Influenza and Covid Update Training
2023-09-07 09:30 - 12:30 UTC
In line with the Public Health England, L&SC PCTH have developed a training session for the National Covid Vaccination Programme and National Influenza Flu Programme 2022-23 .

Sign up to this 3 hour virtual update available for all staff who are intending delivery of Flu and Covid vaccinations this year. This will include details of flu strains this year, the eligibility cohorts, administration and delivery of the vaccination.
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 and our Influenza Vaccination resources page here.

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

Medicines Management
2023-09-07 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.

Clinical Skills Practice Workshop - Darwen
2023-09-07 10:00 - 13:00 UTC
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.

HEE e-portfolio and masters routes and the PCN DES requirements Webinar
2023-09-07 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
This webinar will provide an overview of the offers and routes for HEE e-portfolio and masters and the PCN DES requirements. With speakers Annabella Gloster (Regional Faculty Lead for Advancing Practice at NHSE) and Liz Reilly (Primary Care Training Programme Director at HEE)
We will hear feedback from First Contact Practitioner (Physiotherapist) Laura Abel and PCN Clinical Lead Katie Adamson-Benz.
There will be an opportunity and dedicated time for managers, advanced clinical practitioners and allied health professionals to ask any questions surrounding process support and development of these roles.
Please send any questions you may have initially to sara.baldwin1@nhs.net and we will start the Q&A with the common themes, to hopefully answer some of the most common questions from HEE panel.

Excellent Customer Care Training
2023-09-07 14:00 - 17:00 UTC
OVERVIEW

An innovative course defining what excellent customer service truly is through the understanding of how the patient thinks and feels. We teach strategies to ensure high quality conversations between staff and patient. Our Excellent Customer Service course received national awareness having been discussed on BBC Breakfast News, Radio 5 Live and also in the Mail on Sunday. This course really makes a difference!

AIMS

Defining excellent customer care
Why first impressions are so critical
Understanding why patients demand and don’t ask
Understand why we feel challenged by ‘unreasonable’ expectations from patients
How empathy affects our reactions and how to become more empathetic in challenging conversations
Creating more effective team approaches to dealing with challenging patients
Managing anger and complaints more effectively.
Managing queues more effectively
Reducing abuse on the phone

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Non-Clinical Primary Care Staff

General Practice Webinar
2023-09-07 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
The next GP webinar will take place on Thursday 7th September from 5-6pm.
We will be looking at Modern General Practice Access in depth – explaining why it’s needed, what it involves, and key initiatives that have been put in place to help practices to implement it.
The webinar will be hosted by Alex Morton and Kiren Collison.
To attend, please ensure you register by 1pm on Thursday 7th September 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

Advancing Practice Conference
2023-09-08 - 2023-09-09
This November join NHSE on 8 and 9 November for our annual Centre for Advancing Practice Conference.
Taking place online, the Centre for Advancing Practice Conference will include a blend of inspiring and thought-provoking speakers, networking and a range of leaders from the community.
The theme for this year: A Future Worth Advancing
Why attend?
Be inspired: Rediscover essential skills, view good practices, and trends from inspiring speakers from across England and beyond in 30+ hours of conference sessions; delivered in a range of formats that draw out unique insights.
Gain actionable insights: Hear from leading experts and experienced practitioners. Providing you with advice and tools to tackle the key challenges facing advancing practice today.
Build your network: Our national conference helps build support relationships. Together we can generate new ideas and share experiences in the engagement zones.
Conference details
Date: Wednesday 8 November 2023 and Thursday 9 November 2023
Location: Online/Virtual
Hashtag: #AdvancingPractice2023

Registration Opens Soon

Digital Champion Training
2023-09-08 09:00 - 10:00 UTC
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)

Workplace Health Champion Training (Lancaster) - 3 days
2023-09-11
Location: NHS Moor Lane Mills, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QD.
Dates:

Day 1: 11th Sept 2023
Day 2: 18th Sept 2023
Day 3: 28th Sept 2023

This training is for anyone interested in Health and Wellbeing, who can act as an advocate within their workplace.
Please note registration closes 1 week before first date.
Level 3 Award in Skills for Workplace Health Champions
The Level 3 course provides a deeper understanding of the practicalities of the role and includes an assessment. The first day of Level 3 course covers all of the Level 2 content.
If you wish to complete Level 2 only, you only need to attend day 1. If you wish to complete level 3, you must attend all 3 dates. Please ensure you state this when signing up.
After this course you will:

Understand different mental health conditions and how to identify them in the workplace
Understand the importance of healthy eating and consider this in the context of the workplace
Demonstrate how to conduct research and gather insight into the needs of the workforce relating to sports or physical activity
Plan and run a workplace health campaign
Understand the elements of health and safety needed whilst planning a sport/physical activity session
Facilitate a sport or physical activity session

Following the course, you will receive:

A pin badge and a fully-accredited certificate within four weeks of the last day of the course
A copy of the presentation and a resource booklet which includes useful links to further information covered in the course.

You will also have access to:

Monthly ‘drop-in-clinics’, which will support and guide you in putting your role into practice
A Facebook group with other Workplace Health Champions, in which there will be competitions, updates and sharing of good news stories from across the programme
A broader package of training to complement your role, including refresher training, mental health, safeguarding etc.
Quarterly webinars which offer discussions and information on key topics you may be experiencing as part of the role

You will be contacted by the training provider to give further information. As the course is fully funded by the European Social Fund, you will be asked to complete some online forms in order to check eligibility. These forms should only take no longer than10 minutes to complete. The provider will also require some evidence of employment and proof to live and work in the UK.

NHS NW Leadership Academy Festival of Leadership 2023
2023-09-11
The Festival of Leadership  offers a space for you to connect, share and learn with colleagues from across the region at a time of transformation and recovery. The full day event will bring to life ‘Our Leadership Way’ and foster networking, spread learning and encourage transformative leadership.
Through a blend of local inspirational leadership speakers, diverse workshop sessions, and a range of networking opportunities, you will be provided with tools and fresh thinking to stimulate new perspectives and help drive your organisation and system forward. You will:

Explore and discover challenges and opportunities to shape leadership
Share and learn how best practice is achieved
Leave with tools to implement, support and embed transformative leadership

To find out more about the Festival of Leadership, please visit our website. You can also join our online community and follow the conversation with  #NWFoL.

Self development session for GPNs
2023-09-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-09-12 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
This one hour session explores personality traits and focuses on self development using various techniques​
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.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

Immunisation and Vaccination Annual Update Training
2023-09-12 10:00 - 14:00 UTC
Please note this training will be on virtually on MS Teams.
The Immunisation and Vaccination Update provides an annual update of current practice in relation to the immunisation schedules in primary care using PHE information.

This course is not suitable as a foundation training and is only an update and does not cover anaphylaxis or basic life support. This must be completed separately.
This course is for Clinical Experienced Vaccinators, those who have already been vaccinating and does not include non-clinical Covid only Vaccinators.

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

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
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.

Community Podiatry Communities of Practice webinar on Self-referrals
2023-09-12 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Register now for the Community Podiatry Communities of Practice webinar on Self-referrals scheduled for Tuesday 12 September, 12:00pm-13.00pm.
This is an opportunity to share learning, develop new knowledge and resources, build relationships and work together to support the establishment and implementation of self-referral routes for Community Podiatry pathways.
Agenda The webinar will feature an update from the Deputy Chief Allied Health Professionals Officer, presentations from services that have implemented self-referrals on their journey, and a Q&A for colleagues to ask questions regarding self-referrals and Community Podiatry pathways.
Who should attend? Colleagues working in ICBs , Community Health Services , Primary Care Workforce (including PCN’s, clinicians, receptionists and care navigators) and Community providers and commissioners  who are interested in setting up self-referral pathways for Community Podiatry, are actively considering setting up self-referral pathways for Community Podiatry or have set up a self-referral pathways for Community Podiatry already.
Register Please make sure that you reserve your space for this event via the link above and add this event to your outlook calendar. Joining details will be sent via email on Monday 11th September, the day before the webinar.
For further information on the self-referrals commitment please visit our FutureNHS space.
Let us know if you would like to present at a future community of practice or for further information, please email england.pcgpol@nhs.net
Questions about this event?
Name: Nicola Walsh
Email:nicola.walsh20@nhs.net
Telephone:07880662482

Learning Disability Awareness and AHC’s: A Whole Practice Approach
2023-09-12 12:30 - 14:00 UTC
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.

