Non clinical skills session How to empower your team (GPN)
2024-01-23 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
How to empower your team for all GPNs and anyone with a clinical role in Primary Care hosted on MS Teams.
This 60 minute lunch and learn session teaches the principles of coaching to develop your staff to self direct and problem solve

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend the meeting.

Routine Enquiry in Domestic Abuse Bite Size Training
2024-01-23 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-07 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London)

Medicines Management
2024-01-24 09:30 - 12:30 UTC
Available to Social Care staff working within the Lancashire and South Cumbria postcodes only:
Session Aims:
The purpose of this session is to develop the skills and knowledge of HCA’s in the correct use of medication, how to ensure it is safely managed stored, administered and recorded effectively.
Learning Outcomes:

• How to administer medicines in a systematic way to reduce the risk of errors
• How to give medicines in a person-centred way
• Explain why mistakes happen and how to minimise the chances of them occurring
• How to administer tablets, liquids, creams, inhalers, patches, and eye drops
• How to record when medication is administered to an individual using service specific documentation here possible

Method of learning Microsoft Teams 3 hours
The training is entirely online learning which is led by a tutor in real time. You will need access to a computer and internet during all the training, preferably the trainer will need to be able to see and hear from you as the training will be interactive.
Please Note

As spaces are limited, we request that you register a maximum of 2 staff from each care organisation.
If you have any questions regarding this training please email our inbox mbpcc.lscsocialcare@nhs.net
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.lscsocialcare@nhs.net
No other participants can take part unless they are registered.
Whilst we understand it is not always possible it is preferred that each student is online on their own device, however if this is not possible and there is more than one person sharing the screen, then they must all make themselves aware to the tutor, as we are able to issue any certificates of completion if we do not have the details of all those on the training.
If those attending do not give the tutor their name, their place of work and their job role, then we will not be able to issue certificates to that person.

Care Navigation I: Using Quality Improvement to embed care navigation in General Practice Webinar
2024-01-24 12:30 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
Join NHSE for this webinar to explore what we mean by care navigation and what the barriers to this being an effective tool in practice can be.
NHSE will share with you some quick wins that are working well across the country, as well as invite those attending the session to share their experiences. We will also demonstrate some tried and tested tools to help you and your practice develop and adapt ideas to work for you.

This session focusses on the quality improvement approach to care navigation and it will cover:

What is ‘Care Navigation’ and why do we need it?
What stops us from navigation effectively?
Quick wins – what have other practices done
Some quality improvement tools to help embed care navigation processes

Learning outcomes:

Gain clarity on what care navigation is
Identify the barriers to care navigation
Be able to begin addressing some of the common problems from the ideas and learning shared, as well as use QI tools to determine whether a change leads to an improvement

This webinar is for anyone in NHS general practices and Primary Care Networks.
The sessions are delivered by experienced Primary Care Transformation Team faculty members, comprising practice-based clinicians and non-clinicians and improvement experts who have worked extensively with general practice and wider primary care.
Registration for each session will close two working days before the webinar or earlier if oversubscribed.
Enquiries: england.capabilitypct@nhs.net

Make Every Contact Count 1-Day Chat to Change Train the Trainer Course – Face to Face - Blackpool
2024-01-25
– Venue TBC
What is MECC?
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. Staff across health and care, local authority and voluntary sectors have thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
See full info here: MECC TTT FLYER – JAN 2024
Course Registration:
There are twenty places available per each face to face course. To apply for a place on the MECC Train the Trainer course please fill out this application form (MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – Jan 2024) in full and send to: workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.ukOnce you have been registered a confirmation e-mail will be sent to you.
Once all places have been filled on the course, a course briefing pack and various info’s will be sent to you. Please note all applications are registered on a first come, first serve basis.
The MECC 1-Day training course is being delivered by Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB & Active Lancashire for the benefit of Lancashire & South Cumbria population, to assist people to become more active in their own health and care.

