Immunisation and Vaccination Annual Update Training
2025-02-27 09:30 - 13:30, 2025-03-11 09:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
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 training includes NHS Travel Vaccine schedules.
This course is not suitable as 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

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.

Closing Date to nominate for 'Our Health Heroes Awards'
2025-03-04
The ‘Our Health Heroes Awards’ is delivered by Skills for Health. There are various categories to nominate a Hero for, including; Apprentice of the Year, Best Healthcare Workforce Collaboration, Clinical Support Worker of the Year and Dedication to a Lifelong Learning Culture. Find out more and nominate here, before the Tuesday 4th March 2025 deadline.

NHS Travel Vaccinations Update Training
2025-03-04 11:00 - 13:00
The NHS Travel Health Update provides an annual update of current practice in relation to the travel immunisation schedules in primary care using PHE information.
This course is not suitable as foundation training and is only an update, attendees must have completed a 2 day Foundation Travel health course previously.
Please note, L&SC PCTH does not provide the Travel Health Foundation Training.
The training does not cover anaphylaxis or basic life support. This must be completed separately.
This training is to provide an update on knowledge around the vaccines available under the Crown scheme NHS Services. This training is not to provide delegates with the knowledge to complete a travel health consultation – this requires further education.

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.

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.

STOMED
2025-03-05 09:30 - 12:30
Places are limited . If you cannot attend this training, please ensure you have cancelled your place so that others can book on.
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)
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.

SNOMED
2025-03-05 09:30 - 12:30

Finance Masterclass (Non-clinical training for managerial staff)
2025-03-05 11:00 - 12:30
This one and a half hour session gives you the time and understanding to work through the GMS statement; look at ways to improve the practice finances with ‘quick wins’ and how to navigate PCSE’s role in practice finance.

Year End Masterclass (Non-Clinical)
2025-03-07 14:30 - 15:30
This 60 minute session gives an overview of year end requirements- and includes handy checklist template handouts and getting through QOF guidance.

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.

Learning Disability Awareness and AHC’s: A Whole Practice Approach
2025-03-11 08:00 - 17:00
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

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.

Health and Wellbeing Champion Training
2025-03-11 10:00 - 10:45
Wellbeing should be a shared value across the organisation and not owned by one person or team​
This training will empower primary care organisations to create or upskill a team of employees to work alongside the Wellbeing Guardians and Wellbeing Champion Leads in the development, delivery and improvement of well-being within their workplace.

The goal is to align with the NHS Peoples Plan and the ICS to embed a positive culture of health across primary care ​

The training will be delivered by well-being leads and cascaded in TTT technique to champions

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.

Health and Wellbeing Champion Training
2025-03-11 10:00 - 10:45
Wellbeing should be a shared value across the organisation and not owned by one person or team​
This training will empower primary care organisations to create or upskill a team of employees to work alongside the Wellbeing Guardians and Wellbeing Champion Leads in the development, delivery and improvement of well-being within their workplace.

The goal is to align with the NHS Peoples Plan and the ICS to embed a positive culture of health across primary care ​

The training will be delivered by well-being leads and cascaded in TTT technique to champions

Wider Workforce Clinical Supervisor Course - Day 2
2025-03-12 09:00 - 17:00 | Online event
This bespoke, two-day virtual course is for GPs and Advanced Clinical
Practitioners working at Advanced Practice (Level 7) who wish to start their
training career by clinically supervising the wider workforce in a Primary Care
Learning Environment.

Day 1 – Wednesday 19th February 2025 (9am – 5pm)
Day 2 – Wednesday 12th March 2025 (9am – 5pm)

Now including add-on module: Foundation Doctors Supervision Training and Foundation Doctors Practice Accreditation.
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.
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.
• Know the disciplines they wish to supervise and how to identify their learning
needs.
• 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 and Pharmacists
Please see this information flyer for full details and complete this sign up form to express your interest.

