WCC supporting
the heartbeat of wound care

WCC supporting the heartbeat of wound care

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Welcome to Wound Care Consultants Ltd. Since 2013, we have been delivering professional clinical guidance and independent expert witness services.


Our specialised team is passionate about wound care. We are committed to improving patient outcomes and setting the standard for trust, innovation, and compassionate practice across every service we provide.


The Team are Trish, Sarah, Jill and Sylvie and we have worked as a Team over 20 years - even before WCC was formed.

Who We Are

Wound Care Consultants is a team of dedicated healthcare professionals specialising in the management and treatment of complex, chronic, and non-healing wounds and we have clients across the world.


Led by our Principal Consultant, Sylvia Hampton, an internationally recognised expert in tissue viability, wound management, and nursing standards of care, we offer balanced, objective, and evidence-based clinical analysis.


To ensure a truly multidisciplinary approach, we also maintain a trusted network of consulting experts in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and diabetic foot wounds. We bring specialised care to patients in the comfort of their homes, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities, bringing the clinic directly to you.

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Our Commitments

Absolute Independence

Our primary duty is to provide unbiased, evidence-based science regardless of the instructing agency.

Evidence-Based Rigor

Every opinion and clinical action is anchored in peer-reviewed tissue viability literature and established nursing guidelines.

Exacting Transparency

Every conclusion is explicitly traced back to source clinical documentation, ensuring robust reasoning that withstands cross-examination.

Compassionate Care

We recognise the human impact behind each case, always prioritising dignity, independence, and patient quality of life.

Clinical Expertise

Operating at the intersection of healthcare and law, our medico-legal division ensures evidential integrity, regulatory compliance, and procedural fairness. Backed by rigorous training from Bond Solon, we dissect medical records, care logs, and physical evidence across a wide spectrum of tissue viability and clinical care failures.

We provide authoritative Condition and Prognosis Reports that assist in quantifying claims, establishing future care costs, and illustrating the long-term impact of substandard care.


Our forensic analysis translates clinical complexity into transparent, defensible reports for police, coronial courts, and the CPS and we often eport on manslaughter cases.

Fighting for your Rights

When illness or injury meets the legal system, patients often find themselves twice disadvantaged: once by their condition, and again by the processes meant to resolve it. The medicolegal realm, where medicine, insurance, and law overlap, is built on documentation, deadlines, and precedent. It rarely bends toward the person at the centre of it. Fighting for the rights inside that system is not about confrontation. It is about clarity, evidence, and refusing to be reduced to a file number.


Where harm has occurred, the path forward is procedural before it is adversarial. Complaints, independent reviews, regulatory bodies, and expert medical opinions each serve a different purpose, and each carries its own time limits. Missing a deadline can close a door that evidence alone cannot reopen. This is where independent medicolegal expertise matters most: translating clinical detail into language a court, insurer, or tribunal will recognise, and separating what happened from what can be demonstrated.


Patient should not have to become an expert in law to receive fair treatment in medicine. But knowing where their rights sit, and having people who will argue alongside them, changes what is possible. That is the work we exist to do.

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Education

From registered nurse training to a Master’s degree in Nursing Studies, Sylvie’s expertise is built on three decades of formal education and continuing professional development.

MA, Nursing Studies

University of Brighton, 2002

Report Writing & Court Training

Bond Solon, 2001

ENB 19 Leg Ulcer Course

Eastbourne Hospital NHS Trust, 1999

BSc (Hons), Nursing Studies

University of Brighton, 1996

DpSN, Nursing Studies

University of Brighton, 1994

ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing

Eastbourne NHS Trust, 1991

Registered Nurse Training

Eastbourne School of Nursing, 1990

Continuing Expert Witness Training

Bond Solon, 2010–2026

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Our Consultants

Our Consultants

Sylvie Hampton is one of the UK's most esteemed Wound Care Specialists.

Sylvie Hampton is one of the UK's most esteemed Wound Care Specialists.

About Sylvie Hampton

Our Mission

Our Mission

We are dedicated to transforming lives through compassionate, world-class wound care that champions healing, restores dignity, and empowers patients to thrive.


Our Vision

To redefine the standards of clinical and medico-legal excellence, becoming the global benchmark for trust, innovation, and integrity in complex wound management.

