Mark Edward Collier, Council member

Home Address:
The Old Dairy, Byards Leap Farm, Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 8EY
Telephone: 01400.263020 (ex-directory)
E-mail: collier.mark@btopenworld.com
Date of Birth: 26th December 1954

Professional Qualifications:
ENG (1979), RGN (1982), ONC (1984), RCNT (1988), RNT (1992),
BA (Hon's) - (1992), Independent/Supplementary Nurse Prescribing – V300 (2003)

Current Post:
Lead Nurse / Consultant - Tissue Viability, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, c/o Pilgrim Hospital, Sibsey Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 9QS,
Telephone: 01205.364801 via ext.5338 (admin support) or Bleep: 416
Work Mobile: 07717.356500
E-mail: mark.collier@ulh.nhs.uk

Professional Education:
1977-1979 Enrolled Nurse (General)
Shropshire School of Nurse Education
1980-1982 Registered General Nurse
Shropshire School of Nurse Education
1984-1985 Orthopaedic Nursing Certificate
Shropshire School of Nurse Education
1987-1988 Clinical Teacher's Course
John Moore's University - Liverpool
1990-1992 Bachelor of Arts (Honours Degree) with Nurse
Education incorporating the RNT Certificate
University of Portsmouth
2002-2003 Extended Prescribing for Nurses (EPN-B73)
University of Nottingham
2007 Advanced Course in Epidemiology and Medical
Statistics – London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine

Special Interest Areas:
Tissue Viability - preventative and treatment aspects, Biological Sciences,
Trauma and Elective Orthopaedics, Educational and Professional Issues, Research

Membership of professional Organisations (current):
1977 Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
1982 Tissue Viability Society (TVS)
1986 Wound Care Society (founder member) (WCS)
1991 European Wound Management Association (EWMA)
1996 Leg Ulcer Forum –United Kingdom (LUF)
1997 European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP)

Previous Employments and relevant Professional Experience:
11th March 1974 Commenced employment within the National Health Service
1974 – 1977 Plaster (POP) Technician at Whiston Hospital, Merseyside
1979 - 1980 Enrolled Nurse - Theatre Suite
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH)
1982 - 1985 Staff Nurse - Orthopaedics, Accident and Emergency & Nights
(included Paediatric experience) Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
1985 - 1987 Charge Nurse – Orthopaedics, Kettering General Hospital
1987 – 1988 Clinical Nurse Teacher - General, Orthopaedics
Northamptonshire School of Nursing (Kettering Hospital base)
1988 - 1992 Specialist Orthopaedic Tutor to ENB 219 Courses at the School
of Nursing, RNOH, Stanmore, Middlesex, affiliated with the
Bloomsbury College of Health Studies
1988 - 1994 Charge Nurse (Casual) Wembley Stadium, Middlesex -
providing medical cover at all major sporting and music events
1992 - 1993 Nurse Tutor - P2K and Post Basic Education (Tissue Viability)
School of Nursing, Royal Free Hospital, London, affiliated with
the North London College of Health Studies
1993 - 1997 Nurse Consultant - Tissue Viability, Addenbrookes Hospital
Cambridge - related clinical, educational and research activities
1994 – 2000 Event Nursing Officer (Casual) Wembley Stadium - organising,
providing and supervising all medical cover at major sporting
and music events across the complex
1995 – 1998 External Examiner for all Tissue Viability Modules - Thames
Valley University, Reading
1997 - 1998 Nurse Consultant - Tissue Viability / Kinetic Therapy
KCI Medical Ltd., Witney, Oxon
1997 – 2002 Honorary Nurse Consultant – Tissue Viability, Hinchingbrooke
Healthcare NHS Trust, Cambridgeshire
1998 – 2002 Nurse Consultant/Senior Lecturer - Tissue Viability, Centre for
Research and Implementation of Clinical Practice (CRICP),
Thames Valley University, London
2002 – Ongoing Appointed Lead Nurse / Consultant - Tissue Viability, United
Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
2003 – 2006 Appointed Lecturer/Practitioner – Tissue Viability (leader for
Pressure Ulcer Modules) University of Nottingham
2003 – Ongoing Appointed to the NICE Guideline Development Group Panel
2010 – Ongoing Invited to act as a Professional Advisor (Tissue Viability and
Wound Care) - on secondment – for the Royal College of
Nursing and Midwifery (RCN) London
2010 – Ongoing Appointed as an External Examiner for the MSc – Skin Care
Courses at the University of Hertfordshire

Publications:

100+ peer reviewed publications and book chapters

Research Profile:
1988-1992 Involved with data collection and analysis re: evaluative studies
of the Pressure Sore Prediction Score (PSPS) with the original
author – Peter Lowthian
1992 Undertook enquiry as published - 'Spells, potions and rituals'
1993 - Current Involved with ongoing multi-centre national research and
randomised clinical trials of both pressure reducing and
pressure - relieving support surfaces, in addition to wound
management materials, as clinical/principal investigator plus
clinical evaluations of the same for both primary investigative
and comparative purposes
2000 Involved in the interviewing/data collection process for the first
Lymphoedema ‘epidemiological’ study undertaken within the
United Kingdom. (Population drawn from one major NHS
Healthcare trust – Wandsworth, South London, including St.
George’s Hospital)
2001 Invited to be a principal investigator for a multi-centre
randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of VAC
therapy (KCI) for the treatment and management of Pressure
Ulcers. Note: Co-ordinator of the only British centre involved -
other centres in the United States of America and Europe
2003 Invited to be a principal investigator for a European multicentre
randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of
Enamel Matrix Derivative (EMD) for the treatment and
management of Leg Ulcers. One of only four centres in the UK.
2005 Invited to be a principal investigator for a multi national/centre
clinical trail of a newly developed compression therapy system
prior to launch. One of only five centres in the United Kingdom.
2005 Commenced my PhD studies at Thames Valley University
(London) ‘A prospective, stratified, cohort study to investigate
if the calculation of a patients Ankle Brachial Pressure Index
(ABPI) as part of an assessment tool can be used to predict
patients ‘at risk’ of developing heel pressure ulcers’
2006 Invited to be an investigator for a multi-centre randomised
controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a new TNP therapy
and fluid delivery system (Smith and Nephew) for the treatment
and management of a number of surgical wound types.

Note: All of the above have been or will be reported in the form of an independent publication, verbal presentation and or poster presentation at an appropriate national / international conference, trust report and / or as manufacturers data (educational) and is therefore easily accessible.

National/International Profile:
Ongoing Often invited to give lectures or run workshops at study days / conferences throughout the United Kingdom and Europe – organised both by commercial companies and Healthcare establishments / departments - encompassing a variety of aspects of Tissue Viability (theoretical and practical).
Whenever possible, attend all the major Tissue Viability conferences as a delegate if not already involved as a speaker e.g.: European Wound Management Association (EWMA), European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel(EUPAP), Tissue Viability Society (TVS), Wounds UK (Harrogate)

Note: Since my appointment as Nurse Consultant – Tissue Viability, have acted as an ‘expert witness’ in many cases involving chronic wounds in particular. This has involved the writing of numerous reports and providing specialist advice to various Solicitors (representing either party) and the Health Service Ombudsman.

Special Achievements:
1985 Winner of the Mary Powell Orthopaedic Award (RNOH)
1986 Founder member of the Wound Care Society (UK)

1994 Initiated and organised the first "Current Concepts - Latest Thinking" Tissue Viability conference in Cambridgeshire - attracting delegates from all over the United Kingdom and Eire (now an annual event, except for 1997 and 1998)
1995 Instrumental in the development of a Tissue Viability course, expanding upon a module that had already been planned re: the Management of Patients with Leg Ulcers (ENB N18). Outcome – an educational course comprising of a core module plus three other modules entitled 'Aspects of Tissue Viability', widening the focus to include patients with Acute (ENB A49a) and Chronic (ENB A49c) Wounds, organised in conjunction with the Homerton School of Health Studies, Cambridge. (Invited to lecture in all modules of the same)
1997 Awarded Poster Prize for ‘A Nurses Companion to Leg Ulcer Management’ EWMA Conference - Milan, Italy
1997 - 2002 Appointed Honorary Nurse Consultant – Tissue Viability,
Hinchingbrooke Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridgeshire
2001 - ongoing Invited to be an External Professional Advisor (Tissue Viability) for The Health Service Ombudsman – Office of the Health Service Commissioner for England
2001 - 2002 Programme Leader (Thames Valley University) for the BSc and
Dip HE – Nursing by Distance Learning (Wound Care) Pathways
2001 Invited to participate in a fact-finding mission on behalf of The Royal College of Nursing (UK) and an International Charity (CSW) re: the needs of patients (Tissue Viability) who have suffered Spinal Injuries in Armenia (See also International Profile)
2003 First nurse within the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) to successfully complete The Extended Nurse Prescribing Course (Supplementary) undertaken at the Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham
2004 Winner of Journal of Wound Care/Tendra Scholarship for Experienced Practitioners and admitted to Tendra Wound Healing Academy (life membership)
2005 Winner of Smith and Nephew Foundation award to Doctoral Studies (£90,000.00) to support my PhD study (see research profile)

Publications:
Collier M (1982) A day out in the theatre Nursing Mirror 155(7) 36-37
Collier M (1989) Pressure Sores: A guide to prevention Midwife, Health Visitor
and Community Nurse 25(6) 226-234
Collier M (1989) Pressure sore prevention and development - Educational Leaflet
No.3 Wound Care Society (UK)
Collier M (1990) A sore point Community Outlook October 29-32
Collier M (1990) Wound Care - Beyond 2001 Practice Nursing October 24-25
Collier M (1990) Wound Assessment - Making informed choices Practice
Nursing November 17-18
Collier M (1990) Towards a management policy Practice Nursing December
17-18
Collier M (1991) Be resourceful Practice Nursing March 16
Collier M (1991) Models for wound care Practice Nursing June 16-17
Collier M (1991) Current thoughts in wound care Practice Nursing September
17