Phlebotomy/Venepuncture Skelmersdale
2025-03-12 09:30 - 16:30 | Sandy Lane Health Centre, Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale, WN8 8LA., United Kingdom
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.
Please note this is only for staff who currently work in Primary Care within Lancashire and South Cumbria
Location: Sandy Lane Health Centre, Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale, WN8 8LA.

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.

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.

Introduction to Immunisation and Vaccinations Training (Foundation)
2025-03-12 09:30 - 2025-03-13 16:30
PLEASE NOTE DAY 1 IS TO COMPLETE ALL ELEARNING ELEMENTS PRIOR TO DAY 2.

Day 2 will be virtually on MS Teams.

The Immunisation and Vaccination Foundation is a blended learning programme.
This training includes NHS Travel Vaccine schedules.
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 website is:– https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/immunisation/
The programme is free to access just register to use the e-lfh portal.
Delegates will be expected to complete a questionnaire post-session in order to receive a certificate of completion.Delegates will require a clinical supervisor in Practice to be able to sign off the competency assessment tool following the course- details of which are below
to ensure the delivery of the vaccines is safe and effective.
The supervisor assessing the practitioner must be a registered healthcare practitioner who is competent and experienced in delivering immunisation programmes.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-standards-and-core-curriculum-for-immunisation-training-for-registered-healthcare-practitioners (The competency assessment tool can be found within this document page 24-26)

NOTE – for Non Registered Healthcare Professionals – BEFORE BOOKING PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU – have achieved education and training to Level Three of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF)4 or equivalent in England and Wales with at least 2 years’ experience as recommended in The National Minimum Standards. These Standards are intended to support and facilitate high quality, safe delivery of the influenza, shingles and/or pneumococcal vaccination programmes. See here advice for HCA I & V Training.

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.

Wellbeing Drop-In Session for wellbeing champions to gain support and to share ideas and best practice
2025-03-12 11:00 - 11:30
Are you a voluntary Wellbeing Champion in practice?
Do you have any burning questions for other Champions or do you have some fabulous ideas to share with other champions?

Take some time out of your role, for your self care.

Come and join us for a 30 minute drop in session to share best practices or ask questions to other champions.

There will be opportunities to ask questions, get involved and be supported in this session.

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.

Wellbeing Drop-In Session for wellbeing champions to gain support and to share ideas and best practice
2025-03-12 11:00 - 11:30
Are you a voluntary Wellbeing Champion in practice?
Do you have any burning questions for other Champions or do you have some fabulous ideas to share with other champions?

Take some time out of your role, for your self care.

Come and join us for a 30 minute drop in session to share best practices or ask questions to other champions.

There will be opportunities to ask questions, get involved and be supported in this session.

Webinar regarding Easy Eyecare – enhanced sight testing for people with learning disability & autism
2025-03-12 12:30 - 13:30
“Everyone can have a sight test”
Easy Eyecare – enhanced sight testing for people with learning disability & autism.
Supporting access to reduce health inequalities.

This is a webinar to demonstrate how people with learning disabilities and autism can access eye care through a service called Easy Eyecare

2025-03-17 12:30 - 13:30
This one-hour PA forum is aimed at Physician Associates working in primary care across Lancashire and south Cumbria. The sessions will focus on peer support, professional updates and clinical education.
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.
Monday 18th November – 12:30 – 1:30 – content TBC
Monday 20th January – 12:30 – 1:30 – Breast examination and when to refer. Delivered by Olivia Marsden and Sameera Desai
Monday 17th March – 12:30 – 1:30 – Diabetes in primary care. Delivered by Brooke Kirtley

