1. Welsh Wound Network

2. Overview Welsh Wound Network? What has it done so far?
What is it going to do?
How to get involved?

3. Wounds in Wales
20 years since first national wound conference in Wales
Academic interest through Dermatology, Surgery, Plastic surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Pharmacy, Nursing
Little concerted action or focus
Little commercial activity

4. From then until now...
Wound Healing Research Unit, 1991 now part of Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University
Academic groups – Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Glamorgan, UWIC, Swansea
Clinical – All-Wales Tissue Viability Nurses Forum
Commercial – around 30 companies, employees, £60-70 million annual contribution to the wealth of Wales

5. Welsh Wound Network

6. Why a Welsh Wound Network?
Lots of activity
No co-ordination
Perhaps loss of opportunities for collaboration?
Loss of visibility outside Wales
Network seeks to maximise potential for working together and to make Wales seen as a major player in wounds worldwide

7. Welsh Wound Network
September 2007, 6 months funding from Welsh Assembly Government to explore the concept
Two meetings to discuss creation of the network
Management team
Marketing materials and web-site
Publicity
All done by March 2008!

8. Mission statement
The Welsh Wound Network exists to improve the clinical care of people in Wales with wounds through; Implementation of innovative practices and interventions that are based upon high quality research Dissemination to healthcare professionals, academic colleagues, members of the public, policy makers and the bioscience industries and other stakeholders via the Welsh Wound Network web site, conferences and other events of • Information related to effective wound healing practices and innovations • Examples of all aspects of peer accepted best clinical practice in wound healing Communication to Welsh Wound Network members and non-members regarding advances in wound healing Representation of the views of Welsh Wound Network members to healthcare policy makers Evaluation of new practices and innovations through high quality collaborative research, audit and other enquiries.. Promotion of the expertise in wound healing that is available within Wales to both UK and wider audiences. Through these actions the Welsh Wound Network aims to contribute to and develop the field of wound healing.

9. Welsh Wound Network
2 meetings 92 participants – 45 organisations
1st meeting – 34 organisations – academic 8, clinical 7, commercial 16, government and charity 3
SWOT analysis to guide development

10. What has it done so far? SWOT short-term objectives
Facilitate communication
Map current expertise
Common contact point for network
Marketing (website)
Follow-up meeting

11. Management team Mike Clark Keith Harding Trudie Young Jane James
Greg Baily
Jerry Hutchinson
Gwyn Tudor
Sharon Thomas

12. Promotion

13. Promotion Wounds UK 2007, 2008 conference
Tissue Viability Society 2008, conferences
Medica 2007, 2008
Western Mail
MediWales Review
MediLink Review
Links with UK Knowledge Transfer Networks programme

14. Promotion

15. Communication

16. What happens next?
Welsh Assembly Government agreed 2 years funding of the WWN (£150,000+)
Open meetings over the next two years
Brokerage events (speed dating for wound healing)
Newsletters
Knowledge transfer – improved audit etc
Encourage participation in research
Build visibility for wounds in Wales

17. Welsh Wound Network www.welshwoundnetwork.org