WOUND CARE TODAY
2015,Vol 2, No 1
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WOUND CARE ALLIANCE UK
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W
elcome to the 2015 edition of
Wound Care Today
. The year has started on an
encouraging note for the Wound Care Alliance UK, with positive feedback about our
achievements last year. The new journal was very well received and as always, we
welcome your comments. A big ‘thank you’ must be extended to all the trustees — who are all
members of the editorial board on
Wound Care Today
— and also to Wound Care People, who
have helped to make our transition to a new publishing house so easy.
The Wound Care Alliance UK has also received praise for its partnership with the Welsh
Lymphoedema Network and the successful Wound Care Alliance UK conference in Swansea,Wales.
So a huge thank you to our Welsh trustees — Julie Evans, Jackie Griffin and Jane James for leading on this.
September 2014 also saw the launch of our ‘skills day’, with the focus on key wound care areas and the
development of the skills necessary to support clinical delivery. A big thank you to all the trustees for supporting this
event and the development of the posters including, Menna Lloyd Jones, Rosie Callaghan, Jola Merrick, Michelle
Greenwood, Julie Evans and Jackie Griffin. If you were unable to attend and have not received a paper copy, they are
available on the Wound Care Alliance UK website (
). Once again it has been a pleasure to work with
Tim, Nicola and all the team at Mole Productions and if you haven’t yet seen the video of the 2014 conference, do
take a look on the website
). I would also like to thank Rosie Callaghan for her
support with the website and the analysis of the Wound Care Alliance UK’s membership.
Perhaps like me your thoughts have turned to the forthcoming election, and whichever party (or parties) win-out
there are sure to be changes to the NHS. Personally, I welcome a greater focus on the prevention, assessment, and
management of tissue viability. One thing that has struck me already this year is the discussion about accurate dementia
diagnosis and who should be responsible for this. An accurate diagnosis is always needed to support care delivery and
tissue viability needs to be similarly high on the agenda irrespective of who forms the next government.
Jackie Stephen-Haynes, Chair of the Wound Care Alliance
April, 2015
Will the general election put wound
care on top of the agenda?
The Wound Care Alliance UK would like to thank their sponsors for their ongoing support:
3M