2023/24 Safe, reliable processes (Reliable Design) I
2023-09-12 12:30 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
Safe, reliable processes I (Reliable Design)
Safe, reliable processes (reliable design) focusses on how we design reliable processes that lead to consistently good and safe care delivery. This module will introduce the key concepts and principles behind reliable design and consider their relevance in and application to primary care, using examples taken from clinical practice. It will also explore the importance of understanding the reasons behind adverse events in order that harm can be prevented. A step-by-step framework for putting these principles into practice will be introduced so that delegates can take away some practical actions to apply in their own context.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

describe factors affecting safety and reliability in primary care
utilise a robust framework that enables teams to build reliability into their processes
apply the learning gained to set out practical next steps to ensure processes are safe and reliable

Safe, reliable processes II (Reliable Design)
This module will enable you to improve the safety and effectiveness of your primary care processes to 95% by using the SAFE approach. This involves the identifying any errors (actual or potential), determining the nature of any contributing failures, prioritising starting points, and determining actions that could be taken to reduce the likelihood of errors occurring or causing harm. Participants should have attended session I.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

To understand how reliable processes link to safe outcomes
To be able to complete a SAFE assessment of a standardised process

This webinar is for GPs, Practice Managers, Practice Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists, anyone in lead roles in NHS 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

#AskAboutAsthma : refresh and update of CYP asthma for primary care
2023-09-12 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join NHSE for a refresher on children and young people’s asthma in primary care, including a focus on delivering 48 hour reviews.
Questions about this event?
Name: BCYP team
Email:england.cyptransformationLDN@nhs.net
Telephone:07595 090072

#AskAboutAsthma : innovations in pharmacy for CYP asthma
2023-09-12 19:30 - 20:30 UTC
Join NHSE for a dedicated webinar for pharmacists caring for children and young people with asthma, part of the #AskAboutAsthma campaign. NHSE will hear about using the Discharge Medicines Service effectively and learning from pharmacy schemes in North West and South East London.
Questions about this event?
Name: London BCYP team
Email:england.cyptransformationLDN@nhs.net
Telephone:07702436030

#AskAboutAsthma : how nurses are transforming CYP asthma
2023-09-13 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join NHSE for a dedicated webinar for nurses caring for children and young people with asthma, part of the #AskAboutAsthma campaign. NHSE will hear about MART for CYP asthma, learning from system-wide nurse led pilot work in North East London and more.
Questions about this event?
Name: BCYP team
Email:england.cyptransformationLDN@nhs.net
Telephone:07595 090072

TPP Safeguarding Webinar (Accelerating Patient Access)
2023-09-13 13:30 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
Date: Wednesday 13 September 2023
Time: 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Enabling patient access to their primary care medical record – TPP Safeguarding Webinar
Chair: Helen Crowther (National Digital Primary Care Nurse Lead)
Join us for this NHS England webinar session.
Chair Helen Crowther (National Digital Primary Care Nurse Lead) NHSE will facilitate a discussion with Dr Tim Caroe – NHSE SE Medical Director Primary Care Transformation (The Lighthouse Medical Practice) on top tips for safeguarding access to records, mythbusting, answering questions and offering guidance and reassurance.
Additionally:

Richard Bowron and Jemma Atkinson will discuss the end to end journey for full prospective access
Colin Osborn will discuss self-enablement and safeguarding advice in the TPP guide

Please note the link to join the webinar will be emailed to all delegates by 5 pm on 12 September.
If you any questions about this webinar, please contact us by sending an email to: england.gprecordaccess@nhs.net with ‘TPP Webinar 13 September’ in the subject line.
Questions about this event?
Name: Accelerating Patient Access team
Email:england.gprecordaccess@nhs.net

ACP Clinical Supervision Session
2023-09-13 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
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: spinal fragility fractures – case studies (Speaker Laura Abel)

Workplace Health Champion Training (Preston) - 3 days
2023-09-14
Location: Preston (TBC)
Dates:

Day 1: 14th Sept 2023
Day 2: 22nd Sept 2023
Day 3: 4th Oct 2023

This training is for anyone interested in Health and Wellbeing, who can act as an advocate within their workplace.
Please note registration closes 1 week before first date.
Level 3 Award in Skills for Workplace Health Champions
The Level 3 course provides a deeper understanding of the practicalities of the role and includes an assessment. The first day of Level 3 course covers all of the Level 2 content.
If you wish to complete Level 2 only, you only need to attend day 1. If you wish to complete level 3, you must attend all 3 dates. Please ensure you state this when signing up.
After this course you will:

Understand different mental health conditions and how to identify them in the workplace
Understand the importance of healthy eating and consider this in the context of the workplace
Demonstrate how to conduct research and gather insight into the needs of the workforce relating to sports or physical activity
Plan and run a workplace health campaign
Understand the elements of health and safety needed whilst planning a sport/physical activity session
Facilitate a sport or physical activity session

Following the course, you will receive:

A pin badge and a fully-accredited certificate within four weeks of the last day of the course
A copy of the presentation and a resource booklet which includes useful links to further information covered in the course.

You will also have access to:

Monthly ‘drop-in-clinics’, which will support and guide you in putting your role into practice
A Facebook group with other Workplace Health Champions, in which there will be competitions, updates and sharing of good news stories from across the programme
A broader package of training to complement your role, including refresher training, mental health, safeguarding etc.
Quarterly webinars which offer discussions and information on key topics you may be experiencing as part of the role

You will be contacted by the training provider to give further information. As the course is fully funded by the European Social Fund, you will be asked to complete some online forms in order to check eligibility. These forms should only take no longer than10 minutes to complete. The provider will also require some evidence of employment and proof to live and work in the UK.

Leading Transformation and Change - NWLA
2023-09-14 09:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
This is a two part session, both sessions must be attended

Tuesday 14th November, 9am – 12pm
Thursday 23rd November, 9am – 12pm

Overview:
Rapid change and disruption characterise the current climate in which NHS organisations operate. In this context, system leaders have to introduce, manage and sustain change to achieve organisational objectives, whilst maintaining people’s commitment to the process. However, implementing and sustaining change is not always easy or straightforward. Challenges occur in various forms such as; lack of collaborative working or leadership, resistance to change, or rigid organisational cultures.
The day will cover:

Define the key steps to managing change
Develop a plan to lead complex and large-scale change, recognising barriers and constraints
Consider ways of sustaining change
Engage and inspire people to create an inclusive and learning culture across a whole system.

Who is it for?
This module is aimed at senior leaders across the North West (including but not exclusive to NHS Organisation Board and Sub Board post-holders, Executive and Governing Body Leads, Primary Care Network senior leadership teams and those working across system-level roles) working across systems who are in a position to share their experiences of system leadership.

#AskAboutAsthma one-day virtual conference
2023-09-14 09:00 - 16:00 UTC
#AskAboutAsthma is back this September for its seventh year, and we want to invite you to be part of it.
For 2023, the #AskAboutAsthma campaign will run from 11 – 17 September. This year’s theme is “Widening our view”. NHSE are shining a light on the wider factors of children and young people’s asthma care including housing, mould and vaping. “Widening our view” also helps NHSE to raise the profile of asthma; reaching out to everyone who has asthma, their friends, families and the whole system that cares for them.
The #AskAboutAsthma campaign encourages children and young people, their families, and those involved in their care, to ensure four simple and effective measures to help them control their asthma:

Get an asthma action plan in place
Understand how to use inhalers correctly
Schedule an asthma review – every year and after every attack
Consider air pollution and its impact on lung health

Throughout the week there will be webinars, podcasts, blogs, vlogs, social media activity and a one-day virtual conference. Details of the one-day conference can be found below.
One-day virtual conference
This year’s one-day virtual conference will be held on Thursday 14 September.
There will be sessions on:

Inequalities in children and young people’s asthma care
Housing damp and mould
The risks of vaping to children and young people with asthma
Clinical and national updates

Questions about this event?
Name: Jojo Taylor
Email:england.cyptransformationLDN@nhs.net
Telephone:07702436030

North West Wider Workforce Clinical Supervision Course (Day 1)
2023-09-14 09:00 - 16:30 UTC
Please view the below flyer for full details
NWWW Clinical Supervisors Sep 2023 Flier

Influenza, Pneumonia and B12 Vaccination Update Training
2023-09-14 09:30 - 11:30 UTC
Update training for immunisation and vaccinations covering Influenza, Pneumonia and B12 designed to provide health care professionals with an annual update in line with the national minimum standards and core curriculum for immunisations.