Preceptorship Webinar
2024-01-29 09:00 - 09:30, 2024-02-05 09:00 - 09:30 (Europe/London)
A 30-minutes webinar hosted by Lancashire & South Cumbria Primary Care’s Legacy Mentor – Victoria Johnston
The webinar will include:

Introduction to the L&SC PCTH Legacy Mentor
National Preceptorship Programme and Principles
Information about the Preceptorship Programme
Preceptorship Programme for Preceptees
Development and training of Preceptors
Questions and answers

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend the meeting.
https://medtribe.com/courses/preceptorship-webinar

Nurses Clinical Supervision Training
2024-01-29 12:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
This training event will enable you to reflect on and further develop your knowledge and skills necessary to your role as a clinical supervisor.

Wider Workforce Clinical Supervisors Course
2024-01-30
2 Day, Virtual Course delivered via Zoom 09:00 – 16:30 (BOTH DAYS)

Tuesday 30th January 2024 (Day 1) (09:00 start)
Thursday 29th February 2024 (Day 2) (09:00 start)

(Please note you would be required to attend both days to complete the course).
This bespoke, free, two-day virtual course is for General Practice Clinicians working at Advanced Practice level who wish to start their training career by clinically supervising the wider workforce in a Primary Care Learning Environment The course will allow delegates to develop their teaching skills and, on completion of selected workshops, will enable them to supervise specific disciplines within the wider workforce.
“Primary care,being thefrontdoor tothe NHS, has seenthe workload quantityand complexityrise, increasing the pressure on this system. The workforce needed to deliver thisfitforpurposecareneedtomatchthisriseinquantityandvariety.”
BY THE END OF THE COURSE DELEGATES WILL:

Have knowledge of the disciplines they wish to supervise and how to identify their learning needs
Be able to structure a teaching session for a learner and be aware of basic teaching methods
Be able to teach and assess workplace communication skills Understand discipline specific assessments that may be required how to complete them Have developed their own personal learning plan related to their role as a supervisor
Be able to supervise a wide range of Primary Care Workforce learners including Nurses, ACPs, Physician Associates, Paramedics, Pharmacists

INTERESTED? REGISTER YOUR INTEREST BY CONTACTING GMTH@GMFEDS.CO.UK
North West Wider Workforce Clinical Supervisor Course 2023

Make Every Contact Count 1-Day Chat to Change Train the Trainer Course – Face to Face - Chorley/Preston
2024-01-30

The Quality Improvement Network for Early Career and Newly Qualified Nurses and Midwives Webinar
2024-01-30 12:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
From the early design work, we have agreed the focus to be on those nurses and midwives within the first 5 years of qualification or NMC registration.

Over the last months, we have welcomed many inspirational speakers, supported the development of our early career professionals and began to grow our network and we continue to receive lots of very positive feedback from members on the learning and benefits of the network.

To help us streamline our member registration process, gain a deeper understanding of our network membership, its diversity and representation across regions and systems, we ask colleagues to complete Member Registration Form available on this link. QI Network for Early Career and Newly qualified Nurses & Midwives- Member Registration.

We also accept registration via e-mail: england.qi.earlycareernursesandmidwives@nhs.net

Should you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to reach out, we welcome your support promoting our network to support early career nurses and midwives.

Non clinical skills session The Art of Delegation (GPN)
2024-01-30 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
The Art of Delegation is a lunch and learn session for all GPNs and anyone with a clinical role in Primary Care hosted on MS Teams.
This 60 minute lunch and learn session explores different management styles and provides the necessary tools to delegate effectively

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend the meeting.

Managing Demand and Capacity Webinar
2024-01-30 12:30 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
Building on Session I, this session considers the application of theory using real Demand and Capacity data. This is an interactive discussion to understand data and generate ideas. You should attend Webinar I first.
The sessions are provided for those in General Practice and Primary Care Networks.
The sessions are delivered by experienced Primary Care Transformation Team faculty members, comprising practice-based clinicians and non-clinicians and improvement experts who have worked extensively with general practice and wider primary care.
Registration for each session will close two working days before the webinar or earlier if oversubscribed.
Enquiries: england.capabilitypct@nhs.net
Watch this short film by Dr Mark Gillam on Demand and Capacity: https://twitter.com/NHS_ICB/status/1450108235344719875