Contributed four chapters on Orthopaedics to:
Gilchrist B et al (eds.) (1992) The Textbook of Adult Nursing Chapman and Hall UK
Collier M (1992) At risk groups highlight adage Heart Beat 36 November 21-22
Collier M (1993) Assessing a wound: RCN Nursing Update - Unit 29 Nursing Standard 7(20) Supplement 3-8 Scutari London UK
Collier M (1994) Assessing a wound (as above) - updated Nursing Standard 8(49) Supplement 3-8 Scutari London UK
Collier M (1994) Anatomy and physiology of the skin - Educational Leaflet 2(1)
Wound Care Society (UK) Northampton UK
Collier M (1995) Principles of trauma and the treatment of traumatic wounds -
Educational Leaflet 2(3) Wound Care Society (UK) Northants
Collier M (1995) Pressure sore prevention and development - Educational Leaflet
3(1) Wound Care Society (UK) Northampton UK
Collier M & Cutting K (1995) Assessing Wound Infections - Booklet and Video J&J
Collier M (1995) Spells potions and rituals - an enquiry to identify the major
influences governing nurses choice of wound cleansing solutions in clinical practice at a large London teaching hospital. In Papadopoulus I and Lee H (eds.) Research for Practice and Education Research Series Vol.2 80-104 North London College of Health Studies UK
Collier M (1996) Leg Ulceration: a review of causes and treatment Nursing Standard 10(31) 49-51 RCN Publishing Harrow UK
Collier M (1996) Trauma Injury Nursing in Accident and Emergency Nursing Times 92(20) 74-79 Macmillan Journals London UK
Collier M (1996) Pressure reducing mattresses: a clinical evaluation of eight
within Addenbrooke's NHS Trust. Journal of Wound Care 5(5) 207-211 Macmillan Journals UK
Collier M (1996) The principles of optimum wound management Nursing Standard 10(43) 47-52 RCN Publications Harrow UK
Collier M (1996) Aetiology of Pressure Sores / Pressure Sore Management
Protocol Journal of Wound Care Resource File Macmillan UK
Miller M & Collier M (1996) Understanding Wounds Macmillan London UK
Collier M & Cole A (1997) Pressure sore care - Professional Development Unit 39
* Knowledge for practice 93(4) Part 1 1-4
* The role of the nurse 93(5) Part 2 5-8
* Professional issues 93(6) Part 3 9-12
Nursing Times Macmillan London UK
Collier M (1997) Know How: Vacuum-assisted closure of wounds (VAC)
Nursing Times 93(5) 32-33 Macmillan London UK
Collier M (1997) Know How: Kinetic Therapy
Nursing Times 93(10) 48-49 Macmillan London UK
Collier M (1997) Taking the pressure off - twenty-four hours a day!
Clinical Report Huntleigh Healthcare Luton UK
Collier M (1997) Hydrogels and their practical use in wound debridement
Nursing Notes 13 2-5 May Seton Healthcare Oldham UK
Collier M & Pritchard V (1997) Management of an Obese Acutely Ill Patient
The Column 9(2) 17 April National Back Exchange UK
Collier M (1997) The holistic management of fungating wounds
Nursing Notes 14 2-5 July Seton Healthcare Oldham UK
Collier M (1997) Orthopaedic surgery – Chapter 12
In Simpson P (ed.) Surgical Nursing Edward Arnold UK
Collier M (1997) The assessment of patients with malignant fungating wounds – an holistic approach: Part 1 Nursing Times Professional Update
October 29 Macmillan Journals London
Collier M (1997) The assessment of patients with malignant fungating wounds – an holistic approach: Part 2 Nursing Times Professional Update
November 12 Macmillan Journals London
Bale S & Collier M (1998) Cavity Wounds Ed. Leaf 5(1) Wound Care Society UK
Collier M (1998) Acceptable evidence? Journal of Wound Care 7(8) 433 EMAP
Collier M, Macklin J & Moffatt C (1999) The Leg Ulcer Reference Educational
Resource (CD ROM) CRICP, Thames Valley University
London
Collier M (1999) Brevet tx: anti-embolism stockings for prevention and treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) British Journal Of Nursing
8(1) 44-49 Mark Allen Publishing
Collier M (1999) Blanching and non-blanching hyperaemia Journal of Wound
Care 8(2) 63-64 EMAP
Collier M (1999) Fundamental concepts explained Mattresses and Beds Resource File June EMAP London
Collier M (1999) Pressure Ulcer Development and the Principles for Prevention
and Venous Leg Ulceration Book Chapters in Miller M and Glover D Wound Management – Theory and Practice Nursing. Times Books EMAP London
Collier M (2000) Principles of wound drainage, healing and management -
Chapter in Manley and Bellman (eds.) Surgical Nursing: Advancing practice Churchill Livingstone Edinburgh
Collier M (2000) The start of something big NT Plus – Wound Care (Supp) 1
Nursing Times 96(4) EMAP London
Collier M (2000) Wound Care - Chapter in Cooper J (ed.) Stepping into
Specialist Palliative Care: A handbook for community professionals Radcliffe Medical Press Oxon
Collier M & Hollinworth H (2000) Pain and tissue trauma during dressing change Nursing Standard 14(4) 71-73 RCN Publishing London
Collier M (2000) Preventing and managing pressure ulcers on heels NT Plus -
Wound Care (Supp) 7-8 Nursing Times 96(29) EMAP London
Collier M & Hollinworth H (2000) Nurses views about pain and tissue trauma at
dressing changes: results of a national survey Journal of Wound
Care 9(8) 369-373 EMAP London
Collier M (2000) Malodorous and infected wounds: a patient-centred approach
Nursing and Residential Care 2(9) 422-424 Mark Allen
London
Collier M (2000) A developing area of expertise NT Plus – Wound Care (Supp) 1
Nursing Times 96(45) EMAP London
Collier M (2000) Management of patients with fungating wounds Nursing
Standard 15(11) 46-52 RCN Publishing London
Collier M & Franks P (2001) Quality of life: the cost to the individual - Chapter in
Morison M and Braden B (eds.) The Prevention and
Management of Pressure Sores Harcourt Brace Edinburgh
Collier M (2001) Benchmarking: influencing patient care NT Plus – Wound Care
(Supp) 1 Nursing Times 97(14) EMAP London
Collier M (2001) ‘Universal’ concepts - opinion Journal of Wound Care 10(7)
2249 EMAP London
Collier M (2001) Essential Guide to Wound Assessment Nursing Times EMAP