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
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.

Video Group Clinics Webinar
2023-09-15 09:00 - 10:00 UTC
Join us on this webinar where we will cover practical aspects of developing video group consultations in practice.
This session is for anyone in primary care wanting to develop video group consultations and learn more about how this is done.

Collaborative Masterclass: Strengthening Our Sector: How We Can Harness Our Community Assets
2023-09-15 09:15 - 12:00 UTC
Book your place for our September Collaborative Masterclass!
This masterclass will explore ways to encourage co-production within communities, along with the skills and behaviours needed for leaders to be effective and know when it is appropriate to apply co-production.
The key objectives of the Masterclass are to:

Explore asset-based community development and other strengths-based approaches
Consider ways to encourage engagement and co-production within communities
Enable leaders to understand when it is appropriate to apply co-production and work with their strengths
Hear from citizens that are demanding co-production
Consider what skills and behaviours do leaders need to be effective?

Speakers
Cormac Russell
Cormac is a social explorer, an author and a much sought-after speaker. He is the Founding Director of Nurture Development and a member of the Asset-Based Community Development
(ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago. Over the last 25 years, Cormac’s work has demonstrated an enduring impact in 35 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other community-based approaches in Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe and North America.
His most recent books are The Connected Community- Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods (Coauthor John McKnight); Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2022, and
Rekindling Democracy – A Professional’s Guide to Working in Citizen Space; Cascade Books, 2020.
Donna Hall
Honorary Professor of Politics at the University of Manchester, and is also an Integrated Care System Adviser to NHS England.
She explores the need for different conversations with people to build resilient communities and individuals, and provides insight into the work she is involved in, by investing in the first
1,000 days of life as a key point of intervention. The former chief executive of Wigan Council also shares why integrated care systems need to be clear about what they are going to do, and
to ask themselves the honest question, ‘how integrated are we?’

Collaborative Masterclass – Strengthening our sector: how we can harness our community assets
2023-09-15 09:15 - 12:00 UTC
Cormac Russell, Managing Director of Nurture Development, will demonstrate why he believes that the traditional customer segmentation and needs analysis approaches are the way of the past and that assets and strengths are the future.
In this masterclass Cormac Russell will:
• Share the fundamental principles of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and how they relate to leadership at all levels.
• Share practical approaches to implementation and structural change
• Share his experiences of working across the world using asset-based community development to grow communities in the most challenging of circumstances.
• Give you the opportunity to work through some of the challenges you are currently facing, apply what you have heard to your context, and keep with your current strategies for Community Renewal.
Aimed at:

All senior leaders, and may be of particular interest to:
Directors with responsibility for regeneration and development.
Leaders and Ward Councillors.
Senior officers with interest in community development.
Senior public health professionals.
Those from the voluntary and community sectors.
Those with portfolios in Corporate Social Responsibility and Local Economic Development

Session Overview:
1. Introductions2. The Dilemmas faced in putting Communities First (facilitated by Cormac Russell)3. Keynote: Cormac Russell4. Show Don’t Tell, getting this Way of Working and Being in the Ground Water: Facilitated Discussion.
Who is Cormac Russell?
Cormac is a social explorer, an author and a much sought-after speaker. He is the Founding Director of Nurture Development and a member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago.
Over the last 25 years, Cormac’s work has demonstrated an enduring impact in 35 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other community-based approaches in Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe and North America.
His most recent books are The Connected Community- Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods (Coauthor John McKnight); Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2022, and Rekindling Democracy – A Professional’s Guide to Working in Citizen Space; Cascade Books, 2020.

#AskAboutAsthma: new and old inhaled toxins and children with asthma
2023-09-15 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join NHSE for a dedicated webinar on air pollution, part of the #AskAboutAsthma campaign. This webinar is aimed at anyone interested in air pollution and how it affects children and young people with asthma. NHSE will hear from Jonathan Grigg on”New and old inhaled toxins and children with asthma”, Global Action Plan on the work they are doing with Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to improve area-wide air pollution and air pollution in and around schools and more.
Questions about this event?
Name: BCYP team
Email:england.cyptransformationLDN@nhs.net
Telephone:07702416148
