PRIMARY CARE
Central Lancashire
Central Lancashire Training Hub supports and works alongside the 53 practices based in our region which covers the Preston, Chorley and South Ribble area. In addition, to supporting the individual practices in our area, we work closely with the Lancashire & South Cumbria Training Hub team as well as neighbouring localities. The combined teamwork across all regions enables us to facilitate educational and development programmes.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Training
Continued Professional Development (CPD)
CPD opportunities are available to the following roles working in Primary Care within the Central Lancashire locality: Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Dieticians, Extended Role Practice Nurses, Nursing Associates (qualified), Nurse Dispensers, Nurse Partners, Nurse Specialists, Occupational Therapists, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists & Practice Nurses.
Upon enrolling on a Central Lancashire CPD course, a cancellation policy will be in place. Please gain permission from management before enrolling on any course.
26-27 CPD
We are currently awaiting funds from the ICB and in the meantime we are asking for feedback/requests to ensure we commission training relevant for those in primary care.
Please do take the time to complete our MS Forms – Central Lancashire 26-27 CPD Feedback – Fill in form
Events
Nurse & AHP Annual Conference
We are happy to announce that we have secured a date for our 2026 Nurse & AHP conference –
Date: 16th September 2026
Time: 8.45am – 3.15pm
Location: Churchills Conference Room, Mill Farm, (Home of AFC Fylde) Coronation Way WESHAM, PRESTON, PR4 3JZ
Please book your place using the following link – Medtribe – Where Medical Knowledge Meets Community | medtribe.com
We will also be handing out the following awards at the event:
Team Award
Apprenticeship Award
Impactful Contribution to Primary Care Award
Assessor/Supervisor Award
Celebrating 25 years of Long Service in the NHS
Please do complete our form to nominate staff/colleagues – Annual Nurse and AHP Conference 2026 NOMINATIONS FORM To be completed by 15th July 2026
Events Calendar
The Training Hub offer a number of events delivered at scale across all the localities in L&SC. For up to date/live events, please utilise our events page – Events for May 2026 – Lancashire and South Cumbria Training Hub
Non-Medical Prescribing
NMP/Independent Prescribing Process
If you are interested in completing your non-medical prescribing course, please view our dedicated page to view the routes available – Independent Prescribing – Lancashire and South Cumbria Training Hub
If you are based in Central Lancashire and wish to proceed, please complete our expression of interest form – L&SC Primary Care Training Hub Expression of interest form CL – Non Medical Prescribing – Fill in form
Lunch & Learn Sessions
The Lancashire & South Cumbria Training Hub are pleased to share with you a 12-month lunch and learn programme. The programme is to support Non-Medical Prescribers in key topic/therapeutic areas and encourage peer discussions and networking.
The bitesize lunch and learn sessions will be held for 45 minutes via Microsoft Teams, every third Tuesday of the month between 12:15pm – 13:00pm.
To access the sessions please: Click here
Timetable of future sessions:
16th June 2026 – Drug misuse and safe prescribing – Dr Muhammad Akhar
21st July 2026 – Diabetes and GLP-1 – Sanjay Tanna
18th August 2026 – NO SESSION
15th September 2026 – Prescribing in MSK – Laura Abel
20th October 2026 – Rheumatology in Primary Care – Laura Abel
17th November 2026 – TBC
15th December 2026 – NO SESSION
Disclaimer: If you are accessing the slides and recordings to the bitesize sessions using the links below, please be aware that the sessions were intended to support Non-Medical Prescribers in their development and understanding of the subject area, however these sessions should not be considered the sole source of your learning. Please ensure that you also refer to your employer guidance, up-to-date national guidance e.g. NICE guidance and professional body standards alongside these bitesize sessions. The information in the sessions were current and accurate at the time of creation.
Placements
Student Placements
As a locality training hub, our role is to link with universities and secure practice placements for students. We recognise it is important for students to learn about life in primary care so that they have the opportunity to consider this as a career pathway.
Predominantly in our area, we link with universities such as University of Lancashire, University of Cumbria and Edge Hill.
The Training Hub supports a range of placements such as Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Associates along with others.
If you are not currently a training practice and are interested in pursuing this pathway, please contact [email protected] (Operations Manager) and [email protected] (General Practice Education Facilitator).
Practices are required to complete a Unified Learning Audit (ULE) which we can support you with.