Building a Growth Mindset
2024-01-31 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
Do you ever experience a feeling of self-doubt or hear those inner thoughts that may hold you back?
This workshop will support leaders to build a growth mindset to overcome challenges, develop self-advocacy and boost your confidence to deliver and achieve your goals. The two-part workshop will develop your self-awareness and equip you with the tools you need to develop helpful strategies to build a positive mindset, see opportunities for growth and adapt and evolve as a leader.
Overview
The session will be split into two parts and you will need to attend both. You will receive pre-work to complete prior to attending to give you existing knowledge before the workshop takes place. Throughout the sessions you will explore:

What a growth mindset is and how it can reduce feelings of imposter experience
How to recognise and let go of self-doubt and beliefs
How to develop the characteristics of a growth mindset
Create strategies to reframe and embrace challenges to learn new things and achieve your goals

Who is it for?
This workshop is suitable for leaders and managers in health and social care that want to build their self-confidence, develop a mindset to take on new challenges and take the next steps on their leadership journey.

Clinical Skills Practice Workshop - Lancaster
2024-01-31 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Available throughout the year at different locations you will be able to experience a hands on approach with the support of a clinical educator!
Location: NHS Moor Lane Mills, Moor Ln, Lancaster, LA1 1QD (Board Room, 4th Floor)
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!

Preceptorship Workshop
2024-01-31 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
The workshop will be led by Lancashire & South Cumbria Primary Care’s Legacy Mentor and will be the starting point for GPNs and AHPs who are interested in supporting preceptorship within their practice.

The workshop offers:

an in-depth look at the national preceptorship programme
an explanation of the roles, responsibilities and skills of the preceptor
guidance on how preceptors can support preceptees in practice
an explanation on how to complete the required documentation
the development of peer preceptorship support networks

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend the meeting.
https://medtribe.com/courses/preceptorship-workshop

Physiotherapy Apprenticeship: NW Employers Engagement Webinar
2024-02-01 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
The NHS Procured regional physiotherapy apprenticeship provider, UCLan, are open for applications for their 2nd cohort which starts September 2024. NHSENW (WT&E) and UCLan invite colleagues across the region to an online webinar on Thursday 1 February 2024, 11am – 12pm. To register to join this webinar, you can sign-up using the link here – webinar registration.

Carbon Literacy Training for Healthcare staff
2024-02-05 09:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Step 1: E-Learning: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/carbon-literacy-for-healthcare/

The Carbon Literacy for Healthcare eLearning contains five modules which broadly cover:

Climate change science, impacts and policy on a global, national and organisational scale.
The impacts of climate change on health, the contribution of healthcare to overall emissions and the NHS’ plan to reach net zero
Climate equity and our most vulnerable communities.
Strategies for influencing others to take action on climate change.

Each module concludes with an assessment to test your knowledge. You can always pick up where you left off as your progress will automatically be saved on your account.

Step 2: Workshop: https://wrm-ltd.co.uk/carbon-literacy-for-healthcare-professionals/#bm-Contact

WRM are offering this workshop to anyone to have completed step 1 of the hybrid training package and is an NHS colleague with an NHS email address.
Upon completion of your eLearning, you should book onto a follow-on workshop with us on one of the following dates to complete your training and apply for your accreditation:

Upcoming Workshop Dates

February 5, 2024, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
March 6, 2024, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Chaperoning Training
2024-02-06 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
Places are limited . If you cannot attend this training, please ensure you have cancelled your place so that others can book on.
OVERVIEW
The course aims to really expand the understanding and knowledge of chaperoning in primary care. The course examines the problematic stereotypes of which patients will be offered a chaperone and in which circumstances.
We then go on to examine the roles and responsibilities of chaperones, including developing their knowledge as to an extended definition of intimate examinations, where to stand, what to say and do.
We also discuss what information should be reported after a chaperoning consultation and their role in the event of a complaint being made.
AIMS

Clarifying definitions
The concept of ‘intimacy’
Roles and responsibilities of the partners and the chaperone
What the chaperone should be looking for whilst present
Issues of consent: when and how it should be gained
Risk areas in conducting intimate examinations
Challenges to the gmcs ‘same sex chaperone’ guidance,
The themes to be addressed in a practice chaperone policy
Reporting concerns
Providing a chaperoning policy

