Lancashire and South Cumbria Training Hub

MECC 90mins Online Familiarisation / Refresher
2025-11-20 13:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Aims of the Course
The MECC 90 minute online familiarisation session is delivered to provide colleagues with an understanding of what the MECC approach is (Making Every Contact Count) and how we can apply it to conversations within the community to support health and wellbeing. It focuses on brief conversations as part of the everyday contact we have with people and how we can support them within a variety of health and wellbeing topics e.g. smoking, physical activity and diet.

Who is the course aimed at?
The course is aimed at anybody interested in having meaningful conversations related to wellbeing, particularly those that work within a health related role. No previous knowledge is required in order to obtain the content of this course.

How long is the course?
The course is delivered over a 90 minute online session. There are opportunities to attend the MECC Train the Trainer or more bespoke MECC courses such as MECC for Mental Health and MECC for Physical Activity.

Though this course is offered to you fully funded, please make every effort to attend once you have enrolled, or make us aware so that someone else may benefit. Thank you!

Spirometry Skills Workshop
2025-12-02 10:00 - 13:00 | (1st Floor Conference Room) Fatima Health Centre, 228 Garstang Road, Preston, PR2 9QB, United Kingdom
The session will include verification of the spirometer using a 3 litre syringe and an opportunity to practice performing spirometry with an experienced clinical educator.

The workshops welcome General Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Nursing Associates, Trainee Nursing Associates, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Student Nurses, Student Nurse Paramedics, Physician Associates… anyone with a clinical role within Primary Care that is already trained in spirometry

Lancashire and South Cumbria Local and National Nurse and AHP Quarterly Update Forums 2025
2025-12-10 12:30 - 13:15
We have arranged four general practice nurse and AHP forums for 2025.
Each forum will last 45 minutes including a national and local update plus time for Q&As

MECC for Mental Health
2025-12-11 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-01-22 10:00 - 12:30
MECC for Mental Health

This course will provide you with information about how to use the Making Every Contact Count (MECC) approach, talking about mental health and where to direct people to within those conversations.

Aims of the Course

On completion you will understand:

How mental health and wellbeing affect people in every day settings.

How to feel confident in discussing mental health and wellbeing.

How to start and have a mental health and wellbeing conversation.

Mental health in the workplace.

Available mental health and wellbeing support and resources.

Who is the course aimed at ?

The course is not only aimed at individuals supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing, but also those whose roles might not traditionally have any mental health training but have the opportunity to discuss mental health and wellbeing. This could include settings such as libraries, gyms, charity support services, hairdressers, and other public facing settings. The course could also be used in the induction of new staff and volunteers across a variety of workplaces.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The MECC for Mental Health sessions are delivered free of charge to all participants who are registered via workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk and who work for organisations within Lancs & S Cumbria.

Late Arrival: If you arrive late for a session or you are absent from any session, we reserve the right to refuse access to the training session if we / trainer feels that you will gain insufficient knowledge or skills in the time remaining.

No Show: Candidates who do not turn up to the session / arrive too late to start the session / provide less than 2 days’ notice of cancellation may result in refused access to future training courses that are offered.

Where minimum numbers have not been met, we reserve the right to cancel/postpone courses where necessary.

COURSE INFORMATION/REQUIREMENTS

· Course Name: MECC for Mental Health on-line session via Teams.
· Please check your training records to ensure you have not already attended this session previously.
· Once you have been registered on a specific date and time, an e-mail will be sent to you to confirm your registration including a specific Teams Link.
· All places on a session are on a first come/first serve basis

Lead Nurse Forum
2026-01-15 13:00 - 14:00
We host a Virtual Forum for PCN Lead Nurses/Representatives, once a month (day and time changes monthly to allow accessibility to all).
The Forum provides useful resources, regular update of communications from local Integrated Care Board such as Infection Control and Safeguarding and National Steer. It allows nurses to share best practice and innovation across the system, collectively raise any nurse issues and provides peer support.

As part of the General Practice Nurse Programme in Lancashire and South Cumbria, we have funding for a Lead Nurse in Primary Care Networks to join our collaborative. The collaborative is continuing the work from the GPN10PP to collectively work together to support all nurses in Primary Care.

PCN Lead Nurse Forum
2026-01-15 13:00 - 14:00
We host a Virtual Forum for PCN Lead Nurses/Representatives, once a month (day and time changes monthly to allow accessibility to all).
The Forum provides useful resources, regular update of communications from local Integrated Care Board such as Infection Control and Safeguarding and National Steer. It allows nurses to share best practice and innovation across the system, collectively raise any nurse issues and provides peer support.