London
Collier M (2001) Principles for practice Journal of Community Nursing 15(9) 39-
46 PTM Publishers Sutton
Collier M (2001) Wound Bed Preparation (Question and Answer) Journal of
Wound Care EMAP London
Collier M (2002) Wound Bed Preparation NT Plus – Wound Care (Supp) Nursing
Times 98(2) EMAP London
Collier M (2002) Limited resources in wound management: a reality for some
Journal of Community Nursing 16(3) 38-42 PTM Publishers
Sutton
Collier M (2002) Caring for the patient with a skin or wound care need (chapter
25) in Walsh M (ed.) Watson’s Clinical Nursing and Related
Sciences 6th Edition Bailliere Tindall London
Collier M (2002) Introducing the Leg Ulcer Forum (LUF) NT Plus – Wound Care
(Supp) 62-64 Nursing Times 98(25) EMAP London
Collier M (2002) Health care in a developing country NT Plus – Wound Care
(Supp) 50 Nursing Times 98(25) EMAP London
Collier M (2002) A ten-point assessment plan for wound management Journal of Community Nursing 16(6) 22-26 PTM Publishers Sutton
Collier M (2002) Time for a pat on the back (Editorial) NT Plus - Wound Care
(Supp) Nursing Times 98(36) EMAP London
Collier M (2002) Wound Bed Management: Key principles for practice
Professional Nurse 18(4) 221-225 EMAP London
Collier M (2003) The challenge of wound exudate (Editorial) Wound Care
{Supp} Nursing Times 99(5) 47 EMAP London
Collier M (2003) Topical Negative Pressure Therapy (Vacuum Assisted Wound
Closure) Wound Care (Supp) Nursing Times 99(5) 54-55
EMAP London
Collier M (2003) The Elements of Wound Assessment Wound Care (Supp)
Nursing Times 99(13) 48-49 EMAP London
Collier M (2003) Wound bed preparation: theory to practice – CPD Article
(Tissue Viability) Nursing Standard 17(36) 45-52 RCN
Publications Harrow
Collier M (2003) MIMS Pocket Guide to Wound Care for Nurses June
Haymarket Medical Imprint London
Collier M (2003) Understanding wound inflammation Wound Care (Supp)
Nursing Times 99(25) 63-64 EMAP London
Collier M (2004) The recognition and management of wound infection World
Wide Wounds (e-journal) – January
Collier M (2004) Pressure Ulcer prevention: fundamentals for practice In
Pressure Ulcer Prevention: A guide to product selection (Supp)
Journal of Wound Care and Therapy Weekly May 3-7
Collier M (2004) The management of a patient with Necrobiosis Lipoidica
Diabeticorum (a case study) LUF Journal 18 Autumn 22-24
Huntingdon
Collier M (2004) JWC/Tendra Scholarships: a progress report Journal of Wound
Care 13(8) 304-5
Collier M (2004) Tissue viability and wound management: a European
perspective Hospital Healthcare Europe: The Official HOPE
Reference Book C32-33 Campden Publishing London
Collier M (2005) JWC/Tendra Scholarships: an update. What difference can I
make? Journal of Wound Care 14(1) 4
Collier M (2005) Stepping towards the future: the use of tissue engineered wound
management products – Chapter 10.1 in J.Javier Soldevilla
Agreda & Joan-Enric Torra i Bou (eds.) Atencion integral de
las heridas cronicas GNEAUP Spanish Publishers Associates Madrid
Collier M (2005) (Editorial) The high cost of pressure ulcers Wound Care (Supp)
Nursing Times 101(4) EMAP London
Collier M (2005) Review - EWMA position document: wound bed preparation in
practice Wound Care (Supp) Nursing Times 101(4) EMAP
London
Collier M & Radley K (2005) The development of a nurse-led complex wound clinic
Nursing Standard 19(32) 74-84 RCN Publishing Harrow
Radley K & Collier M (2005) The benefits of a complex wound clinic Dermatological
Nursing 4(2) 20-22
Collier M & Moore Z (2005) Aetiology and risk factors - Chapter 4 In Science and Practice of Pressure Ulcers Romanelli M, Clark M, Cherry G,
Colin D & Defloor T (eds.) Springer-Verlag London
Collier M (2006) Understanding the principles of wound management In
Working in Partnership to optimise wound product
procurement (Supplement) Journal of Wound Care 15(1) S7-10
EMAP London
Collier M (2006) The use of advanced biological and tissue engineered wound
products Nursing Standard 21(7) 68-76 RCN Publishing
Company London
Collier M & Schuren J (2007) Ease of use and reproducibility of five compression
systems Journal of Wound Care 16(4) Supp S8-10 EMAP/3M
London
Collier M (2007) Luxury or necessity? The case for more Tissue Viability Nurses
in the Community Community Health & Social Care 1:1 128-9
Schumtz J, Meaume S, Fays S, Collier M et al (2008) Evaluation of the nanooligosaccharide factor lipido-colloid matrix in the local management of venous leg ulcers: results of a randomised controlled trial International Wound Journal 5:2 172-182 (May) Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Moffatt C, Edwards L, Collier M et al (2008) A randomised controlled crossover
clinical evaluation of the 3 M Coban 2 Layer Compression
System versus Profore to evaluate the product performance in
patients with venous leg ulcers International Wound Journal
5:2 267-279 (May) Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Collier M (2009) Silver dressings: more evidence is needed to support their
clinical use Journal of Wound Care 18(2) 77-8 Mark Allen
London
Collier M (2009) Supplement editorial to place a new range of wound dressing
materials in context (Wounds UK)
Collier M (2010) Tissue Viability: Time for a change? Time for a coalition?
(Editorial – Wounds UK)
Collier, M (2011) Diabetic foot problems [online learning unit]. London: Nursing
Times/National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
www.nusingtimes.net/diabeticfoot
Collier M (2011) Surgical Site Infections (Educational Insert) Hartmann Post OP
Brochure, Hartmann Ltd, Lancashire
Collier M (2011) How to manage the diabetic foot Nursing Times 107:13 19
EMAP www.nursingtimes.net
At Press:
Collier M Wound management materials for patients with arterial leg
ulcers Wound Care (Supp) Nursing Times () EMAP London
CV - M. Collier continued (13)
Collier M (2010) Paying for itself

