Clinical Skills Practice Workshop Lytham
2023-05-04 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | Lytham Primary Care Centre Victoria Street Lytham FY8 5DZ, Lytham Primary Care Centre Victoria Street Lytham FY8 5DZ
New for 2023 Lancashire and South Cumbria Training Hub are offering Clinical Skills Practice Workshops! Available throughout the year at different locations you will be able to experience a hands on approach with the support of a clinical educator!

Topics covered in the sessions are:

Venepuncture
Obtaining a Manual Blood pressure
Injection Technique
Cervical Sample Taking

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 the topics above.
New to practice and want to have some hands-on experience with a mannequin to gain skills and confidence or if you are an experienced practitioner and want to refresh your skills then this is the workshop for you!

We have equipment available in the workshops to enable you to practice your skills and get hands on experience with the support of a friendly clinical educator plus a practical handbook to guide you through.
– Please note that these workshops are 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. In addition, delegates may attend to access one of the pieces of equipment or all of them! This is a great opportunity to get hands on and have a play with the mannequins to help improve your practice!
If you have any additional needs or requirements to attend these sessions, then please contact the training hub on mbpcc.lscthub@nhs.net

Please ensure you bring your own lunch/snacks if required.
If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your place via Eventbrite. If you are struggling with booking or cancelling your place, please contact us on 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 HEE, for the delivery of this training, monitoring, reporting and certification purposes only.

Celebrating nurses working in social care in the North West
2023-05-04 10:00 - 14:30 | Ewood Park, Ewood Park (Blackburn Rovers), Blackburn, United Kingdom
Celebrating nurses working in social care in the North West
In collaboration with the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, we’re delighted to be hosting this event to celebrate nursing in social care, which is part of our wider International Nurses Day celebrations.
If you’re a nurse or a nursing associate in the North West, it’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with other nurses in your region, share good practice and contribute to professional discussion and debate, as well as taking the time to recognise the contribution you make. You could also use this time to reflect for revalidation purposes or to hear ideas and innovation to take back to your own working environments.
The event will be attended by Deborah Sturdy, the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care. Deborah is keen to hear from nurses and nursing associates, and to understand and share the current initiatives that are important to the nursing workforce.
We’ll also be recognising and celebrating key nursing leaders with an awards ceremony.
Refreshments and a networking lunch is included.

‘What good looks like’ – Managing Medicines in adult social care
2023-05-04 14:00 - 15:00
The purpose of the event is to provide an update to adult health and social care staff and their teams about resources available to support them to handle, manage and use medicines more safely. This will be achieved through:
– Sharing information and promoting resources that have been developed by Health Education England (HEE) and NHS England (NHSE)
– Signposting to CQC’s resources for medicines information for adult social care
– Q & A

General Practice Webinar
2023-05-04 17:00 - 18:00
There will be no GP webinar on the 6th April – the next GP webinar will take place on Thursday 4th May from 5-6pm.
Please join us for the next of our regular General Practice webinars with information and updates on the latest policy around general practice.
To attend, please ensure you register by 1pm on Wednesday 3rd May 2023. If you registered for our last webinar, you do not need to register again.
The webinar will take place through MS Teams Live and all registered attendees will be emailed a joining link closer to the time of the event taking place. If you haven’t received your joining link, please first check your junk/spam folders as the email may end up there, before contacting us by email.
A recording of the webinar (and all previous webinars) will be available on Future NHS.
Please note: this is a closed webinar for those working in or with general practice. Please register using your official NHS or professional email address to help us to confirm your place.
Questions about this event?
Name: Primary Care Team
Email:england.pccomms@nhs.net

How to have a challenging conversation
2023-05-09 09:30 - 10:30, 2023-05-09 12:00 - 13:00
This one hour session provides the tools to tackle those difficult situations effectively and removes the fear/reluctance

This is a fully interactive session- please ensure you have a camera and microphone
You will receive a certificate post training for your attendance. Places are limited, if you have booked a place, please ensure you attend.

SNOMED and Read Coding Training
2023-05-09 13:30 - 16:30
OVERVIEW
The course will raise confidence, eliminates the most common mistakes with a simple to use structure, and will improve the quality of the coding in the practice, which in turn will improve safety, audit, QoF and quality.

AIMS

To examine the reasons for coding
Introducing Snomed Concepts
Explaining how concepts can be used to increase accuracy.
To explain searching techniques for coding
To develop an understanding of common coding errors and how to make good
Showing how common Read terms map into Snomed
Snomed search browsers
To concentrate on improving data quality by correct coding

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Non-Clinical Primary Care Staff

WHAT DO I NEED?