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

Best Practice Session - Living Well in Burnley
2024-02-06 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
L&SC ICB Population Health team are hosting a best practice session on 6th Feb (12:00-13:00).
ICB Health Inequality Clinical Lead and local Burnley GP, Dr Lucy Astle will be talking about the population health approach taken by the two Burnley PCNs to provide a more inclusive health offer. Lucy and colleagues were keen to offer enhanced health checks to underserved and potentially excluded cohorts of patients to better understand community need. The team worked with the community and partner agencies to engage, collaborate and co-produce outreach services in accessible locations and in doing so built new and trusted relationships in the area. Book here
Everyone is welcome that has an interest in population health, reducing health inequalities and working to improve health outcomes and reduce inequity.

Non clinical skills session Building personal resilience and team resilience (GPNs)
2024-02-06 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
Building personal resilience and team resilience is a lunch and learn session for all GPNs and anyone with a clinical role in Primary Care hosted on MS Teams.
This 60 minute lunch and learn session provides you with some practical tools to boost your own resilience and your team’s resilience to cope with work and life pressures

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend the meeting.

General Practice Telephony - Problem solving and support session
2024-02-06 12:30 - 13:45 (Europe/London)
Details
The telephone is still the primary route for many patients to access their GP Practice. Being able to understand call data can help practices make informed decisions on how to improve telephony processes, deliver better patient experience and ease the pressures on practice staff.
This practical, problem solving, support session brings together a panel of experts by experience to help answer your queries.
The session is suitable for practices who are already using cloud-based telephony (CBT), and also those who are in the process of moving from analogue systems onto cloud-based telephony
As part of the support we offer to colleagues across Primary Care, we will provide you with membership of our national Primary Care Improvement Community (PCIC).
This gives you free access to:

Support through a national network with access to the latest developments in improvement and change
National events, including regular webinars
Access to Primary Care Improvement Connect (an online space, on FutureNHS to chat, share and learn virtually with other members around the country)

Asthma Educational Session
2024-02-06 12:30 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
Introducing the National Bundle of Asthma Care for CYP (children and young people)
Hosted by Claire Utterly (Senior Specialist Asthma Nurse Practitioner for Children and Young People) and Georgina Foulds(Specialist Asthma Nurse Practitioner for Children and Young People)
Click here for online learning modules on this topic.

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

Red Whale Update Study Day Live Course (East Lancashire Training Hub)
2024-02-06 13:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
Joining instructions will be sent to you closer to the date.
Due to funding requirements, this training is for General practitioners, Physician Associates and Advanced Clinical Practitioners. If this is not your job title, please do not book, your place will be cancelled.
A highly engaging and interactive online course, from the comfort of your home (or practice)! We’ll cover the latest changes in evidence and guidelines relevant to Primary Care. Our presenter will host the course live from our TV Studio, run interactive polls and Q&A sessions and offer practical tools to help you change your practice straight away.
What we will cover
We’ll be covering the latest updates from the big long term conditions including:
Respiratory:

COPD: Does the 2023 GOLD guidance change care?
Asthma: We look at the headlines from GINA 2022 and sustainable respiratory care.

Diabetes: An overview of all that’s new and topical in diabetes.
Gastroenterology: Do you know your NAFLD from your AUDIT from your ELF score? We talk all things liver.
Mental health: Depression, anti-depressant dilemmas and self-harm are on the menu.
MSK: Osteoarthritis – why language matters and how NICE have changed analgesia recommendations.
And lot’s more primary care topics from FIT testing to ovarian cancer, dermatology dilemmas to vertigo.

What you can expect on the day

Learning to suit all styles – Varied, dynamic teaching. • Interaction – Interact with the presenter and ask questions
Flexibility –tune into the live-hosted event and/or to re-watch on demand, at any time, for 12 months after

What will I get?

5 CPD hours of interactive & practice-changing online learning, with downloadable certificate
12 months access to the extended on demand course
12 months access to the online written resources with hundreds of articles

Online Written Resources
Hundreds of articles, all in one place, covering more than 97% of the RCGP curriculum – like an online encyclopedia for primary care professionals.