National Profile:
1986 Founder / Committee member of the Wound Care Society (UK)
1993 – 2000 Organised, chaired and presented a variety of papers at the
Cambridgeshire Wound Care Conference (2 days) entitled, ‘Current Concepts – Latest Thinking’. Five completed in total. (National as well as local audience profile)
1994 Involved with the organisation of and presented at the first
National Wound Care Conference organised jointly between the Journal of Wound Care (Macmillan) and the Wound Care Society (UK) – Harrogate
1995 – 1998 Committee member of the Tissue Viability Society (Salisbury)
1995 - Current Committee member of the Leg Ulcer Forum (London)
1996 Involved with the organisation of and presented at the second
National Wound Care Conference organised jointly between the Journal of Wound Care (Macmillan) and the Wound Care Society (UK) - Harrogate
1997 - 1998 Honorary Treasurer – Tissue Viability Society
1998 - 2006 Chairperson of the Leg Ulcer Forum (UK)
1999 – 2001 Committee member of the Wound Care Society (UK)
2000 – Current Appointed Senior Editorial Advisor for NT Plus – Wound Care,
Nursing Supplement Nursing Times by EMAP and on behalf of the Wound Care Society (UK). As from 2002 in association with the Leg Ulcer Forum (UK)
2000 Presented a paper at the inaugural meeting of the United
Wound Management Educational Forum (UWMEF) - Cardiff
2000 - Current Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of
Wound Care, EMAP London
2000 – Current Appointed to the Editorial Review Panel (Tissue Viability) of
the British Journal of Community Nursing Mark Allen London
2000 Involved with the organisation of and presented at the first
National Wound Care Conference (Wounds 2000) organised jointly between EMAP Business Communications, the Wound Care Society (UK) and the Tissue Viability Society (Harrogate)
2000 Invited by the Surgical Dressings Manufacturers Association
(SDMA) to join their complaints committee as an ‘independent
expert’
2001 Invited to present a paper entitled, ‘Nurses perceptions of patients pain at dressing changes’ on a series of national study days (x4) organised by the Journal of Wound Care in association with Molnlycke Health Care (Birmingham, Leeds, London and Edinburgh)
2001 Presented a paper, “Pressure Ulcer Classification – European Initiatives” and chaired a session at the 2nd UWMEF Conference - Cardiff
2001 Organised and Chaired a Wound Care Study Day (26th July) on
behalf of Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust, at Hinchingbrooke School, Cambridgeshire, entitled ‘Problem Wounds – Practical Solutions’
2001 Part of the organising committee for ‘Wounds Week’, a combined conference involving EMAP and ETRS (Cardiff - September)
2001 Invited by the Royal College of Nursing to be a member of a specialist advisory group to review and comment upon the draft of an evidence-based resource pack and audit tool re: RCN pilot audit project on pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention
2001 - ongoing Invited to be a judge for the Annual National Wound Care
Awards organised by the various professional journals of EMAP Communications, London
2002 Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of
Community Nursing, PTM Publishers, Sutton
2002 Attended Tissue Viability Society (TVS) Annual Conference (2
days) as a delegate (Blackpool)
2003 Nominated by the RCN and appointed to the NICE GDG (Guideline Development Group) re: Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Pressure Relieving Devices: Guideline Published October 2003
2003 Attended Tissue Viability Society (TVS) Annual Conference (2
days) as a delegate (Blackpool)
2003 Presented a paper, “Wound Debridement Techniques” at the 4th
UWMEF Conference - Cardiff
2004 Presented a paper, “Joint initiative = positive outcomes” at the
TVS Annual Conference (Torquay)
2004 Appointed to the NICE GDG (Guideline Development Group)
re: The Prevention and Treatment of Surgical Site Infection (SSI’s). Published October 2008 after two attempts!
2005 Invited by the RCN to act as chair of the Scientific Committee
for and also speak at the first Tissue Viability and Wound Care
Conference that they had organised at HQ in London.
Following on from the success of this venture, the event is now
to become an annual meeting (Central London).
2005 Invited to speak at the House of Commons (September) at a
National Wound Care Awards Luncheon hosted by Mr Andrew
Sellers MP.
2005 Invited to attend the Journal of Wound Care (JWC) Awards Luncheon, hosted by Mr Andrew Sellers MP, as a member of the Editorial board of the JWC and a member of the Tendra Academy.
2006 Invited to chair and speak at the 2nd RCN Tissue Viability and
Wound Care Conference (March) - Advanced Wound
Management Products.
2006 Invited to again attend the Journal of Wound Care (JWC)
Awards Luncheon, hosted by Mr Andrew Sellers MP, as a