Our Team

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Sylvie Hampton

MA, BSc (Hons), DpSN , RGN

Wound Care Expert

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Ms Hampton has worked in wound healing and tissue viability for over 30 years. She qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1990 and focuses on wound management, pressure ulcer prevention, and lymphoedema care.She directs and co-founded Wound Care Consultants Ltd. Through this company, she consults on clinical practice, teaches, and works as an expert witness. She has provided professional opinions on wound care standards, patient management, and clinical negligence in more than 450 legal cases. This work involves reviewing documentation and explaining complex clinical concepts to legal teams.Alongside her clinical and legal work, she contributes to product development and evaluation. She has also presented at various tissue viability and wound care conferences.Her academic background includes an MA and a BSc (Hons) in Nursing Studies, a Diploma in Nursing Studies, and a Diploma in Specialist Nursing Practice (DpSN). She also holds ENB 19 (Leg Ulcer) and ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing) qualifications.Ms Hampton is a Trustee of the Wound Care Alliance and a member of both the Expert Witness Society and the Leg Ulcer Resource Group. She has been a member of the Tissue Viability Society for more than 20 years. She also belonged to the Tissue Viability Nurses Association for three years, and served the Wound Care Society as Secretary for four years and Treasurer for three years. l Medicine

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Sylvie Hampton

MA, BSc (Hons), DpSN , RGN

Wound Care Expert

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Ms Hampton has worked in wound healing and tissue viability for over 30 years. She qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1990 and focuses on wound management, pressure ulcer prevention, and lymphoedema care.She directs and co-founded Wound Care Consultants Ltd. Through this company, she consults on clinical practice, teaches, and works as an expert witness. She has provided professional opinions on wound care standards, patient management, and clinical negligence in more than 450 legal cases. This work involves reviewing documentation and explaining complex clinical concepts to legal teams.Alongside her clinical and legal work, she contributes to product development and evaluation. She has also presented at various tissue viability and wound care conferences.Her academic background includes an MA and a BSc (Hons) in Nursing Studies, a Diploma in Nursing Studies, and a Diploma in Specialist Nursing Practice (DpSN). She also holds ENB 19 (Leg Ulcer) and ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing) qualifications.Ms Hampton is a Trustee of the Wound Care Alliance and a member of both the Expert Witness Society and the Leg Ulcer Resource Group. She has been a member of the Tissue Viability Society for more than 20 years. She also belonged to the Tissue Viability Nurses Association for three years, and served the Wound Care Society as Secretary for four years and Treasurer for three years. l Medicine

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Sylvie Hampton

MA, BSc (Hons), DpSN , RGN

Wound Care Expert

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Ms Hampton has worked in wound healing and tissue viability for over 30 years. She qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1990 and focuses on wound management, pressure ulcer prevention, and lymphoedema care.She directs and co-founded Wound Care Consultants Ltd. Through this company, she consults on clinical practice, teaches, and works as an expert witness. She has provided professional opinions on wound care standards, patient management, and clinical negligence in more than 450 legal cases. This work involves reviewing documentation and explaining complex clinical concepts to legal teams.Alongside her clinical and legal work, she contributes to product development and evaluation. She has also presented at various tissue viability and wound care conferences.Her academic background includes an MA and a BSc (Hons) in Nursing Studies, a Diploma in Nursing Studies, and a Diploma in Specialist Nursing Practice (DpSN). She also holds ENB 19 (Leg Ulcer) and ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing) qualifications.Ms Hampton is a Trustee of the Wound Care Alliance and a member of both the Expert Witness Society and the Leg Ulcer Resource Group. She has been a member of the Tissue Viability Society for more than 20 years. She also belonged to the Tissue Viability Nurses Association for three years, and served the Wound Care Society as Secretary for four years and Treasurer for three years. l Medicine

