The invention provides a wound dressing which includes a 1 to 12 mm thick layer of absorbent non woven fibre material between 150 and 1200 grams per square meter which layer includes a mixture of viscose fibres and polyester fibres which more viscose than polyester and of which the fines of the viscose is between 1 5 and 3 dtex and the fines of the polyester is between 2 and 3 dtex.