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Welcome! In this, the final edition of The Gauzette for 2024:

  • Collaborations with EWMA and ALA formalised 
  • An update on Be Wound Aware, our consumer awareness campaign
  • Wounds Australia 2026 Conference Scientific Program Co-Chairs and Credentialing Committee Chair appointed
  • Meet incoming Board Director Dr Peta Tehan
  • Congratulations to APNA Nurse of the Year winner Melissa Freeman
  • Brand new Wounds Australia events including a livestream with Prof. Dr Sebastian Probst and a special Lymphoedema Awareness Week series...
  • ... and more!

The Wounds Australia office closes at midday AEDT on Friday 20 December 2024 and reopens on Monday 6 January 2025. Wishing you a happy, safe and restful festive season! 
The Wounds Australia Team

Strengthening networks and adding value

This week in the Wounds Australia news centre, we announce two exciting partnerships following the signing of memoranda of understanding with the European Wound Management Association and the Australasian Lymphology Association - with flow-on benefits for Wounds Australia members!

Our long association with EWMA was formalised this week. Read more.

Wounds Australia is excited to announce the finalisation of an MoU with the ALA. Read more.

Be Wound Aware! Consumer awareness campaign ramps up
As 2024 draws to a close, we reflect on progress made in the chronic wound awareness campaign targeting consumers, Be Wound Aware, funded by the Department of Health and Aged Care under the Chronic Wound Consumables Scheme.
Recent committee appointments
We're pleased to share that the Board recently approved the appointments of several key committee positions at its most recent meeting last week. Read more in the news centre.


Meet the Board: Peta Tehan
In our final introduction to incoming Board Directors, please welcome Wounds Australia Fellow and Life Member Dr Peta Tehan, who shares her passion for clinical podiatry, wound education and saving people from lower limb amputation through evidence-based quality care.
CEAP Chair Melissa Freeman wins APNA Nurse of the Year Award: Positive Disruptor
Congratulations to Melissa Freeman of Port Macquarie Wound Care for winning this prestigious award in the Positive Disruptor category. Melissa is Chair of the Clinical Expert Advisory Panel (CEAP) providing advice on Be Wound Aware.

Reminder: December WPR
Looking for some fascinating reading over the holidays? Look no further! The new edition of Wound Practice and Research - the official Wounds Australia journal - is online NOW!

Hard copies - an exclusive benefit for members - have been posted and should be with you shortly. Happy reading!

National: Wound and Palliative Care - Taking a People-centred Approach

Presenter: International wounds expert, Prof. Dr Sebastian Probst.
When: 12.30-2pm AEDT, 22 January 2025
Where: online
Members: FREE
Non-members: $90

Thanks to sponsors HARTMANN.

Around Australia: Beyond the Wound - An Education Evening on Chronic Oedema

Throughout March, our State and Territory Committees will host education evenings on chronic oedema in celebration of Lymphoedema Awareness Week (3-7 March 2025).

Explore the Wounds Australia Events page for details of the event in your area.


WA: Wounds Australia Big Quiz

Presenters: Prof. Fiona Wood AO and Dr Ed Raby
When: 6-8.30pm, 12 March 2025
Where: Night Owl, Morley WA
Members: $29
Non-members: $59
Students: $10 

Thanks to sponsors Smith+Nephew and Lohmann & Rauscher.

Other professional learning

EWMA 2025 Conference | 26-28 March, Barcelona, Spain | Explore.

ALA Symposium 2025 | 16-18 May, Fremantle, WA | Explore.

Australian Podiatry Conference | 26-28 June, Gold Coast, Qld | Explore.

Other news

DEBRA UK research fund applications: reminder

Do you undertake research into epidermolysis bullosa (EB)? Research grants are available from DEBRA UK with applications open between 1 February and 31 March 2025. Find out more on the DEBRA UK site.