Britain's to open first specialist wound hub

Among those set to benefit from Britain's first specialist wound research centre are terror attack victims and injured
soldiers.

Accordingly, staff are developing new techniques to treat burns, with the goal of achieving scar-free healing within a generation while also giving mental health support to those with physical injuries.
The Centre for Conflict Wound Research at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be opened by the The Countess of Wessex later on Tuesday 13/11/18.

The centre has been set up in partnership with the University of Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England, and the CASEVAC Club - made up of wounded veterans from conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Led by charity The Scar Free Foundation, the centre will lead a national programme of clinical, psychological and scientific research and will also trial a new battle-ready transportable dressing.

While fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, hundreds of British service personnel suffered life-changing injuries, such as the loss of limbs.
Lots of injured soldiers are still living with the visible scars caused by battle.
That is why the centre is pioneering new techniques to help them recover. It includes the use of lasers to reduce the scarring on old wounds - such as amputations.
The centre has also created a new dressing that can be applied on the battlefield. In addition the dressing, which helps speed up healing and reduces scarring, could be used at the scene of traffic accidents and to treat burns victims of bomb or acid attacks.

To get better results and services, more than 480 patients, many of them injured veterans, will take part in research at the site over the next three years.
According to Brendan Eley, chief executive of the Scar Free Foundation: "The physical and emotional effects of scarring are serious and often life changing."