A wound dressing comprises:(i) a core of a non-woven layer comprising gelling fibres and having first and second major faces,(ii) a first layer of an absorbent foam positioned with one face adjacent to the first face of the non-woven layer,(iii) a second layer of an absorbent foam positioned with one face thereof adjacent to the second face of the non-woven layer,(iv) an open material positioned against that face of the first absorbent foam layer remote from the non-woven layer and(v) an open material or a continuous semi-permeable film positioned against that face of the second absorbent layer remote from the non-woven layer.Layers (i) - (v) may be bonded together.