MS TEAMS (join on the app or online)
Pen/Paper
Preferably a camera and mic to participate

HOW LONG IS THE COURSE?
3 hours (Virtual)

Edge Hill Training and Development Spring Conference
2023-05-10 08:30 - 14:00
(registration from 8:30am, lunch 1pm-2pm)

The sessions will include:

An update on the undergraduate programmes
Questions and discussions with members of the team
Active learning sets for improving teaching and learning
Physician Associate training and sharing of good practice
Regulatory body assessment updates
Safeguarding training
Educational supervisor training/updates

Keynote Speaker is Dr David Unwin.
David is a local GP who was made a UK Royal College of General Practitioners expert clinical advisor in 2015 for his dedicated efforts in patient communication and type 2 diabetes. His work has been covered by the BBC, New Scientist, The Times and the BMJ.
The opportunity to book onto a tour of the Clinical Skills and simulation building will made available nearer to the conference.

To be held on EHU’s Ormskirk campus
Spring Training Conference Flyer

Difficult Telephone Conversations Training
2023-05-10 09:00 - 12:00
This interactive course enhances telephone skills to enable your team to develop better rapport with patients, control conversations better, care navigate and also to reduce difficult conversations/abuse.
AIMS

Getting the Best out of Patients on the Phone
Creating the personal connections that are lost in face to face contact
How your choice of words matters
Making a great start to create a personal connection
Techniques to reduce the likelihood of abuse
Noticing the patient’s mood and flexing your language to create empathy
Question techniques to ensure that we get the information we need from the patient to care navigate effectively
Dealing with patients who say too much
Dealing with patients who might be aggressive or angry
Dealing with patients who don’t say enough
Dealing with patients with communication challenges
Recovering after a tough conversation

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Non-Clinical Primary Care Staff
WHAT DO I NEED?

MS TEAMS (join on the app or online)
Pen/Paper
Preferably a camera and mic to participate

HOW LONG IS THE COURSE?
This is a 3 hour course.
HOW TO JOIN?
You will receive an email a couple of days prior to the event with all training materials and a link to join the MS Teams training session.

ACP & NMP Nurses Clinical Supervision Session
2023-05-10 11:30 - 12:30
This training event will enable you to reflect on and further develop your knowledge and skills necessary to your role as a clinical supervisor.
Focus: NMP clinical supervision session on NW regional NMP updates / developments and what you can do around NMP development / progress from Joanna Tate – NW NMP HEE cooperative manager

Educational Supervision Training Session for Pharmacy Staff - Effective Feedback, Reflective Writing
2023-05-10 13:30 - 16:30
Pharmacy Educational Supervisor Training for Summer 2023. These study sessions are essential for any tutors and trainers supporting pharmacy staff in the workplace.
You are invited to enrol for the following webinars:
Session 1: Roles & Responsibilities, Action Planning, Assessments
Wednesday 19 April 2023 2 – 4pm (CLOSED)
Tuesday 25 April 2023 10 am -12noon (CLOSED)

Session 2: Effective Feedback and Reflective Writing
Wednesday 10 May 1.30-4.30pm
Thursday 18 May 9.30am-12.30pm

Session 3: Supporting Trainees Requiring Additional Support
Tuesday 6 June 10am-12noon or
Wednesday 14 June 2-4pm

Clinical Skills Practice Workshop Lancaster
2023-05-11 11:00 - 14:00 | NHS Moor Lane Mills, Moor Ln, Lancaster LA1 1QD, NHS Moor Lane Mills, Moor Ln, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1QD, United Kingdom
New for 2023 Lancashire and South Cumbria Training Hub are offering Clinical Skills Practice Workshops! Available throughout the year at different locations you will be able to experience a hands on approach with the support of a clinical educator!

Topics covered in the sessions are:

Venepuncture
Obtaining a Manual Blood pressure
Injection Technique
Cervical Sample Taking

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 the topics above.
New to practice and want to have some hands-on experience with a mannequin to gain skills and confidence or if you are an experienced practitioner and want to refresh your skills then this is the workshop for you!

