Resources for healthcare users

Healthcare consumer representatives

The Wounds Group is keen to involve consumer representatives in its work. By becoming involved you can help make the reviews produced by the Cochrane Collaboration relevant to the needs of healthcare consumers.

How can you help?

Would you like to help with our reviews?
- If you are interested in becoming actively involved in writing a Cochrane review you could consider joining an existing review team as a co-author. Alternatively you could help us by commenting on protocols and reviews to ensure that issues of importance to patients, families and carers are taken into account
- You can comment on the plain language summaries in our reviews, which are written specifically for patients, families, carers and policy-makers makers

Are there clinical questions you would like to have answered?
- Suggest a review title(s)

Do you have translation skills?
- Help us translate our trial references

Do you attend wound care conferences?
- Help us to handsearch conference proceedings

Are you a member of a self help group concerned with wound care?
- Tell other people about our Group

If you would like to help or if you would like further information go to the Get involved or Contact us pages