Raising Funds for Macmillan Support in memory of Jane Hopkins
Research Nurse
TIME TO ACT, TO KEEP THE SKIN INTACT!
Join us this year to help raise awareness on pressure ulcers. The event takes place globally every year on third thursday of November. Any institution or person from health care can join this initiative at their workplace.
Julie Taylor, one of the Senior Research Nurses at WWIC has composed a beautiful poem to raise awareness of the pressure ulcers.

Research Nurse (Welsh Wound Innovation Centre)
Are you ready for a change and looking for a new challenge in a unique environment encompassing clinical research and academic domains? Applications are invited for an enthusiastic and experienced nurse to join our enterprising Wound Healing Research Team, based at the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre (WWIC) in Llantrisant. The successful candidate will work across multiple sites, be required to travel and should be flexible in their approach to work. For further details please click here
If you are over the age of 18, you may be eligible to take part in wound healing research.
Also, if you are a Health Care Professional you can refer an appropriate patient under your care.
For further information and to complete your eligibility/registration please click the link below as appropriate.
If you are a Patient, clickhere
If you are a Healthcare Professional, clickhere
If you need any further help or information, please contact us on 01443 443870 or email WoundResearch@wwic.wales
Jane joined the Wound Healing Team in 1992 and has been a member of the wound family since that time. A tribute VIDEO has been created has been created in Jane’s memory. Jane, a kind, caring and treasured family woman, a cherished colleague, and friend, will be sorely missed by her work family, but never will she be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to have known her.
Jane’s funeral is being held at 11.00 am on Thursday, September 1st at Thornhill Crematorium, Cardiff CF14 9UA.
Jane’s family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to City Hospice, Ty Hosbis, Park Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14 7BF.
The Leg Club® movement is a global initiative, designed to care for people suffering
from or at risk of chronic leg disease within a social model of care. ‘The LegRaiser’ is
a fundraiser setup to commemorate the 27th year of The Leg Club model and to raise
much needed funds for The Leg Club Foundation to continue their excellent work.

Participants will be asked to visit WWIC twice, for approximately 6 hours in total and will be asked to lie on a number of different mattresses whilst pressure measurements are taken. They will be offered a £100 inconvenience payment for their time.
If you are interested or would like to discuss the study in more detail, please contact Julie Taylor or email WoundResearch@wwic.wales or tel: 01443 443870. The Welsh Wound Innovation Centre is based in Llantrisant the address is Rhodfa Marics, Ynysmaerdy, Pontyclun CF72 8UX.
If you’re interested in learning more about this exciting role, please click here for further information. For informal enquiries please contact Maureen Fallon on 01443 443870