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Trish Cosham,

Senior Executive Administrator

Organisational Strategist

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Trish Cosham is the organisational heartbeat of Wound Care Consultants Ltd, bringing authority, warmth and exceptional operational skill to everything she oversees. As the company’s senior executive administrator and organisational lead, she combines precision, foresight and calm efficiency in a way that allows the entire service to function smoothly and professionally. Trish’s role spans executive support, administrative leadership and the orchestration of day-to-day operations, ensuring that clinical, consultancy and governance activities run seamlessly across a busy and fast-moving organisation. Her strengths lie in her ability to anticipate needs, coordinate complex tasks and maintain absolute clarity in environments where accuracy and timeliness are essential. Trish manages communication flows, structures internal processes and supports strategic decision-making with a level of reliability that has become integral to the company’s identity. She is known for her exceptional organisational intelligence, her ability to bring order to complexity and her unwavering commitment to high standards. Beyond her operational expertise, Trish brings warmth, stability and a human touch that strengthens team cohesion and enhances the experience of clients, partners and staff. Her presence ensures continuity, professionalism and a sense of confidence throughout the organisation. In every respect, Trish Cosham is a central pillar of Wound Care Consultants Ltd, providing leadership that is both quietly powerful and profoundly effective.

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Trish Cosham,

Senior Executive Administrator

Organisational Strategist

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Trish Cosham is the organisational heartbeat of Wound Care Consultants Ltd, bringing authority, warmth and exceptional operational skill to everything she oversees. As the company’s senior executive administrator and organisational lead, she combines precision, foresight and calm efficiency in a way that allows the entire service to function smoothly and professionally. Trish’s role spans executive support, administrative leadership and the orchestration of day-to-day operations, ensuring that clinical, consultancy and governance activities run seamlessly across a busy and fast-moving organisation. Her strengths lie in her ability to anticipate needs, coordinate complex tasks and maintain absolute clarity in environments where accuracy and timeliness are essential. Trish manages communication flows, structures internal processes and supports strategic decision-making with a level of reliability that has become integral to the company’s identity. She is known for her exceptional organisational intelligence, her ability to bring order to complexity and her unwavering commitment to high standards. Beyond her operational expertise, Trish brings warmth, stability and a human touch that strengthens team cohesion and enhances the experience of clients, partners and staff. Her presence ensures continuity, professionalism and a sense of confidence throughout the organisation. In every respect, Trish Cosham is a central pillar of Wound Care Consultants Ltd, providing leadership that is both quietly powerful and profoundly effective.

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Trish Cosham,

Senior Executive Administrator

Organisational Strategist

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Trish Cosham is the organisational heartbeat of Wound Care Consultants Ltd, bringing authority, warmth and exceptional operational skill to everything she oversees. As the company’s senior executive administrator and organisational lead, she combines precision, foresight and calm efficiency in a way that allows the entire service to function smoothly and professionally. Trish’s role spans executive support, administrative leadership and the orchestration of day-to-day operations, ensuring that clinical, consultancy and governance activities run seamlessly across a busy and fast-moving organisation. Her strengths lie in her ability to anticipate needs, coordinate complex tasks and maintain absolute clarity in environments where accuracy and timeliness are essential. Trish manages communication flows, structures internal processes and supports strategic decision-making with a level of reliability that has become integral to the company’s identity. She is known for her exceptional organisational intelligence, her ability to bring order to complexity and her unwavering commitment to high standards. Beyond her operational expertise, Trish brings warmth, stability and a human touch that strengthens team cohesion and enhances the experience of clients, partners and staff. Her presence ensures continuity, professionalism and a sense of confidence throughout the organisation. In every respect, Trish Cosham is a central pillar of Wound Care Consultants Ltd, providing leadership that is both quietly powerful and profoundly effective.

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Sarah Gray

Tissue Viabiltity Nurse Consultant

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Sarah Gray is a highly accomplished Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant whose career spans two decades at senior level within wound care, supported by an additional specialist background in bladder and bowel nursing. Her professional journey reflects sustained commitment to clinical excellence, patient dignity and the advancement of evidence-based practice across acute, community and long-term care environments. Over twenty years, she has developed deep expertise in complex wound assessment, pressure ulcer prevention, service development and the leadership of multidisciplinary teams, becoming a trusted source of guidance for clinicians seeking clarity in challenging situations. Alongside her wound-care leadership, Sarah’s role as a Bladder and Bowel Nurse Specialist adds a valuable dimension to her practice. She brings advanced knowledge in continence assessment, catheter management and bowel-care pathways, enabling her to support patients holistically and address interconnected clinical needs with confidence and precision. This dual expertise strengthens her ability to deliver comprehensive care, improve outcomes and contribute meaningfully to service improvement. Sarah is recognised for her analytical approach, calm authority and ability to translate complex clinical issues into clear, actionable guidance. Her work is characterised by compassion, professionalism and a commitment to raising standards wherever she practises. In every respect, she stands as a senior clinician whose experience, insight and leadership continue to shape high-quality wound-care and continence services.

