Principal Lecturer, School of Life & Medical Sciences, Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, UK. Madeleine Flanagan has been a Wound Specialist for over 30 years in a variety of hospital and community settings and was responsible for the development of the first undergraduate wound management programmes in the UK. She is currently the Programme Director for an MSc Skin Integrity and Dermatology at the University of Hertfordshire, Postgraduate Medical School and has expertise of developing inter-professional curricula to support specialist clinical practice. The postgraduate programmes that she manages have been integral in supporting the development of wound management skills for a wide range of health professionals both in the UK and overseas. Madeleine has considerable experience in providing a variety of consultancy, research and educational activities related to wound management and dermatology. She regularly participates in international conferences and has lectured extensively in Middle East, Europe, Australia, India, South Africa and Chinaon a variety of wound management related topics but has a particular interest in wound and skin integrity problems associated with diabetes. Madeleine’s text book Wound Healing and Skin Integrity: principles and practice was published in 2014 and is the first of its kind to combine wound management and dermatology to provide a practical resource for managing patients with a variety of skin integrity problems.