Wounds UK Conference 2022

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WOUNDS UK
CONFERENCE 2022

WOUNDS UK 2022 CONFERENCE

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.

Agenda

7th – 9th November 2022

Harrogate Convention Centre

King’s Rd,

Harrogate

HG1 5LA

Monday 7th November

Registration, refreshments and e-poster viewing

10.00-10.30

Please note the exhibition will officially open at 17.30.

10.30-10.45

Conference welcome

10.45-11.15

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on venous leg ulcer management and patient outcomes in the UK

11.15-12.00

Patient first - compassion based care

How have health systems changed, where are we now? – Jacqui Fletcher
Compassion focused wound care – Gillian Rayner
- Explore how compassion focused therapy can enhance wound care practice
- Consider the psychosocial elements to wound care
- Offer ideas to enhance your practice
Patient focused prevention and situated adherence – Lisa Ledger
- Patient perceptions and understanding of PU risk
- What does patient involvement in decisions around risk management look like and what are the enablers and potential barriers?
- What factors affect adherence to PU advice giving within community settings
When the tissue viability nurse becomes a patient – dealing with a breast abscess, it’s different when it’s personal – SarahJayne Oxlade

12.00-12.15

Travel time

12.15-13.00

Made easy interactive session (Rotation 1)

Sessions are repeated at 14.00, Limited spaces

Managing dehisced surgical wounds using negative pressure wound therapy - draining wounds, not your time

Developed by Wounds UK in association with Mölnlycke Health Care

Examples of managing dehisced surgical wounds in practice-impact on patients and clinicians
Three dimensional exudate management
Using disposable negative pressure wound therapy with a hands on step by step guide to success

Lisa Sutherland

Queen’s Suite 1

Making PURPOSE-T work in practice

Developed by Wounds UK in association with Direct Heathcare Group

How PURPOSE-T fits with local protocols
Understanding specifics of use in certain specialist areas
Using risk factors to identify appropriate equipment

Jacqui Fletcher

Queen’s Suite 2

Assess, benchmark and improve: an introduction to the Tissue Viability Leading Change (TVLC) online capability framework

Developed by Wounds UK in association with URGO Medical

Ensuring all clinical staff caring for patients with wounds have the knowledge and capability to deliver care safely and in line with best practice
Introducing the Tissue Viability Leading Change (TVLC) Online capability framework
Plan the right educational strategies to bridge the knowledge gap

Karen Ousey & Anita Kilroy-Findley

Queen’s Suite 3

Acute and chronic wound care - negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) options

Developed by Wounds UK in association with 3M Health Care

When to use NPWT with instillation and when to use without
Using NPWT in practice with clinical scenarios
Practical demonstration – hands on tips and tricks for success

Claire Porter

Queen’s Suite 4

Free paper sessions

Main auditorium

13.00-14.00

Lunch and e-poster viewing

14.00-14.45

Made easy interactive session (Rotation 2) sessions repeated as above

Limited spaces

14.45-14.50

Travel time

14.50-15.35

2022 Tissue Viability –Where are we now?

XX mins

An Update on the NWCSP – Una Adderley
3 Nation update
- Northern Ireland – Gillian Carnduff
- Wales – Wendy Simmonds
- Scotland – Jenni McDonald

15.35-16.05

Parallel sessions

Moving from still images to live data- digital transforming wound pathways to address the burden of chronic wounds

High quality digital solutions can help manage caseloads and spot deteriorations in real time
Wound pathway digitisation is not about single wound images- it is about gathering consistent and reliable assessment data
Digitising a wound pathway takes time, but can drive clinical decision making from front line to strategic levels

Michael Oliver and Hannah Blake
Main Auditorium

Spasticity, contractures and pressure ulcers

What causes spasticity and contractures?
What are the management options?
What services are available to help?

