Public Policy Project (PPP)’s fourth annual Wound Healing Forum will convene clinical experts, system leaders and industry partners for the sector’s preeminent arena co-creating policy thinking, championing innovation and driving systemic change for patients.
The growth and engagement of our audience has allowed expansion the offering at the Forum, with two dedicated tracks in addition to plenary keynote sessions. In 2026, it will offer for a greater diversity of nuanced discussions, with attendees able to curate their experience and contributors freed to get into the critical minutia. 
The Theatres
This year’s forum will feature two full-day theatres; System Innovations and Policy Movements, offering an expanded programme of discussions spanning system transformation, emerging policy priorities, and practical strategies to enhance wound care delivery and outcomes.
System Innovations Theatre: 
Sessions in the System Innovations theatre will explore the latest approaches to transforming wound care delivery across the UK. Focused on service redesign, person-centred care models, and the adoption of new technologies, practices and ways of working. Sessions will highlight practical examples of innovation in action, showcasing how teams are improving efficiency, reducing variation, and enhancing patient outcomes through system-wide change. 
Topics include: 
Judicious use of AI in wound care  Patients as true co-creators of good care  The potential in strategic tissue viability  Moving from repetition and resistance, to regeneration and resolution. Policy Movements Theatre:
Sessions in the Policy Movements theatre will examine the evolving policy landscape shaping wound care across the UK. Examining how NHS reforms create opportunities and challenges, understanding impacts of regulatory developments, and finding in-roads to effect policy directions. 
Topics include: 
Pain as policy priority  Ceasing the window of political opportunity  Speaking across disciplines and interests  Workforce planning now and for the future  Register

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Hosted by the Safer Healthcare and Biosafety Network (SHBN), this webinar will explore the pharmacy practice and implementation challenges shaping Hazardous Medicinal Products (HMP) handling today, as well as the evidence and policy consensus needed to drive safer practice for the future. It will feature presentations from:
Louisa Knowles, Advanced Pharmacist for Technical Services, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Joseph Williams, Vice Chair of BOPA and Lead Cancer Pharmacist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Louisa will draw on her experience in pharmacy aseptic services to introduce hazardous medicinal products and the role of closed system transfer devices (CSTDs) in reducing occupational exposure. She will discuss the risks associated with HMP handling in pharmacy, the evidence behind CSTD use, and the barriers that have limited their wider implementation.
Joseph will address the policy and evidence environment shaping the case for change. He will discuss the recently published first edition of a multidisciplinary consensus document on safe management of HMPs, evidence from the SHBN’s HMP Roundtable, and feedback submitted to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). He will also share what these developments could mean for future pharmacy policy and practice.
This session is intended for nurses, pharmacists, oncology healthcare professionals, safety leads, educators and policymakers with an interest in the safe handling of hazardous medicinal products and the systemic changes needed to better protect the healthcare workforce.
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Webinar Safer Handling of Hazardous Medicinal Products Pharmacy Practice and the Case for Change .pdf

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