member of the Editorial board of the JWC and a member of the
Tendra Academy.
2006 Invited to present at Wounds UK (Harrogate Conference –
November) by Huntleigh Diagnostics re: Practical uses of
Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Therapy (IPC).
2006 Invited to present on ‘Tissue Viability and Skin Care’ during
the District Nurse Course organised by the Napp Educational
Foundation (10-12th December) at Downing College,
Cambridge.
2007 Invited to present at the Department of Health (DoH) Essence
of Care Conference (Manchester) on ‘Developing effective
screening and assessment of patients within an Acute NHS
Trust re: Pressure Ulcer Benchmarks’ - January
2007 Invited to chair and speak at the 3rd RCN Tissue Viability and
Wound Care Conference (March) – Review of Interactive
Wound Management Products.
2007 Invited to speak at Queens University Belfast on the
Recognition and Management of Wound Infections with a
particular focus on those related to patients with Leg Ulcers
(April)
2007 Invited to speak at a Healthcare Conference (London) on
Recognising and assessing risk on the wards. Theme for the
day: Tissue Viability and Wound Management - Improving
Practice on the Wards (July)
2007 Invited to be a founder member of the Molnlycke Scholarship
Executive Board (November)
2008 Invited to chair and speak at the 4th RCN Tissue Viability and
Wound Care Conference (March) – Management of Patients
with Traumatic Wounds
2008 Invited to attend the Molnlycke Academy Awards Luncheon as
a member of the Academy board and judging panel.
2008 Invited to present at The International Materials Congress (13th
– 15th May) on Biomaterials for Wound Management: a clinical
perspective, held in Grantham, UK
2008 Invited to present at Wounds UK (10th-12th November)
Harrogate, UK on ‘Start to Heal – the evidence’ and also had
three posters presented, entitled The Role of a Nurse Consultant
Tissue Viability within the United Kingdom; The Development
of a Complex Wound Clinic and The Management of a major
burns patients with Modern Wound Management Materials.
2008 Invited to speak on behalf of the National Institute for Clinical
Excellence (NICE) at a National Conference to introduce the
newly published Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Guideline (Tissue
Viability inputs) organised by Healthcare Events (Manchester)
– repeated in London (June 2009).
2009 Invited to speak to the Infection Prevention Society (Trent
Region) Annual Conference on ‘Trends in wound management
– past, present and future’ (Melton Mowbray) April.
2009 Invited to attend the Molnlycke Academy Awards Luncheon as
a member of the Academy board and judging panel.
2009 Invited to present ‘the Results of an RCT comparing Coban 2 a
new compression system with Profore (an existing multi-layer
compression system)’ at a series of Wounds UK/3M roadshows
in five locations around the United Kingdom (April – June). In
addition, invited to chair another Wounds UK/3M roadshow on
‘Skin Care’ (Crawley – May).
2009 Invited to speak on a series of Infection Prevention Society
Road Shows in various locations around the country (x7)
focusing on the implementation of the NICE Surgical Site
Infection Guidelines (2008), presenting on either ‘the Evidence
behind the Guideline’ or the recommendations related to the
postoperative phase of care’.
2009 - ongoing Invited to participate in an advisory panel to the Department of
Health (DoH) – contact: Gerry Bolger - to develop Nursing
Metrics / National Quality Indicators re: Pressure Ulceration
2009 Invited to present at Wounds UK (Harrogate) a poster, entitled
Clinical experiences with Tegaderm Matrix (3M) within a
Complex Wound Clinic.
2010 Appointed to the NICE GDG responsible for the development
of a Short Clinical Guideline re: the In-patient Management of
people with Diabetic Foot Problems – published
2010 Seconded to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) London, to
act as a Professional Advisor, to lead on a number of Tissue
Viability and Wound Care related projects – in particular re:
Pressure Ulceration (supporting the work as previously alluded
to undertaken by the DoH)
2010 Invited to speak at a Healthcare Events Conference
(Manchester) on Preventing Occurrence of Pressure Ulcers.
Theme for the day: Avoidable Pressure Ulcers? (September)
2010 Invited to present at the ‘Prove it Conference’, re: my PhD
study – ongoing – under the session title, ‘Which research
methodology should you choose?’ at the University of Essex
2010 Invited to speak about ‘Leg Oedema and its Management’ at a
Key Issue in Primary Care Conference (Burton upon Trent)
2010 Invited to speak about ‘Skin Failure: A Reality or an Excuse’ at
the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Annual Conference (St Austell)
2010 Invited to speak at a Study Day in Dorset re: Pressure Ulcers

