreshments and e-poster viewing

Please note the exhibition will officially open at 17.30

10.15-10.30

Conference Welcome

Jacqui Fletcher

10.30-11.15

Overall title: How can we be kinder to ourselves?

Remembering our value – shared experiences – Leanne Atkin

Reflecting on the past year
Valuing ourselves – making a start
Protecting our value
Self-preservation

The person in nursing – reclaim yourself from ‘shoulds’ – Chris Molyneux

The person-centred approach
Our relationship with self and our process
Unconditional positive self-regard

(‘reclaim yourself from shoulds’ could go here instead?)

Leanne Atkin & Chris Molyneux

11.15-12.00

Supporting colleagues with neurodiversity in the workplace

Sian Edney

12.00-12.15

Travel time

12.15-13.00

Made easy interactive session (Rotation A)

13.00-13.30

Lunch and poster viewing

Level 5

13.30-14.15

Made easy interactive session (Rotation B)

14.15-14.25

Travel Time

14.25-15.10

National Strategy Updates

15.10-15.40

Improving the management of wounds in patients with dementia

Consent, capacity and the legal framework
Delirium avoidance and practical wound management with case examples
Are surgical interventions ever a good idea?

Amy Ferris

15.40-16.25

Improving offloading for the foot in diabetes: use of total contact casting in practice – Introducing the new Consensus Document

Session Supported by Essity

Highlighting key recommendations and guidelines
Pathways to support appropriate use of Total Contact Casting
- Open Discussion
  - Addressing common concerns and misconceptions
  - Sharing success stories and challenges

Panel: Neil Tarn

Jacqui Fletcher

16.25-17.10

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Achieving equality of health outcomes requires identification of barriers and biases
Discrimination and marginalisation can be experienced by many groups and individuals.
Raising awareness of EDI in tissue viability

Event Schedule

Tuesday, November 12

+ Agenda

07.30-08.30

Registration, refreshments, exhibition and e-poster viewing

08.30-09.15

Understanding Osteomyelitis – an interactive session

Identifying those at risk of or with osteomyelitis
Treatment protocols and alternative options
Gaps and current barriers in care

Heidi Sandoz & Graham Bowen

09.15-10.00

Session supported by Urgo Medical

10.00-10.10

Travel time

10.10-10.55

Made easy interactive session (Rotation C)

10.55-11.30

Refreshments, e-poster and exhibition viewing

11.30- 12.00

Overcoming the fear of caring for people with malignant wounds

Session Supported by Mediq

Introducing the new consensus document
Exploring the importance of time management in patient care
Having open and honest conversations with patients

Chair: Karen Ousey

Panel: Susy Pramod & Sharon Gardener

Susy Pramod & Sharon Gardener

12.00-12.30

Live anatomy session

LIVE – enhance your clinical practice. (recorded human cadaver dissection)

Please note this session is a recorded human cadaver dissection – no photographs

Linking anatomy to clinical practice
Differentiating tissue types at different anatomical locations

Jacqui Fletcher

12.30-13.15

Session supported by L&R

13.15-14.00

Lunch, e-poster and exhibition viewing

14.00-14.30

Inflammation

Inflammation is fundamental to the wound healing process
Identifying the causes of inflammation
- Systemic
- Local
Managing inflammation

Mark Portou and Jacqui Fletcher

14.30-15.15

Implementing a Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) pathway

Session supported by S&N

Highlight barriers that may prevent timely interventions for the treatment of non-healing wounds in the UK
Explore the challenges of rising healthcare costs in wound management
Discuss the importance of implementing a clinical pathway to ensure timely intervention using sNPWT
Share outcomes of the UK multi-site consensus highlighting and addressing challenges in implementing a sNPWT pathway in routine care
Provide practical guidance on embedding a sNPWT pathway in local practices across the UK

Jacqui Fletcher

15.15-15.45

Refreshments, e-poster and exhibition viewing

15.45-16.30

Made easy interactive session (Rotation D)

16.30-16.40

Travel time

16.40-17.10

Wound healing in sickle cell leg ulcers

Sickle cell pathophysiology
Sickle cell treatments
Sickle cell and wound healing

Rebecca Leigh

17.10-17.30

ISTAP Skin tears session

19.00-23.30

Pre-gala dinner champagne reception and Wounds UK award for excellence Wounds UK dinner – Hollywood theme

Event Schedule

Wednesday, November 13

+ Agenda

09.00-09.30

Registration, refreshments, e-poster and exhibition viewing

09.30-10.00

Common skin conditions for the tissue viability nurse

Calciphylaxis,
Necrobiosis Lipoidica,
Scarring

Phil

10.00-10.30

Bridging the gap in the training of domiciliary care staff. Delivering tissue viability training.

Free paper winner 2023

The Care Certificate is an agreed set of standards that define the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of specific job roles in the health and social care sectors

There is no tissue viability within the 15 core modules of the care certificate
Carers roles contain many relevant elements
Delivery and evaluation of a focussed educational module

Elizabeth White

10.30-11.00

Paediatric session

Rachel Allaway

11.00-11.15

Mattress session

Understanding mattress functionality
Using FEA and CFD to analyse behaviour of skin and soft tissue when in contact with different mattress types
A standardised classification system for mattresses

Rachel Durrans & Jasmine Tolson

11.15-12.00

Refreshments, e-poster and exhibition viewing

12.00-12.30

Keeping our patients safe

Understanding the broader contexts of Safeguarding
Applying the MCA
The roles and responsibilities of the team in safeguarding processes

12.30-13.00

DEBATE – Do we practice Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in wound care

Location

Harrogate Convention Centre

King’s Rd, Harrogate, HG1 5LA

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