The Future of Tissue Viability Show and Exhibition 2026
CorpAcq Stadium, Greater Manchester 21 October 2026, 8:30am - 4:30pm
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8:30am
Registration & Networking
9:30am
Chairs Opening Remarks
Carmel O'Boyle, Nurse Practitioner & Chair, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust & RCN Council
9:40am
The Future of Wound Care in a Changing NHS: Delivering Better Outcomes Through Integrated Services
- Understand the changing landscape of wound care delivery within the NHS
- Explore how integrated pathways can improve patient outcomes
- Consider how community services can support earlier intervention and prevention
- Identify opportunities to reduce variation in wound care practice
Session Reserved for a Senior Representative from NHS England
10:00am
Preventing Chronic Wounds: Early Identification, Risk Assessment and Personalised Care
- Recognise factors contributing to delayed wound healing
- Explore approaches to earlier identification and intervention
- Understand the importance of holistic patient assessment
Jacqui Fletcher OBE, Clinical Lead Tissue Viability & Independent Wound Care Consultant, NHS England
10:20am
Main Stage Speaking Session
Reserved for Haddenham Healthcare
10:40am
Question & Answers Session
11:00am
Break & Networking
11:30am
Healing Lower Limb Wounds in the Real World
- Understanding what benchmarks we have and their relationship to population health management
- Recognising and managing a patient’s risk of slow healing
- How to move from a prescriptive approach to patient partnership
- How to ensure more patients have access to therapeutic compresssion
Alison Hopkins MBE RN, Strategic Impact Advisor, Accelerate CIC
11:50am
Clinicians as Changemakers: Driving Sustainable Transformation in Wound Care Beyond Traditional Boundaries
- Influence stakeholders effectively to drive sustainable wound care transformation across traditional boundaries
- Leverage clinical data to support decision-making and overcome local commissioning barriers
- Adopt system-wide thinking to break down operational silos and build stronger partnerships
Julie Hewish, Senior Programme Manager/National Tissue Viability Clinical Lead, Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley, NHS
12:10pm
Session Reserved for Alastair Lewis
Alastair Lewis, President, The British Association of Sclerotherapists
12:30pm
Session Reserved for Deborah Chester Bessell, Teaching and Learning Fellow (Adult Nursing), University of Salford
Deborah Chester Bessell, Teaching and Learning Fellow (Adult Nursing), University of Salford
12:50pm
Lunch & Networking
1:50pm
From Wound to Limb Preservation: Lessons from the Manchester Amputation Reduction Strategy
- Understand the key principles behind successful amputation reduction strategies
- Explore how earlier referral and intervention can improve outcomes
- Identify opportunities to strengthen multidisciplinary wound pathways
- Learn from the Greater Manchester approach to reducing avoidable amputations
Naseer Ahmad, Consultant Vascular Surgeon & Clinical Director, Manchester University Foundation Trust & Manchester Amputation Reduction Strategy (MARS) and Greater Manchester Aneurysm Screening Programme
2:10pm
Multidisciplinary Pathways in Diabetic Foot Ulceration & Amputation Prevention
- Evaluate Multi-Agency Triage & Referral Pathways
- Formulate Integrated Amputation-Prevention Strategies
- Implement Best Practices for MDT Co-Management:
Lukla Biasi, PhD Consultant Vascular Surgeon Lead for Lower Limb Revascularisation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
2:30pm
Drug Tariff Reform and what it means for Wound Care
- Overview of the Part IX Tariff Reforms
- Reflection on wave one review ahead of wave two launch
David Lawson, Medical Technology and Innovation Director, Department of Health and Social Care
2:50pm
Break & Networking
3:20pm
Venous Leg Ulcers – why waste money on compression and dressings, whilst ignoring UK-funded research?
Mark Whiteley, Consultant Venous Surgeon & Consultant Phlebologist, Executive Chairman of the Whiteley Clinic
3:40pm
Pressure, Precision, and Prevention: The Biomechanical Approach to Lower Limb Wound Management
- Identify Biomechanical Risk Factors
- Apply Evidence-Based Standards
- Evaluate Offloading Modalities
4:00pm
Panel Disscussion: Bridging the Gap: Integrating Infection Prevention and Advanced Tissue Viability in Clinical Practice
This collaborative panel session brings together leading expertise in infection prevention and control, tissue viability, and acute and community nursing to explore the vital intersection of wound management and infection reduction. Panelists will discuss holistic strategies for early identification and risk mitigation, effective multi-disciplinary coordination across acute and community settings, and standardizing best practices to optimise healing outcomes and enhance patient safety.
4:30pm
Chairs Closing Remarks and Finish
Carmel O'Boyle, Nurse Practitioner & Chair, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust & RCN Council