Annie Price
King's Suite

16.05-16.50

Patients presenting with Red Legs: differential diagnosis and the role of compression

XX mins

Session supported by 3M Health Care

How to differentiate between infective and inflammatory lower limb conditions
Presenting a new treatment pathway for managing these conditions
The role of compression therapy in the management of inflammatory and infective skin conditions

16.50-17.35

Parallel sessions

Updates from the NWCSP

Development of a new wound product classification system for England

The lack of visibility of data on wound product use at national, regional or Integrated Care Boards level is an issue
The new classification system will benefit organisations who list, supply and / or distribute wound management products
The new classification system will provide a stronger basis for developing clinical decision support at the point of care

Nicky Morton

Chair: Jacqui Fletcher

Nicky Morton & Mike Watson
Main Auditorium

Challenging wounds

Hidradenitis suppurativa – Amy Ferris
Uncommon causes of ulceration – Annie Price
– Case examples including necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, acroangiodermatitis, leucocytoclastic vasculitis and calciphylaxis
– Tips for diagnosis
– Useful investigations

Chair: Samantha Holloway
Amy Ferris & Annie Price
King's Suite

17.35-19.00

OFFICIAL EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION HELD in Studio one

Tuesday 8th November

08.00-08.45

Registration, refreshments and e-poster viewing

08.45-09.15

Pilonidal Sinus disease – the unspoken condition

Aetiology explained
Current management options
Lessons learned

09.15-10.00

Making national recommendations a reality: Real life examples of reducing variations in care

Session supported by Urgo Medical

Recognising the need for action to improve healing outcomes – time for change
Early intervention with evidence based treatments can change the landscape for patients and clinicians
Real life examples that can be applied to improve healing rates in your practice

10.00-10.05

Travel time

Aetiology explained
Current management options
Lessons learned

10.05-10.50

How 2 sessions

Innovative wound care treatment needn't be difficult: Evidence based treatments for everyday use

Session supported by Urgo Medical

An interactive session to support with decision making around the everyday challenges of wound healing
Expert advice on managing infection, exudate, pain at dressing changes and more
Practical demonstrations of easy to use evidence based treatments on a range of different wound types

Kelly Moore

Queen's suite 1

Wound Balance - How to achieve anti-microbial stewardship

Session supported by Hartmann

Understand Antimicrobial resistance
Recognise the importance of Antimicrobial Stewardship and how I play a part
Gain an insight into how to use non-medicated wound dressings in the prevention of infection.

Karen Ousey

Queen's Suite 2

Wound Hygiene Step 2: Introducing ChloraSolv®, an innovative technology for debridement

Session supported by Convatec

Wound Hygiene introduction by Lisa Wood – Clinical Strategy Manager, Convatec
Mechanism of Action by Daniel Metcalf – Associate Director Science & Technology, Convatec
Clinical experience by Joy Tickle, Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, UK
Hands on demonstration and questions

Lisa Wood, Daniel Metcalf and Joy Tickle

Queen's Suite 3

Free Paper sessions

hidradenitis suppurativa – Amy Ferris
Uncommon causes of ulceration – Annie Price
– Case examples
– Tips for diagnosis
– Useful investigations
Necrobios lipoidica – Amy Ferris

Main auditorium

10.50-11.00

Refreshments, e-poster and exhibition viewing

Aetiology explained
Current management options
Lessons learned

11.00-11.30

Parallel sessions

Pain management in complex wounds

Using an understanding of pain mechanisms to choose the right pain management treatment
Pharmacological management of wound pain and the impact on healing
Electrical stimulation for wound pain and healing

Amelia Swift
Main Auditorium

Management of malignant fungating wounds

Defining a fungating wound
Symptoms and their impact on patients and carers
Improving quality of life.

Susy Pramod
Queens' Suite

11.30-11.35

Travel time

11.35-12.20

Be Bold – the impact of being a leg ulcer champion

Session supported by L&R

- What makes a leg ulcer champion
- The impact on the workforce and patients
- Launch of the updated Best Practice Statement: Holistic Management of VLU

12.20-13.20

Lunch e-poster and exhibition viewing HELD IN STUDIO ONE

Aetiology explained
Current management options
Lessons learned

13.20-14.05

Launching the best practice statement on non-healing wounds

Session supported by Smith+Nephew

Importance of holistic wound assessment in recognising if the patient’s wound is likely to heal
Empowering staff with the tools to escalate care to more active treatments
Recognising how and when to refer to a specialist for patients in the community

14.05-14.30

Parallel sessions

Update on a greener NHS: sustainable options in wound care services

Sustainability in the context of wound care – where are we now?
Examples of sustainable wound care services
Next steps and what the future looks like

Sian Fumarola
Main Auditorium

Wound assessment in the context of frailty

What is frailty and why does it matter?

What are the frailty syndromes and how do they affect wound healing?
The medication review for wound healers

Amy Ferris
Queens' Suite

14.30-15.00

Parallel sessions

Biofilms: what’s new?

