Shaping the future of wound care in Europe

The MedTech Europe Wound Care Sector Group brings together national associations and leading industry partners to jointly elevate the visibility and priority of wound care across Europe. By uniting expertise from across the sector, the group works to highlight the significant, yet often overlooked burden that wounds place on patients, caregivers, and healthcare systems. Despite affecting approximately 7.4 million to 14.9 million people across Europe, chronic wounds continue to be under-recognised in policy and healthcare planning. The Sector Group aims to address this gap by fostering collaboration, sharing evidence, and driving policy dialogue that positions wound care as an essential component of resilient, equitable, and sustainable health systems.

As part of this mission, the Wound Care Sector Group has developed a comprehensive White Paper that outlines the urgent need to make chronic wound care a healthcare priority. The document assesses the current challenges in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and system-level coordination, and highlights how fragmented care pathways, insufficient training, and misaligned reimbursement structures contribute to delayed care and higher long-term costs.

Through clear strategic recommendations (focusing on patient‑centred care, workforce capacity, policy alignment, innovation, and real‑world evidence) the White Paper provides a roadmap for coordinated European action. Its goal is to support policymakers, clinicians, payers, patient organisations, and industry in improving outcomes for millions of people living with or at risk of chronic wounds.

Read the White Paper below.