Continually updated to provide a reliable source of information
Fully searchable with fast and reliable answers to real problems during consultations
A handy online resource to support you with your PUNS and DENS
Packed with ready-made protocols to standardise practice within surgeries and PCNs

If you have further queries after booking your place, please contact mail@red-whale.co.uk.

Red Whale Update Study Day Live Course (East Lancashire Training Hub)
2024-02-06 13:00 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
Joining instructions will be sent to you closer to the date.
Due to funding requirements, this training is for General practitioners, Physician Associates and Advanced Clinical Practitioners. If this is not your job title, please do not book, your place will be cancelled.
A highly engaging and interactive online course, from the comfort of your home (or practice)! We’ll cover the latest changes in evidence and guidelines relevant to Primary Care. Our presenter will host the course live from our TV Studio, run interactive polls and Q&A sessions and offer practical tools to help you change your practice straight away.
What we will cover
We’ll be covering the latest updates from the big long term conditions including:
Respiratory:

COPD: Does the 2023 GOLD guidance change care?
Asthma: We look at the headlines from GINA 2022 and sustainable respiratory care.

Diabetes: An overview of all that’s new and topical in diabetes.
Gastroenterology: Do you know your NAFLD from your AUDIT from your ELF score? We talk all things liver.
Mental health: Depression, anti-depressant dilemmas and self-harm are on the menu.
MSK: Osteoarthritis – why language matters and how NICE have changed analgesia recommendations.
And lot’s more primary care topics from FIT testing to ovarian cancer, dermatology dilemmas to vertigo.

What you can expect on the day

Learning to suit all styles – Varied, dynamic teaching. • Interaction – Interact with the presenter and ask questions
Flexibility –tune into the live-hosted event and/or to re-watch on demand, at any time, for 12 months after

What will I get?

5 CPD hours of interactive & practice-changing online learning, with downloadable certificate
12 months access to the extended on demand course
12 months access to the online written resources with hundreds of articles

Online Written Resources
Hundreds of articles, all in one place, covering more than 97% of the RCGP curriculum – like an online encyclopedia for primary care professionals.

Continually updated to provide a reliable source of information
Fully searchable with fast and reliable answers to real problems during consultations
A handy online resource to support you with your PUNS and DENS
Packed with ready-made protocols to standardise practice within surgeries and PCNs

If you have further queries after booking your place, please contact mail@red-whale.co.uk.
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 NHSE and HEE, for the delivery of this training, monitoring, reporting and certification purposes only.

Problem solving, root cause analysis and decision making (Non-Clinical)
2024-02-06 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
This session explores problem solving and decision making tools as well as looking at root cause to establish an effective solution to a problem.

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend 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. If you are struggling with booking or cancelling your place, please contact us.
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.

National Influenza Update Training
2024-02-07 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
National Influenza Update Training for Primary Care staff hosted on MS Teams.

In line with the Public Health England, L&SC PCTH have developed an update training session for the National Influenza Flu Programme.
Sign up to this 1.5 hour virtual update available for all staff who are intending delivery of flu vaccinations this year. This will include details of flu strains this year, the eligibility cohorts, administration and delivery of the vaccination.

The course is designed around the updated National Minimum Standards and the competency assessment tool.
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

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend the meeting.

Primary Care Workforce Q & A Drop-in
2024-02-07 11:30 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
Open to all Practice and PCN staff!
Do you have any questions about your personal/team development, recruitment or training? Or need further information around NWRS, workforce planning, ARRS or other workforce related topics?

Your Workforce Development Managers (WDMs) are here to help! Bring your questions along to our informal monthly drop-in session or contact us by email:

Blackburn with Darwen, East Lancashire: Clair Ormrod – clair.ormrod@nhs.net

Lancashire Central: Fiona Gray – fiona.gray9@nhs.net

Blackpool, South Cumbria: Zainab Rawat – zainab.rawat1@nhs.net

Lancashire North: Laura-Jane Lloyd – laurajane.lloyd@nhs.net

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend the meeting.
