THE Business Office has been extremely active in 2004 as one of the four
co-hosting societies of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies’ meet
ing in Paris in July where more than 6000 participants from throughout
the world attended. The EPUAP had a booth which was well visited as well as
having a representative from the Aberdeen Convention Centre in Scotland who
was promoting our 8th meeting, 5–7 May 2005. In addition, booths were manned
at major wound healing meetings in UK including the Wounds UK 2004 in November
at Harrogate where more than one thousand delegates from throughout
Europe attended. At all of these meetings EPUAP trustees have spoken, and
at the World Union meeting we were actively involved in developing the scientific
programme in which pressure ulcers played a prominent role. We also had
a booth at the NICE Meeting in Birmingham, in December.

Figure 1
EPUAP Booth, ‘Wounds UK 2004’, Harrogate.
Chris Cherry, EPUAP Business Office (centre) with Jackie Muir, Aberdeen Convention Centre (right),
and Tissue Viability Nurses (left) learning PUCLAS.

One of the popular features of the EPUAP Booth’s exhibits has been that of
the interactive pressure ulcer classification system (PUCLAS) which Tom Defloor
and his colleagues developed.

Also the new Nutritional Guidelines in the prevention and treatment of pressure
ulcers started by Gerry Bennett and since directed by Michael Clark have
proved extremely popular throughout Europe being available in a number of
different languages. The EPUAP is grateful for the educational grant which was
given from Nutricia.

The EPUAP sponsored book Science and Practice of Pressure Ulcer Management
is planned for publication by the end of this year. There will be a discount in
price for EPUAP members, and an announcement brochure is included in this
issue of the EPUAP Review.

Figure 2.
Speakers at the Second World Union of Wound Healing Societies Meeting in Paris, 2004.
(From left to right): Prof. T. Ohura, President of the Japanese Pressure Ulcer Society.
Dan Berlowith, President of the NPUAP.
Denis Colin MD, President of the European Pressure Ulcer Society.

Figure 3. From left to right:
Geoff Sussman and Mike Stacey, organizers at the 1st WUWHS Meeting, Melbourne, 2000,
and Luc Téot, President of the 2nd
WUWHS Meeting, Paris, 2004.

The Business Office has moved from the Department of Dermatology at the Churchill
Hospital, Oxford to 68 Church Way, Iffley, Oxford, OX4 4EF. This has given us more
space and Christine Cherry, who has retired from the National Health Service, is now
the administrator of the office continuing the active rôle that she has had since the
EPUAP was founded.

The audited financial accounts provided to the Charity commission are included in
this issue of the EPUAP Review.

Interest for our eighth annual meeting in Aberdeen, Scotland (5–7 May 2005) is
extremely robust and, judging by the number of commercial exhibitors that have signed
up as well as the scientific and social programme which is planned, it will be one of the
best meetings since we began. The meeting is preceded by a one-day Tissue Viability
Society meeting whose theme is ‘Fundamental principles and good practice in tissue
viability.’ Individuals who attend this meeting will be given a discount on the registration
fee for the EPUAP meeting to encourage their attendance for both meetings.
Professor Terence Ryan, one of our founding trustees, has received a grant for wound
care and pressure ulcers in developing countries to be administered through the EPUAP.
If you are involved in pressure ulcer education or treatment in developing countries
please write him directly at the Business Office.

The Business Office would like to wish all of our members and corporate sponsors a
joyous holiday season and a prosperous and peaceful 2005!

Dr George W. Cherry
Secretary/Treasurer