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Sarah Gray

Tissue Viabiltity Nurse Consultant

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Sarah Gray is a highly accomplished Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant whose career spans two decades at senior level within wound care, supported by an additional specialist background in bladder and bowel nursing. Her professional journey reflects sustained commitment to clinical excellence, patient dignity and the advancement of evidence-based practice across acute, community and long-term care environments. Over twenty years, she has developed deep expertise in complex wound assessment, pressure ulcer prevention, service development and the leadership of multidisciplinary teams, becoming a trusted source of guidance for clinicians seeking clarity in challenging situations. Alongside her wound-care leadership, Sarah’s role as a Bladder and Bowel Nurse Specialist adds a valuable dimension to her practice. She brings advanced knowledge in continence assessment, catheter management and bowel-care pathways, enabling her to support patients holistically and address interconnected clinical needs with confidence and precision. This dual expertise strengthens her ability to deliver comprehensive care, improve outcomes and contribute meaningfully to service improvement. Sarah is recognised for her analytical approach, calm authority and ability to translate complex clinical issues into clear, actionable guidance. Her work is characterised by compassion, professionalism and a commitment to raising standards wherever she practises. In every respect, she stands as a senior clinician whose experience, insight and leadership continue to shape high-quality wound-care and continence services.

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Sarah Gray

Tissue Viabiltity Nurse Consultant

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Sarah Gray is a highly accomplished Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant whose career spans two decades at senior level within wound care, supported by an additional specialist background in bladder and bowel nursing. Her professional journey reflects sustained commitment to clinical excellence, patient dignity and the advancement of evidence-based practice across acute, community and long-term care environments. Over twenty years, she has developed deep expertise in complex wound assessment, pressure ulcer prevention, service development and the leadership of multidisciplinary teams, becoming a trusted source of guidance for clinicians seeking clarity in challenging situations. Alongside her wound-care leadership, Sarah’s role as a Bladder and Bowel Nurse Specialist adds a valuable dimension to her practice. She brings advanced knowledge in continence assessment, catheter management and bowel-care pathways, enabling her to support patients holistically and address interconnected clinical needs with confidence and precision. This dual expertise strengthens her ability to deliver comprehensive care, improve outcomes and contribute meaningfully to service improvement. Sarah is recognised for her analytical approach, calm authority and ability to translate complex clinical issues into clear, actionable guidance. Her work is characterised by compassion, professionalism and a commitment to raising standards wherever she practises. In every respect, she stands as a senior clinician whose experience, insight and leadership continue to shape high-quality wound-care and continence services.

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Jill Edgley

Director of Wound Care Consultants Ltd.

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Jill Edgley is an Assistant Manager overseeing two residential care homes, bringing a substantial depth of experience shaped by twenty-five years of continuous care provision across both hospital and care-home environments. Her career reflects a strong and sustained commitment to high-quality care, operational reliability and the development of safe, effective clinical practice within long-term care settings. Over the past decade, Jill has cultivated a particular interest in wound care, becoming increasingly involved in the assessment, monitoring and support of residents with complex skin and tissue needs. This interest has grown into a recognised strength within her role, informing her approach to staff guidance, care planning and the promotion of evidence-based wound-care standards. Alongside her clinical focus, Jill has developed skill in timeline-based report construction, ensuring that events, interventions and clinical changes are documented clearly, sequentially and with professional accuracy. This structured approach supports transparent communication, strengthens multidisciplinary understanding and enhances the quality of internal and external reporting. Jill’s blend of operational leadership, long-term clinical exposure and specialist interest in wound care positions her as a reliable and knowledgeable figure within residential care. Her experience enables her to support staff, contribute to safe decision-making and uphold high standards of resident wellbeing across both homes she helps to manage.

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Jill Edgley

Director of Wound Care Consultants Ltd.