International Profile:
1993 Invited to Chair sessions at the Inaugural Australian Wound
Management Conference (Perth)
1994 Invited by Kimberly Clark to undertake a small lecture tour in
Australia, discussing aspects of Pressure Sore Management at a
variety of health care establishments (Sydney and Melbourne)
1994 Attended EWMA conference as a delegate (Copenhagen)
1996 Presented four posters at the EWMA conference (Amsterdam)
1997 Presented poster at the EWMA conference (Milan, Italy)
1997 Attended the first European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
Meeting (EUPAP) as a delegate (Oxford, United Kingdom)
1998 Attended EWMA conference as a delegate (Madrid, Spain)
1999 Invited by Kimberly Clark (Australia) to participate in a two
week lecture/seminar tour – in a variety of clinical settings
throughout Australia and New Zealand, discussing various
aspects of Tissue Viability
1999 Invited to attend an International Symposium on
Thermoregulation in Wound Care (two days) as a delegate
(Oxford, United Kingdom)
1999 Invited by Smith and Nephew (Canada) to participate in a
weeks lecture tour – in a variety of clinical settings (five cities),
discussing all aspects of pressure ulcer aetiology and prevention
1999 Attended International Symposium on Advanced Wound Care
(SAWC) as a delegate (Anaheim, California, USA)
1999 Attended 3rd EUPAP Meeting as a delegate (Amsterdam,
Netherlands)
2000 Chaired 2nd Conference of the Irish Leg Ulcer Forum (Derry)
2000 Facilitated and presented at a Clinical Specialists Meeting
(Dublin) related to the management and implementation of
change in the clinical setting, the development of tissue
viability guidelines and the understanding and undertaking of
clinical research
2000 Invited to attend an International Symposium entitled “Wound
Healing in the New Millennium: Challenges and Perspectives”
(one day) as a delegate (Tirrenia, Italy)
2001 Attended 4th EUPAP Meeting as a delegate (Pisa, Italy)
2001 Invited to present a paper, “An Interactive CDROM for
Transforming Leg Ulcer management – a Research Based
Approach” at the European Association of Distance Teaching
Universities (EADTU) Millennium Conference, at the
Sorbonne, Paris, France
2001 Invited to present a paper, “Choosing an appropriate patient’s
support surface” as well as facilitate two interactive workshops
re: Wound Assessment at the 4th National Portuguese Nursing
Congress, Lisbon, Portugal
2001 Invited to present a paper, “Pain and trauma at the time of
dressing changes – report of a National survey undertaken
within the United Kingdom” and poster, “Educational resources
for the new millennium - the development of an interactive CD
ROM” at the Symposium of Advanced Wound Care (SAWC)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2001 Invited by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and an
International Charity (CSW) in my capacity as a Tissue
Viability Nurse Consultant, to join Baroness Cox and Hilary
Oliver (Continence specialist) on a fact-finding / educational /
advisory mission to a Rehabilitation Hospital, in Nagorno
Karabakh, Republic of Armenia. (One week’s duration in the
first instance)
2001 Attended 5th EUPAP Meeting as a delegate (Le Mans, France)
2002 Attended 12th EWMA Conference as a delegate (Grenada,
Spain)
2002 Invited as a keynote speaker to inaugural meeting of the All
Ireland Tissue Viability Nurses Advisory Panel in Dublin – an
initiative supported by ETHOS/KCI Medical
2002 Invited as a keynote speaker to present papers on Advances in
Wound Management/The role of Growth Factors and The
Importance of Health Related Quality of Life at the first
Wounds School organised by GIF (Grupo Associativo de
Investigacao em Feridas) Portugal
2002 - 2004 Appointed a Trustee of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory
Panel (EPUAP) – Rotational ‘stand down’ to ensure no more
then five representatives from any one European country.
2002 Attended 6th EPUAP Meeting as a Trustee and session chair
(Budapest, Hungary)
2003 Invited by Coloplast to participate in a two-day symposium - as
both a speaker and delegate - on Wound Infection (and the Role
of Silver) - Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Attended 13th EWMA Conference as a delegate (Pisa, Italy)
2003 Invited as a keynote speaker to present papers on Wound
Assessment and Advanced Technologies as well as Wound Bed
Preparation at the 2nd Wounds School organised by GIF (Grupo
Associativo de Investigacao em Feridas) Portugal
2003 Invited to be a member of the Scientific Organising Committee
for the first International Wound Care Conference to be held in
Nicosia, Cyprus during May 2004 – organised by PASYKAF
2003 Attended 7th EPUAP Meeting as a Trustee, speaker and session
chair (Tampere, Finland). Co-presented a paper entitled,
“Developing the EPUAP Research Agenda”
2003 Invited to attend as a delegate the 1st European Wound
Management Symposium (2 days) organised by Johnson and