We have equipment available in the workshops to enable you to practice your skills and get hands on experience with the support of a friendly clinical educator plus a practical handbook to guide you through.
– Please note that these workshops are 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. In addition, delegates may attend to access one of the pieces of equipment or all of them! This is a great opportunity to get hands on and have a play with the mannequins to help improve your practice!
If you have any additional needs or requirements to attend these sessions, then please contact the training hub on mbpcc.lscthub@nhs.net

Health and Wellbeing Champions - Looking after you team, a practical guide
2023-05-11 12:00 - 13:00
Health and Wellbeing Champions development session
Following the successful launch and ongoing rollout of Health and Wellbeing Champions nationally, NHS England are committed to providing our national network of Champions with monthly development sessions focussing on key topics to enhance your knowledge and skills for the role.
This session will focus on:
Looking after your team – a practical guide
We will be joined by colleagues from NHS England who have developed a a practical toolkit on how to support the health and wellbeing of your team.
Please note the Teams link will be shared 24 hours ahead of the session taking place. We suggest in the meantime that you hold this date and time in your diary until the link is shared. Please ensure you click the ‘reserve’ button on this page to reserve a ticket, rather than ‘add to calendar’ to ensure you receive all of the relevant details of the session.
Questions about this event?
Name: Stephanie Roocroft
Email:stephanie.roocroft@nhs.net
Telephone:07730382129

Correspondence Management Workshop - Level 1
2023-05-12 09:30 - 13:00
Places are limited . If you cannot attend this training, please ensure you have cancelled your place so that others can book on.

Workshop Objective
This aims to equip operational administrative staff to safely and efficiently take actions where appropriate, and which may include forwarding correspondence to another member of the team, or passing letters to a GP for action if a clinical decision is required. It is a more advanced task than document processing or coding alone.
It requires support staff to have the requisite skills and confidence to consistently make safe and informed decisions about how to code a letter and its contents in the patient record, how to use an approved protocol for deciding which letters need to be sent to a GP and with what level of urgency, and when to ask for help.

AIM – Level 1
By the end of this workshop delegates will have an overview and a clear understanding of the operational value and importance of “Correspondence Management”. Both for improving the patient journey and for helping their Practice to manage workload more effectively and efficiently.
This level promotes a shared understanding and awareness of the potential positive impact of “Correspondence Management” on General Practice.
The topics that will be covered include;

Welcome, introductions and objectives
Where are we now ?
What is “Correspondence Management” ?
What are its benefits ?
How does it work ?
What may be some of the barriers to introducing this change?
What is Clinical Governance and why it is important?
How to ensure work and information is progressed in a Safe, Efficient and Timely manner
How “Correspondence Management” improves the Patient experience
The importance of understanding Read Codes & medical terminology
How to recognise clinically relevant information within correspondence
How to process and action a letter to completion or forward to correct recipient
The importance of – Audit – feedback tools– Significant event reviews
Action Plan

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Non-Clinical Primary Care Staff

WHAT DO I NEED?

MS TEAMS (join on the app or online)
Pen/Paper
Preferably a camera and mic to participate

HOW LONG IS THE COURSE?
Full day (9:30-16:30) Virtual

HOW TO JOIN?
You will receive an email a couple of days prior to the event with all training materials and a link to join the MS Teams training session.

Understanding blood tests and results training
2023-05-16 09:30 - 12:30
OVERVIEW
The course aims to develop a good understanding of the most common blood tests taken in general practice.
We explore the medical reasons why these blood tests are required, including discussion of the therapeutic ranges and why this is important.
AIMS

Clarification of terminology
Understanding blood components
Medical reasons behind the blood tests
Why the blood tests are important

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Secretaries
Non Clinicians
Receptionists
Heath care assistants

WHAT DO I NEED?

MS TEAMS (join on the app or online)
Pen/Paper
Preferably a camera and mic to participate

HOW LONG IS THE COURSE?
2 hours (Virtual)
HOW TO JOIN?
You will receive an email a couple of days prior to the event with all training materials and a link to join the MS Teams training session.

Phlebotomy/Venepuncture Training
2023-05-16 09:30 - 16:30
Location: Fatima Health Centre, 228 Garstang Road, Fulwood, PR2 9QB, Preston
This phlebotomy venepuncture training course is aimed at all healthcare staff, specifically registered nurses, carers and support workers who’s role include taking bloods.
This is ideal for staff who are looking to improve their skills in venepuncture.
The Venepuncture Training will aim to improve the students’ knowledge of the theory surrounding venepuncture including: the correct order of draw, the anatomy of veins and how to select a suitable site – allow students to practice using a synthetic arm.
Please note: This course contains a full practical (face to face) session.

