Welcome to the November edition of Wounds UK and to the annual conference. You may recall that for the past 2 years I have been exploring the role of the tissue viability nurse and changes in tissue viability services. Following analysis of the survey and interviews that many of you were involved with at the 2014 Wounds UK conference, I am delighted to be able to announce that during the 2015 conference we will be launching a Tissue Viability Service Competency Framework for use in all clinical areas across all bands of staff.