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10/09/2014
Specialist Wound Treatment Research Unit Opens
A new £4m research centre focusing on wound care opens today in Llanrisant in Wales.
The Welsh Wound Innovation Centre (WWIC) aims to tackle what it describes as the "silent epidemic" of wound care, aiming to improve treatments and reduce hospital admissions and stays.
Currently the NHS in Wales spends almost £160m treating wounds in hospitals, at clinics and in people's homes.
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The Welsh Wound Innovation Centre (WWIC) aims to tackle what it describes as the "silent epidemic" of wound care, aiming to improve treatments and reduce hospital admissions and stays.
Currently the NHS in Wales spends almost £160m treating wounds in hospitals, at clinics and in people's homes.
(MH/CD)
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