• 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

• Recognise factors contributing to delayed wound healing
• Explore approaches to earlier identification and intervention
• Understand the importance of holistic patient assessment

• Understand the latest developments in wound healing research and skin regeneration
• Explore how advances in laboratory research can translate into clinical practice
• Gain insight into future approaches for improving healing outcomes
• Consider how innovation can support more personalised wound care pathways

• Explore how digital tools are changing wound assessment
• Understand opportunities and limitations of AI-supported care
• Examine how data can improve decision-making

• 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

Panellists will explore the barriers that contribute to variation, including differences in workforce education, access to specialist advice, referral pathways, documentation, product selection and service design. The conversation will also consider how integrated working between acute, community and social care teams can improve continuity of care and support better outcomes for patients living with complex wounds.

The discussion will also consider recruitment and retention challenges within tissue viability and community nursing, and how career pathways, leadership development and better access to specialist expertise can support workforce sustainability.