A big thank you to Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care the Hon. Ged Kearney MP for making time during Wound Awareness Week to meet clinicians and patients at the frontline of Australian wound care.

Assistant Minister Kearney visited Northern Health's Bundoora Centre in Melbourne's north on Thursday 5 September at an event hosted by Wounds Australia with the generous support of Northern Health. Assistant Minister Kearney met a wonderful patient - 91-year-old Shirley McKenzie, who lives with hard-to-heal wounds - a range of clinicians, Wound Awareness Week Ambassador Professor Fiona Wood AO, Wounds Australia CEO Jeff Antcliff and Northern Health Interim CEO Debra Bourne.

The wide-ranging discussion included the challenges chronic wounds present for consumers and clinicians, the recently announced Chronic Wound Consumables Scheme that will assist some patients with the cost of dressings, and Wounds Australia's 5 Point Plan to Solve Australia's Chronic Wound Epidemic. Our gratitude to Northern Health - in particular, clinician Clara Walker - for facilitating the visit.

Pictured L to R: Jeff Antcliff, Professor Fiona Wood AO, Shirley McKenzie, The Hon. Ged Kearney MP and clinicians from Bundoora Centre.