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Jill Edgley is an Assistant Manager overseeing two residential care homes, bringing a substantial depth of experience shaped by twenty-five years of continuous care provision across both hospital and care-home environments. Her career reflects a strong and sustained commitment to high-quality care, operational reliability and the development of safe, effective clinical practice within long-term care settings. Over the past decade, Jill has cultivated a particular interest in wound care, becoming increasingly involved in the assessment, monitoring and support of residents with complex skin and tissue needs. This interest has grown into a recognised strength within her role, informing her approach to staff guidance, care planning and the promotion of evidence-based wound-care standards. Alongside her clinical focus, Jill has developed skill in timeline-based report construction, ensuring that events, interventions and clinical changes are documented clearly, sequentially and with professional accuracy. This structured approach supports transparent communication, strengthens multidisciplinary understanding and enhances the quality of internal and external reporting. Jill’s blend of operational leadership, long-term clinical exposure and specialist interest in wound care positions her as a reliable and knowledgeable figure within residential care. Her experience enables her to support staff, contribute to safe decision-making and uphold high standards of resident wellbeing across both homes she helps to manage.

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Jill Edgley

Director of Wound Care Consultants Ltd.

Location:

Hailsham, East Sussex

Jill Edgley is an Assistant Manager overseeing two residential care homes, bringing a substantial depth of experience shaped by twenty-five years of continuous care provision across both hospital and care-home environments. Her career reflects a strong and sustained commitment to high-quality care, operational reliability and the development of safe, effective clinical practice within long-term care settings. Over the past decade, Jill has cultivated a particular interest in wound care, becoming increasingly involved in the assessment, monitoring and support of residents with complex skin and tissue needs. This interest has grown into a recognised strength within her role, informing her approach to staff guidance, care planning and the promotion of evidence-based wound-care standards. Alongside her clinical focus, Jill has developed skill in timeline-based report construction, ensuring that events, interventions and clinical changes are documented clearly, sequentially and with professional accuracy. This structured approach supports transparent communication, strengthens multidisciplinary understanding and enhances the quality of internal and external reporting. Jill’s blend of operational leadership, long-term clinical exposure and specialist interest in wound care positions her as a reliable and knowledgeable figure within residential care. Her experience enables her to support staff, contribute to safe decision-making and uphold high standards of resident wellbeing across both homes she helps to manage.

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Comprehensive Wound Management Services

Unsure about a diagnosis or treatment plan?


Our specialists at Woundcare Consultants are here to provide a second opinion you can rely on, giving you clarity, confidence, and peace of mind before making important health decisions.

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Comprehensive Wound Management Services

Unsure about a diagnosis or treatment plan?


Our specialists at Woundcare Consultants are here to provide a second opinion you can rely on, giving you clarity, confidence, and peace of mind before making important health decisions.

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Sylvie is a Top 10 Global Finalist Nurse
in the 2024 Aster Guardians Nursing Award, out of 78,000 nurses worldwide

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* Getting the correct diagnosis is the first and most important step toward effective treatment.

Sylvie is a Top 10 Global Finalist Nurse in the 2024 Aster Guardians Nursing Award, out of 78,000 nurses worldwide

Award Image

* Getting the correct diagnosis is the first and most important step toward effective treatment.

Sylvie is a Top 10
Global Finalist Nurse
in the 2024 Aster Guardians Nursing Award, out of 78,000 nurses worldwide

Award Image

Getting the correct diagnosis is the first and most important step toward effective treatment.

Professional Alliances 

Sylvie has served the wound care community throughout her career, holding office in professional societies, contributing to editorial boards and earning international recognition for her work in nursing.

Editorial Board & Peer Reviewer

Journal of Wound Care, British Journal of Nursing and International Wound Journal

Wound Care Society

Treasurer for three years and Secretary for four years

Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award

Top Ten Global Finalist, 2024

Wound Care Alliance UK

Board Member and Trustee

Expert Witness Society

Member

Lindsay Leg Club Foundation

Member

Elite Medical Urgent Care

Member

Professor Mark Whiteley of Whiteley Centres

Member

News & Insights

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We link with a Private Paramedic Service to provide care beyond wound care
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We link with a Private Paramedic Service to provide care beyond wound care
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We link with a Private Paramedic Service to provide care beyond wound care

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We link with a Private Paramedic Service to provide care beyond wound care
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