The 2008 Wounds UK Harrogate Wound Care Conference will be held on 10-12 November 2008.

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Tuesday 11th November 2008
08.00	Registration Exhibition and Poster Viewing - Exhibition Hall
08.00 - 8.45	Main Auditorium Plenary Session Breakfast meeting in association with Coloplast - breakfast provided Assessment and treatment of Chronic Wound Pain - based on a new WUWHS Consensus Paper - 2008 Chairman: Flemming Wilhelmsen, MD, Denmark Speakers: Diane Krasner, RN, PhD, USA Patricia Price, PhD, CHPsychol, Wales Sue Bale, RN, PhD, Wales
09.00 - 09.45	Parallel Sessions Kings Suite A - Specialist Session "Healing heels- the Manchester heel protection team experience" Louise Stewart - podiatrist, North Manchester PCT Michelle Proudman, Tissue Viability Nurse, North Manchester PCT Main Auditorium B - Themed Session The topical negative therapy debate continues — measuring outcomes relating to topical negative pressure Fiona Russell, CNS Tissue Viability, NHS Grampian Stella Vig, Consultant Surgeon, Mayday University Hospital
09.50 - 10.35	Main Auditorium Plenary session Start to Heal in Association with Urgo Chairperson - David Gray, CNS Tissue Viability, NHS Grampian Mark Collier, Lead Nurse Consultant in Tissue Viability, United Lincolnshire's Hosp Trust, "Start to heal- the evidence" Simon Barrett - Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, East Riding of Yorkshire, "Starting out- the clinicians and patients experience"
10.35 - 11.05	Tea/Coffee, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
11.05 - 11.50	Parallel Sessions Kings Suite A - Specialist Session Controversies in infection - Biofilms Scott Cairns , Research Fellow, Wound Healing Research Unit, Cardiff Prof Rose Cooper, Microbiologist, University of Wales , Cardiff Keith Cutting - Buckinghamshire University Main Auditorium B-Themed Session Free Papers
11.55 - 12.40	Main Auditorium Plenary session in association with Molnlycke Health Care Minimising wound pain: hearing the patients voice, improving their experience Patient perspective Professor Patricia Price, Director of Academic Research, Dept. of Wound Healing, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, "The extent of the problem" Assessment - the key to successful pain management Wendy White, Clinical Nurse Consultant/Educator, (private practice), Lake Haven, NSW Australia, "Pain assessment- a tool-kit for practitioners" Implementing pain-management strategies Simon Barrett, Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, East Riding of Yorkshire, "Implementing change in pain assessment"
13.55- 14.00	Main Auditorium SDMA - "Working with industry" Jackie Fletcher, Principal Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire
12.40 - 14.00	Lunch and Poster and Exhibition Viewing
14.00 - 14.45	Main Auditorium Plenary Session in Association with Covidien - Wound Management Chair Person - Jackie Fletcher, Principle Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire Speakers; Prof David Leaper, Cardiff University, "Wound Infection:The risks, the costs and improving patient outcomes AMD- A review of the evidence Kathy Leak, Wound care sister, Doncaster: A review of the effectiveness of AMD within the clinical setting.
14.50-15.50	Management Challenges- identification of lower limb skin changes - an interactive audience debate, combining wounds and dermatology debate combining wounds and dermatology The panel of experts will present examples of lower limb wounds, discuss their complex pathologies and pose questions to the audience for them to vote on. The panel will consist of experts in the fields of dermatology, vascular surgery, lymphoedema and wound care. Chair: Professor Keith Harding, Wound Healing Research Unit, Cardiff Professor Christine Moffatt, Professor of Nursing and a Director of the Centre for Research and Implementation of Clinical Practice, London Peter Vowden, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Kathryn Vowden, Nurse Consultant in Acute and Chronic Wounds, Bradford Girish Patel,Senior Clinical Research Fellow, WHRU Cardiff Janice Bianchi, Glasgow Caledonian University
15.50- 16.15	Tea/Coffee, exhibition and poster viewing
16.15 - 17.15	Moisture lesions versus pressure ulcers — how do we classify them? Interactive audience debate combining continence and wounds The panel of continence and wound experts will debate the issue of moisture lesions: should they be graded as part of pressure ulcer risk assessment or are they separate aetiological lesions and therefore have their own grading system? Examples and arguments will be presented to the audience for their votes. The Panel Chair: Professor Keith Harding, Wound Healing Research Unit, Cardiff Mikel Gray PhD, Department of Urology, University of Virginia Heather Orsted, Co-director and Course Coordinator, International Interprofessional Wound Care Course, University of Toronto, Canada Dimitri Beeckman RN MA, PhD candidate, Nursing Science, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, and Research Staff, Department of Bachelor in Nursing, University College Arteveldehogeschool Ghent, Belgium, Ronald Houwing, Dermatologist MD PhD, Deventer Ziekenhuis, Department dermatologie,
17.20- 18.05	In association with Pliva Pharma "New horizons in the managment of Supra-Pubic catheterisation Speaker ; Dr. Ian Russell PhD, Urology Nurse Consultant, Dumfries and Galloway NHS trust Click here to download a PDF for more information
19.00	Royal Hall PRE-DINNER CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION - Sponsored by Activa
20.00	HALL A GALA DINNER

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Wednesday 12th November 2008
09:30 - 10.15	Main Auditorium Plenary Session in Association with Urgo Perfecting compression with peak performance. Chairperson: Professor Christine Moffatt, Professor of Nursing and Director of the Centre for Research and Implementation of Clinical Practice, London Irene Anderson, Lecturer University of Hertfordshire- "Compression and Performance- the ultimate reference" Dr. Kerihuel, "Peak performance, an exploration of the facts" Pauline Beldon, yissue Viability Nurse Specialist, Epsom and St Helier Univ Hospital NHS Trust, " Clinical risk management and compression bandage therapy" Fiona Burton, Lead TVN, Uni Hosp. Cov.& Warwickshire NHS Trust, "Fondation le Lous"
10.20 - 11.05	Parallel Sessions King's Suite A - Specialist session Lymphoedema- a global response Speaker;Professor Christine Moffatt, Professor of Nursing and a Director of the Centre for Research and Implementation of Clinical Practice, London B - Themed Session Main Auditorium Diabetic foot - do dressings make a difference William Jeffcoate, Consultant Endocrinologist, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Nottingham Patricia Price, Director of Academic Research, Department of Wound Healing, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
11.05 - 11.35	Tea/Coffee, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
11.35 - 12.20	Plenary session in Association with KCI An overview of the use of a telemedicine system in the remote management of wounds Over the last two years a telemedicine system designed to support specialist practitioners manage wounds has been developed and piloted. This session will present the data from the 18 month pilot programme and how this system will be made available in the UK. Speakers; David Gray, CNS Tissue Viability, NHS Grampian Jamie McGuffog, IT Project Manager, HealthComm UK Ltd
12.25 - 13:10	Parallel Sessions King's Suite A - Specialist Session Free Papers Main Auditorium B - Themed Session Free Papers
13:10 - 13.55	The future of wound healing: facts, figures, fallacies and the future Heather Orsted, RN, BN, ET, MSc in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair Co-Director and Course Coordinator, International Interprofessional Wound Care Course Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto and Clinical and Educational Consultant, Canadian Association of Wound Care Calgary, Alberta, Canada
13.55 - 14.00	Finale and close
14.00	Lunch and exhibition viewing

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