Johnson at the European Surgical Institute, Hamburg, Germany
2003 Invited as a keynote speaker to present a paper on the Role of a
Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant in the United Kingdom in the
Prevention and Management of patients with Pressure Ulcers at
the 1st National Chronic Wound Conference held in Arnedillo
(La Rioja) Spain – organised by GNEAUP
2003 Invited by Coloplast to present two papers at two different
multidisciplinary meetings in the province of Northern Ireland.
Topics: a) The recognition and management of patients with
wound infections and b) the Silver Debate
2004 Invited as a keynote speaker to present a paper on the Role of a
Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant in the United Kingdom at the
5th Annual Specialist Nurse Conference held in Dublin –
organised by the Nurse Education Centre, Mater Hospital
2004 Presented three papers on, “The Physiology of Wound
Healing”, “The Essential Elements of Wound Assessment” and
“Wound Management Materials” at the first International
Wound Care Conference to be held in Nicosia, Cyprus (May)
2004 Invited to join the Coloplast International Wound Advisory
Board (two meetings a year – Denmark/United Kingdom)
2004 Invited as a keynote speaker to present a paper on Biological
Debridement at the 2nd National Chronic Wound Management
Conference held in Oviedo Spain – organised by GNEAUP
2004 Invited to Japan by Shorinsha Inc. (Medical Publisher) to
present papers on Wound Care in the UK; the Aetiology and
Assessment of patients with and the Care and Management of
Patients with Venous and Diabetic Foot Ulcers; plus the
Management of Patients with Pressure Ulcers in the UK at two
Chronic Wound Forums (Tokyo and Kyoto) – February
2005 Invited by 3M Healthcare to participate in an International
Advisory Meeting re: Compression and Leg Ulcer Management
during the SAWC (San Diego) USA - April
2005 Attended 8th EPUAP Meeting as a delegate (Aberdeen,
Scotland) - supported by Huntleigh Healthcare.
2005 Invited to present a seminar paper on the recognition and
assessment of venous leg ulcers leg ulcer at a symposium held
during and to the attend the 14th EWMA Conference (Stuttgart,
Germany)
2005 Invited as a keynote speaker to present a paper on the Role of a
Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant in the United Kingdom in the
Management of patients with Chronic Wounds at the 2nd
National Chronic Wound Conference held in Arnedillo (La
Rioja) Spain – organised by GNEAUP
also invited to lecture at the Vall de Hebron Hospital
(University of Barcelona) re: the Role of a Tissue Viability
Nurse Consultant in the United Kingdom
2006 Invited by 3M Healthcare to participate in an International
Meeting re: Compression and Leg Ulcer Management prior to
and then attend and present two posters at the SAWC (San
Antonio) USA – May. Posters entitled: The Role of the Nurse
Consultant – Tissue Viability in the United Kingdom and Joint
Initiative = Positive Outcomes: The development of a Nurse
Led Complex Wound Clinic
2006 Invited to present at the first Tissue Viability Nurses
Conference in Sweden (Stockholm) re: The role of a Nurse
Consultant in Tissue Viability in the United Kingdom (March)
2006 Invited to participate in an International Wound Advisory
Board (WAB) Meeting prior to and then attend the 15th EWMA
Conference (Prague, Czechoslovakia) - May
2007 Facilitated a scholarship funded study visit (one week) to the
United Kingdom (based within the United Lincolnshire
Hospitals NHS Trust, for a Consultant Nurse - Dermatology
from Galve Hospital, Sweden - March
2007 Invited to speak at the 16th EWMA Conference (Glasgow,
Scotland) re: The Wound Healing Process (advanced level) and
also the Recognition and Management of Wound Infection (GP
Course) – May
2007 Invited to speak at the 10th EPUAP Conference (Oxford) re: my
ongoing PhD project - August
2008 Invited to lecture at the Third University of Ljubljana Wound
Care Conference (Portoroz, Slovenia) on ‘Pain and other Health
Related Quality of Life issues associated with Wound
Infections’ (April) – supported by Johnson and Johnson,
Slovenia.
2008 Invited to lecture at a Problem Wound Care Seminar organised
by Smith and Nephew, Spain (Barcelona) on ‘Problem Wound
Management and the Catastrophic Abdomen’ plus the progress
of the my PhD research.
2008 Invited to present three posters at the World Union of Wound
Healing Societies (WUWHS) Meeting (4th-8th June) in Toronto,
Canada, entitled:
2009 Invited to attend 1st International Technology Conference /
Workshops (January 19th/20th) in Paris.
2009 Invited to attend 12th EPUAP Conference in Amsterdam (Sept)
2010 Attended EWMA Conference on behalf of Leg Ulcer Forum
(UK) – a cooperating organisation – and as a delegate (Geneva).
2010 Invited to present on, ‘the Use of Topical Negative Pressure
Therapy for the Management of the Open Abdomen’ at a
Critical Care Symposium organised by the University
Ziekenhuis Brussels (June)