As part of the General Practice Nurse Programme in Lancashire and South Cumbria, we have funding for a Lead Nurse in Primary Care Networks to join our collaborative. The collaborative is continuing the work from the GPN10PP to collectively work together to support all nurses in Primary Care.
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Spirometry Skills Workshop
2026-01-20 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-12 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-19 10:00 - 13:00
Event Description

Available throughout the year at Fatima Health Centre, 228 Garstang Rd, Fulwood, Preston PR2 9QB (1st Floor)
The session will include verification of the spirometer using a 3 litre syringe and an opportunity to practice performing spirometry with an experienced clinical educator.

The workshops welcome General Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Nursing Associates, Trainee Nursing Associates, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Student Nurses, Student Nurse Paramedics, Physician Associates… anyone with a clinical role within Primary Care that is already trained in spirometry

PLEASE BRING A DISPOSIBLE MOUTHPIECE TO THE SESSION

Please note this workshop is not a formal training session and the purpose is to support delegates in building on knowledge and skills already learnt from previous formal training.

Delegates must join the session from the start time and leave once they feel they have gained enough from the workshop: there is no requirement to stay for the full 3 hours.

If you have any additional needs or requirements to attend these sessions, then please contact us.

You will receive a certificate post-training for your attendance.
If you have any additional needs or requirements to attend this session, please contact us at mbpcc.lscthub@nhs.net

By signing up you agree for your information to be stored and shared by the Training Hub and with the Training Provider, NHSE and NHS ICB, for the delivery of this training, monitoring, reporting and certification purposes only.

MECC for Physical Activity
2026-02-10 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-03-05 10:00 - 12:30
MECC for Physical Activity

This course supports individuals to integrate purposeful physical activity conversations into everyday conversations. Making Every Contact Count (MECC) for Physical Activity aims to increase physical activity levels of the wider population. Physical activity can help prevent or reduce health inequalities such as heart disease, stroke, and other long-term health conditions in line with the NHS CORE20PLUS5 framework and national Physical Activity Strategy.

Aims of the Course

The module supports anyone who is not a physical activity specialist by supplying high quality and evidence based physical activity training that develops knowledge, skills and confidence to integrate relevant physical activity messages and interventions into everyday conversations. On completion you will have awareness of:

The MECC approach and how this can be applied in your setting.

What is meant by physical activity (including awareness of the latest Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines).

How to deliver healthy lifestyle messages linked to physical activity, to encourage people to change their behaviour.

Where suitable resources for signposting can be found.

Who is the course aimed at:

The course is aimed at anybody interested in looking to support physical activity conversations in the workplace or community. It is particularly useful for workplace health champions, and those who are responsible for workplace health and wellbeing strategies. No previous knowledge is required in order to obtain the content of this course

GENERAL INFORMATION

The MECC for Physical Activity sessions are delivered free of charge to all participants who are registered via workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk and who work for organisations within Lancs & South Cumbria.

Late Arrival: If you arrive late for a session or you are absent from any session, we reserve the right to refuse access to the training session if we / trainer feels that you will gain insufficient knowledge or skills in the time remaining.

No Show: Candidates who do not turn up to the session / arrive too late to start the session / provide less than 2 days’ notice of cancellation may result in refused access to future training courses that are offered.

Where minimum numbers have not been met, we reserve the right to cancel/postpone courses where necessary.

COURSE INFORMATION/REQUIREMENTS

· Course Name: MECC for Physical Activity session via Teams
· Please check your training records to ensure you have not already attended this session previously
· Once you have been registered on a specific date and time, an e-mail will be sent to you to confirm your registration including a specific Teams Link.
· All places on a session are on a first come/first serve basis

Self-Supported Management (formerly PAM training)
2026-02-13 09:30 - 12:00
Self-Supported Management Training (formerly PAM) can make a valuable contribution to assessing a person’s ability to self care at any given time. This training helps support next steps on what would be needed to increase an individuals levels of knowledge, skills and confidence in order to improve their health and wellbeing outcomes. It can be used to tailor interventions to individual needs, significantly increasing the likelihood that people will adopt behaviours that contribute to better health.

Please Note: This training no longer covers the Flourish tool.

Though this course is offered to you fully funded, please make every effort to attend once you have enrolled, or make us aware so that someone else may benefit. Thank you!

MECC Train the Trainer by Active Lancashire
2026-02-25 09:30 - 17:00, 2026-09-24 09:25 - 17:00 | Preston
Aims of the Course
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations. MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy weight, physical activity and mental health and may link to local social prescribing offers.

Who is the course aimed at?
The course is aimed at anybody interested in learning more around the MECC approach and how this can be cascaded throughout your organisation or through the local community. It will give you the skills and tools to be able to deliver informal/ formal training.

How long is the course?
The course is delivered over a one day session in person.

Though this course is offered to you fully funded, please make every effort to attend once you have enrolled, or make us aware so that someone else may benefit. Thank you!

PCN Lead Nurse Forum
2026-02-26 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-26 13:00 - 14:00

MECC Train the Trainer by Active Lancashire
2026-05-20 09:30 - 17:00 | Blackburn