Biofilm: a natural phenomenon -An overview of biofilm regrowth and importance to reoccurring wounds and infection
New clinical and in vitro evidence on biofilms in wounds
Biofilm evidence and education – next steps to ensure consensus on how to manage

Chair: Karen Ousey
Steven Percival
Main Auditorium

Nutrition and hydration in pressure ulcers (PU)

Nutrition and pressure ulcers

The importance of a nutrient dense diet in preventing and treating pressure ulcers
What does the 2019 EPUAP nutrition guideline say?
Why is it difficult to develop a nutrition pathway ?

Dove Yu

Hydration and pressure ulcers

Importance of hydration in pressure ulcer prevention
GULP (Gage oral intake, Urine colour, Look for signs of dehydration, Plan care) Dehydration risk assessment overview
Results of a six month pilot study monitoring the impact of GULP

Karen Green

Dove Yu and Karen Green
Queen's Suite

15.00-15.20

Parallel sessions

The challenges of implementing the lower limb recommendations and what the plan is for moving this forward at a national level

Moving from strategy to implementation – the challenges in practice
Early learning from the First Tranche Implementation Sites (FImpS)
With challenge comes opportunity – next steps for the national strategy

Rachael Lee
Main Auditorium

The surgical wound in infrared: opportunities for infection prognosis

Caesarean section as a ‘model’ of surgical site infection (SSI) risk
Enhanced wound assessment using infrared thermography (IRT)
Applications of IRT in surgery and at the bedside

Charmaine Childs
Queens' Suite

15.20-15.50

Refreshments, e-poster and exhibition viewing

15.50-16.20

Addressing skin tone bias in wound care

Best Practice Statement and lessons learned
Ethnic minority groups and skin assessment
Empowered to challenge

16.20-16.50

Revisiting skin integrity, skin frailty and skin health in a peri pandemic world

Current issues and challenges in accessing healthcare and its potential impact on skin
Explore definitions of skin integrity, skin frailty and skin health
Exploring strategies for prevention of skin damage
Revisiting skin integrity, skin frailty and skin health in a peri pandemic world

19.00 Pre-gala dinner champagne reception and Wounds UK award for excellence Wounds UK dinner

Wednesday 9th November

09.00-09.30

Registration, refreshments and e-poster viewing

09.30-10.00

Paediatric pressure ulcer (PU) prevention

The Principles of paediatric pressure ulcer prevention
A brief insight into the impact of pressure injuries on children and their families
The development of pressure champions in children’s services

10.00-10.30

Conservative therapy options and surgical reconstruction management of pressure ulcers (PU)

Current issues and challenges in accessing healthcare and its potential impact on skin
Explore definitions of skin integrity, skin frailty and skin health
Exploring strategies for prevention of skin damage
Revisiting skin integrity, skin frailty and skin health in a peri pandemic world

10.30-11.00

National Wound Care Strategy Updates

Improving the knowledge and skills of the wound care workforce – Krishna Gohill

How to set a consistent standard of wound care knowledge and skills across the work force using the national wound core capability framework
Using resources to support the development of wound care knowledge and skills across the work force
Update on educational resources and how to access them.

Update on the PU workstream – Jacqui Fletcher

A new national PU surveillance system
PU clinical pathway and recommendations

11.00-11.15

Skin integrity prevalence in care homes

Exploring the results of a skin integrity prevalence audit in care homes
Seeking to understand the data and what this means for service provision and an evidence-based support strategy
Lessons learned from large scale audit

11.15-12.00

Refreshments, e-poster and exhibition viewing

Current issues and challenges in accessing healthcare and its potential impact on skin
Explore definitions of skin integrity, skin frailty and skin health
Exploring strategies for prevention of skin damage
Revisiting skin integrity, skin frailty and skin health in a peri pandemic world

12.00-12.30

Safe Innovative Debridement (SID) - an interactive training model

Establishing a safe, realistic wound model for debriding practitioners
Current progress and development of SID
Future outlook on wound debridement simulation models

12.30-13.00

Are chronic wounds a frailty syndrome? - Discussion forum

Different perspectives on frailty syndrome

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Speakers

7th – 9th November 2022

Harrogate Convention Centre

King’s Rd,

Harrogate

HG1 5LA

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Registration, refreshments and e-poster viewing

Monday 7th November

10.30-11.00

Please note the exhibition will officially open at 17.30.