Understanding Bloods
2025-03-18 09:30 - 12:30
COURSE OVERVIEW:
In the dynamic landscape of healthcare, an understanding of blood tests is invaluable for non-clinicians. This course equips participants with the knowledge to navigate the complexities of blood tests, fostering confidence and competence in interpreting results.
MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Participants will delve into the medical reasons behind various blood tests, exploring the diagnostic and monitoring purposes they serve. Understanding the rationale for specific tests empowers non-clinicians to appreciate the role of blood work in uncovering and managing a range of health conditions. From routine screenings to targeted assessments, the course elucidates the diversity of tests employed in primary care.
THERAPEUTIC RANGES:
A crucial aspect of the course is the exploration of therapeutic ranges. Participants will gain insights into the optimal levels of various blood components and the implications of deviations from these norms. Understanding therapeutic ranges is fundamental to recognizing when intervention or further investigation is warranted, ensuring timely and effective patient care.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS:
The course goes beyond theoretical knowledge, incorporating real-world case studies and scenarios. Participants engage in practical exercises, simulating the analysis of diverse blood test results. This hands-on approach enhances their ability to apply theoretical concepts to actual clinical situations.
OUTCOME:
Upon completion, participants emerge with a heightened proficiency in understanding blood tests and results. This newfound expertise enables non-clinicians to contribute effectively to the collaborative healthcare environment, ensuring optimal patient outcomes.
AIMS

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

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 ICB, for the delivery of this training, monitoring, reporting and certification purposes only.

Zoladex Training
2025-03-25 12:30 - 13:00
This training session is hosted by Joan Millar from Astrazeneca
We offer a 30 minute MS teams session which comprises the following-

Prostate Cancer and LHRHa overview 5 mins
Implant Demonstration – using a ‘dummy tummy ’20 mins
Considerations and questions 5 mins
Close

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.

Clinical Supervision Sessions for GPNs 2025
2025-03-25 13:00 - 14:00
We have arranged four clinical supervision sessions for GPNs for 2025
Each session will cover a different topic
25th March 1-2pm – Paediatric vaccination schedules with Rebecca Richardson
12th May 1-2pm – Diabetes with Fiona Walker
1st July 1-2pm – Menopause with Claire Morgan
9th September 12-1pm – Asthma with Claire Uttley and Georgina Foulds

Clinical Supervision Sessions for GPNs 2025
2025-03-25 13:00 - 14:00
We have arranged four clinical supervision sessions for GPNs for 2025
Each session will cover a different topic
25th March 1-2pm – Paediatric vaccination schedules with Rebecca Richardson

Handling Difficult Conversations Training including compassion in action and levels of listening
2025-03-26 09:30 - 10:45
This one hour session will cover compassion, compassion fatigue, listening skills, how to de-escalate a situation with helpful language, fast and slow thinking.
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.

Handling Difficult Conversations Training including compassion in action and levels of listening
2025-03-26 09:30 - 10:45
This 75 minute session will cover compassion, compassion fatigue, listening skills, how to de-escalate a situation with helpful language, fast and slow thinking.
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.

Wellbeing techniques
2025-03-26 11:30 - 12:30
Join us and learn how to create your own events using Health and Wellbeing resources

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and

Learning Environment Educator Development and Update Workshops
2025-03-26 12:00 - 13:30
This workshop is for all Educators who support pre-registration learners, Allied Health Professionals, 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.

PCN Lead Nurse Forum
2025-03-27 12:00 - 13:00
We host a Virtual Forum for PCN Lead Nurses/Representatives, once a month (day and time changes monthly to allow accessibility to all).
The Forum provides useful resources, regular update of communications from local Integrated Care Board such as Infection Control and Safeguarding and National Steer. It allows nurses to share best practice and innovation across the system, collectively raise any nurse issues and provides peer support.

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

Covid-19 Update for Primary Care
2025-04-01 09:30 - 11:30
In line with the UK HSA, L&SC PCTH have developed a training session for the National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
This training includes detailed information on the background of the current programme. Vaccine specific training must be completed separately via elfH completing the module specific for the vaccine you are delivering.
https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/covid-19-vaccination/

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.

RSV Programme
2025-04-01 13:00 - 14:00
We are offering a short lunch and learn session for HCPs delivering the new programme to protect eligible individuals against respiratory syncytial virus.

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.

Local Enhanced Services
2025-04-03 09:30 - 11:00
This masterclass will give you the time to work through the new 17 enhanced services that will start in May 2025. Generic action plans will be shared as part of the training that you can use in your own surgeries to maximise completion of these new services.