Training includes but is not limited to:

Identify the suitable veins for Venepuncture
Identify the indications and contraindications for both the practitioner and the patient
To discuss the equipment used for performing Venepuncture
To be made aware of the full procedure and raise awareness for potential policy variations
To provide simulated practise in a controlled environment to help develop Venepuncture skills
To consider Venepuncture from patients point of view

Learning Disability Awareness and AHC’s: A Whole Practice Approach
2023-05-16 12:30 - 14:00
Who should attend:
Any staff member who is involved in and/or has an interest in supporting people with learning disabilities (PWLD) to have annual health checks.
Description of training:

Training sessions will cover what a learning disability is/is not, and the characteristics seen within different levels of LD
Overview of LD inclusion tool to identify patients, when and how to use
Overview of LeDeR – purpose and statistics of preventable deaths in PWLD
Importance of Annual Health Checks and common health issues in PWLD
Mental Capacity in relation to healthcare for PWLD
Barriers to accessing equitable healthcare for PWLD
AHC and health action plans – what should be considered, how to develop an effective HAP
Effective strategies to support successful AHC’s
Service aims and objectives of the Health Facilitation Team to support GP practices
Learning Disability Champion proposal
Video’s from PWLD – explanation of their experiences of health checks

Please ensure you have access to a camera and microphone to join the meeting.

You will receive a certificate post training for your attendance. Places are limited, if you have booked a place, please ensure you attend.
If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your place via Eventbrite. If you are struggling with booking or cancelling your place, please contact us on mbpcc.lscthub@nhs.net

Data apprenticeships information session by Cambridge Spark
2023-05-16 14:00 - 15:00
This webinar has been created for Primary Care and Social Care employers within Lancashire and South Cumbria, to find out about the variety of Data apprenticeships Cambridge Spark provide. This session will cover Data Apprenticeships available ranging from Level 3 – Level 7, Key entry requirements and an opportunity to ask questions
To find out more and book your place, please click here.

Covid Vaccination Training
2023-05-17 09:30 - 11:00
In line with the Public Health England, L&SC PCTH have developed a training session for the National Covid Vaccination Programme.
Sign up to this virtual update available for all staff who will be delivering and involved in the Covid Vaccination Programme.
This is an overview training session. In addition, you must complete the relevant e-learning for health module to which specific Covid vaccine you are administering.

It is optional to stay on at the end for an Anaphylaxis refresher (this Anaphylaxis refresher will not replace the usual update/e-learning you must complete).
For further government/NHS guidance, please visit our Covid Vaccination resources page here.

Introduction to Immunisation and Vaccinations Training (Foundation)
2023-05-17 09:30 - 2023-05-18 16:30
PLEASE NOTE DAY 1 IS TO COMPLETE ALL ELEARNING ELEMENTS PRIOR TO DAY 2.
Day 2 will be virtually on MS Teams (9:30am-16:30)
The Immunisation and Vaccination Foundation is a blended learning programme.
This is for those new to providing Immunisation and Vaccinations
This course does not cover anaphylaxis or basic life support. This must be completed separately.

In line with the Public Health England (2018) Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training for Registered Healthcare Practitioners we have developed a blended approach of both an e learning and a face to face taught course which previously consisted of two full taught days. Those new to immunisation are required to receive comprehensive foundation immunisation training.

The programme web site is:– https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/immunisation/
The programme is free to access just register to use the e-lfh portal.

The course is designed around the updated National Minimum Standards and the competency assessment tool which must be undertaken in clinical practice following completion of the workshop. Please see the link below for a copy of the competency assessment tool for registered practitioners:

https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pdf-006943

You will receive a certificate post training for your attendance. Places are limited, if you have booked a place, please ensure you attend.
If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your place via Eventbrite. If you are struggling with booking or cancelling your place, please contact us on mbpcc.lscthub@nhs.net

Digital Champion Training
2023-05-17 11:00 - 12:00
Sign up to the Digital Champion Training!
A training session covering digital awareness and uses of IT and systems within Primary Care.
For all Primary Care staff (Clinical and Non-Clinical)

Nurse and ACP Forum
2023-05-17 11:30 - 12:30
Want an update on Nurse and ACP developments in your Lancashire and South Cumbria region and a place to share your ideas with peers ?
Focus: We have the ICB chief nurse attending Professor Sarah O Brien attending, giving a strategic update on what’s happening at ICB level nursing, and ACP development

Indicator Conditions in HIV Education Event
2023-05-17 12:30 - 16:30 | The Marriot Hotel, The Marriot Hotel, Garstang Road, Preston, PR3 5JB, United Kingdom
Indicator Conditions in HIV Education Event (Wed, 17 May) at the Marriott Hotel, Garstang Road, Preston, PR3 5JB. Arrival for 12:30, finish at 16:30
This is an education event for Primary Care Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. Lunch will be provided on arrival. The event will be chaired by Dr John Sweeney, Consultant in Genito-urinary & HIV Medicine from Blackpool Teaching Hospital.
To attend the session please email Kathryn.carroll@gilead.com with your name, organisation, role, email address and any dietary requirements.

Care Navigation Training
2023-05-17 14:00 - 17:00
OVERVIEW

With the Forward View requiring that primary care takes the lead on signposting patients to the most appropriate support (other than the GP they want to see), practice staff will need to learn a range of skills in holding these conversations and dealing with the challenges of patient expectation and behaviour.

This Primary Care Navigation Training is designed to specifically support primary care staff in having conversations that will encourage patients to see the most appropriate person to manage their needs.

AIMS

What is care navigation?
Why is care navigation essential in taking primary care forward?
Recognising the care navigation we are already doing.
Understanding that signposting is not triage
Tips to ensure that patients have confidence in the process
Supporting patients who are reluctant to not see a GP
Managing aggression and frustration
Minimising abuse
Developing self-confidence in the role

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Non-Clinical Primary Care Staff

WHAT DO I NEED?

MS TEAMS (join on the app or online)
Pen/Paper
Preferably a camera and mic to participate

HOW LONG IS THE COURSE?

3 hours (Virtual)

HOW TO JOIN?

You will receive an email a couple of days prior to the event with all training materials and a link to join the MS Teams training session.

Pharmacy Educational Supervisor Training: Effective Feedback and Reflective Writing
2023-05-18 09:30 - 12:30

Clinical Skills Practice Workshop - Darwen
2023-05-18 10:00 - 13:00

Lancashire and South Cumbria Apprenticeship Awards Evening
2023-05-19 | Imperial Banqueting Hall in Preston, Imperial Banqueting Hall in Preston
This annual event recognises the outstanding contribution and achievements our Apprentices from across Lancashire and South Cumbria have made over the last year.
Taking place at Imperial Banqueting Preston, St Mary’s St, North, Preston PR1 5LG on Friday 19th May, the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Health and Social Care Apprenticeship Awards 2023 celebrate the very best Apprentices.
Nominations for the 11 award categories are open to organisations, training providers, or Apprentices themselves.
Nominees must be working towards, or have completed in the last 12 months, an Apprenticeship at an NHS Health & Social Care organisation that is located within Lancashire & South Cumbria.
Click here to read more and to nominate / book.

Correspondence Management Workshop - Level 2
2023-05-19 09:30 - 16:30
Places are limited . If you cannot attend this training, please ensure you have cancelled your place so that others can book on.

Workshop Objective
This aims to equip operational administrative staff to safely and efficiently take actions where appropriate, and which may include forwarding correspondence to another member of the team, or passing letters to a GP for action if a clinical decision is required. It is a more advanced task than document processing or coding alone.
It requires support staff to have the requisite skills and confidence to consistently make safe and informed decisions about how to code a letter and its contents in the patient record, how to use an approved protocol for deciding which letters need to be sent to a GP and with what level of urgency, and when to ask for help.

AIM – Level 2
By the end of this workshop delegates will have an overview understanding of the Read coding, and medical terminology needed to enable them to fully contribute to the safe, practice application of “Correspondence Management”.
Delegates will also receive a number of standard checklists and templates which they will then be able to adapt for their Practice.
Level 2 incorporates an online assessment for each candidate taken in their own time at the practice.
The topics that will be covered include;

Welcome, introductions and objectives
Read Codes
Purpose
Definition
Structure
Episodicity
Common abbreviations
Codes derived from Secondary Care
Medical Terminology
Word structure and building blocks
Major body systems and organs
Common tests & investigations
Action Plan

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Non-Clinical Primary Care Staff

WHAT DO I NEED?

MS TEAMS (join on the app or online)
Pen/Paper
Preferably a camera and mic to participate

HOW LONG IS THE COURSE?
Full day (9:30-16:30) Virtual

Learning Environment Educator Development and Update Workshops
2023-05-19 12:00 - 13:00
This workshop is for all Educators who support pre-registration learners, Allied Health Professional, Physician Associates, General Practitioners, NMC Assessors and Supervisors

This is an interactive discussion on the learning environment, HEE Quality Framework (2021), assessment and supervision process, the learners and an overview of NMC standards and the requirements of the above professions.

You will receive an email prior to the workshop with the required pre reading attached for this session.

You can also find the pre-reading here: https://lscthub.co.uk/learning-environment-educator-development-workshop/

If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your place via Eventbrite. If you are struggling with booking or cancelling your place, please contact us on mbpcc.lscthub@nhs.net

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

Understanding Employee Rights - HR Workshop
2023-05-22 12:30 - 13:30
Understanding the rights of your employees is essential HR 101
In this interactive session, Sonia will guide you through what you need to know to ensure you are protecting your employees whilst also being a fair and supportive employer/ manager.
Free for IHSCM Members.
