PRIMARY CARE
Fylde Coast
Fylde Coast Primary Care Training Hub works with and on behalf of the 34 practices within the Fylde Coast CCG footprint.
We work in close cooperation with the Lancashire and South Cumbria Training Hub central team as well as the other locality teams in the region to deliver locally and regionally commissioned educational and development programmes. You can read more about them in the Education section of this website.
With the expansion of our work programme, we are also growing our team, to gain further capacity to support general practice education and development.
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CPD
Fylde Coast CPD Funded Training
**NEW 2024/25 CPD OFFER**
Fylde Coast Primary Care Training Hub is proud to present the following fully funded training opportunities open to General Practice Nurses and AHPs for financial year 2024/25.
These training offers have been commissioned at-scale allowing for maximum cost efficiencies; multiple delivery dates wherever possible and have been approved by PCN Clinical Directors in line with current / on-going training needs across the patch.
Limited funding is available to support individual training requests not currently being met by our at-scale offer below. Funding applications can be made using our online application form or via the link in the following document:
Please click on the following link to view and book courses –
Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP): Education & Training Sessions
The ICB NMP Leads and L&SC PCTH are pleased to share with you a 12-month Education and Training programme.
The programme is to support Non-Medical Prescribers in key topic/therapeutic areas and encourage peer discussions and networking.
The bite-sized education and training sessions will be held for 30 minutes via Microsoft Teams every thrird Tuesday of the month between 12noon and 12.30pm.
The following link can be used to access the online sessions Click here to join the meeting
A timetable of sessions can be found here NMP Education and Training Session Timetable
FSRH
Please click on the headings below for information on a range of free training offers with Lancashire Sexual Health and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.
Lancashire Sexual Health is organising FSRH Essentials course on behalf of FSRH.The SRH Essentials Course is aimed specifically at healthcare practitioners working in primary care settings. It provides an interactive day with scenario based learning, presentations, time for discussion, questions and role play. It is relevant for those needing an introduction to SRH and also provides a useful update for more experienced staff. These courses are delivered in a variety of locations across the UK. SRH Essentials is not a competency based course and it is not assessed.
Please click on the following link for more information, dates and booking link – FSRH Flyer Aug to Dec 2024
The STIF Course is being offered by BTH on behalf of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH). This is a multi-disciplinary course and the following applications are invited: Doctors and nurses working in general practice, family planning and reproductive health, GUM, health advisors, secondary care clinicians, pharmacists and school nurses. The aim of the course is to equip participants with the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes for the effective management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) outside of the GUM setting. Delegates will need to study the appropriate modules in E-Learning for Health before attending the course. This will entail around 8-12 hours of study depending on your experience.
You MUST be available to attend all 3 days of the following course dates;
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
Thursday 3rd October 2024
Friday 4th October 2024
Course Venue: Blackpool Football Stadium. Bloomfield Road, Seasiders Way, Blackpool FY1 6JJ
The course is free for delegates working within Blackpool and Lancashire. Tea, coffee and lunch will be provided.
To book your place please complete the form on this flyer STIF Course Oct 2024 flyer and email to [email protected]
Places will be offered on a first come first serve basis and all applications should be returned by no later than 16th September 2024.
In addition to the SRH Essentials for Primary Care and Sexually Transmitted Foundation (STIF) courses offered by BTH, there are opportunities to undertake additional training. Please see full details here – Additional Sexual Health Training Offers
These offers will involve some theory and practical training which is free of charge and offered across sites in Blackpool and Lancashire (not BwD) and you will be supported by FSRH registered trainers.
If you are interested in any of these additional courses, please contact Laura-Jane Lloyd in the first instance to discuss your requirements who will put you in touch with the trainers at BHT once your requirements have been established. [email protected]
UCLan - Free CPD Sessions
Please find below the 2025 schedule and Teams links for UCLan’s free CPD sessions, part of their Knowledge Exchange programme; please add them to your diary if interested:
23rd January 2025, 12:00-13:00
Learning Outcomes:
Understand what a phronetic approach to decision-making is founded on.
Gain an introduction to cultivating phronesis in healthcare decision-making.
Know how to access further support if you would like to learn more.
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 347 894 217 707
Passcode: vcTHSH
26th March 2025, 12:00-13:00
Using a symptoms led history, how to diagnose the common eye conditions which present in a primary care setting. The session will also cover the red flags symptoms and signs for emergency ocular conditions.
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 392 370 598 746
Passcode: WdYryB
21st May 2025, 12:00-13:00
Learning outcomes:
1) differentiation between pain/ stiffness/ instability with further discussion on trauma vs non traumatic knee presentations
2) assessment principles and planning directly related to differential diagnosis
3) GP focussed initial management and referral decisions
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 399 569 761 293
Passcode: MTaZXs
24th September 2025, 12:00-13:00
Learning outcomes: At the end of this lecture, you will have encountered common and rare important ailments, injuries and zoonoses that are seen in rural practice.
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 386 710 741 837
Passcode: 5UkFKV
21st Nov 2025, 12:00-13:00
‘Challenges experienced by visually impaired individuals when accessing healthcare services.’
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 357 016 570 133
Passcode: zdhKT3
Clinical Skills Practice Workshops
We have added some extra skills onto our sessions to broaden the experience on attending!
Available at all clinical skills workshops across Lancashire and South Cumbria are:
- Practice taking a smear
- Manual blood pressures plus looking at normal parameters and targets
- Injection Technique
- Venepuncture
- Inhaler technique
- Peak flow technique
- Blood oxygen levels using a pulse oximeter
Various dates and locations available. Please click on the following link for more information, dates and booking links – Clinical Skills Practice Workshops Flyer 2024- LSC PCTH
Spirometry & Feno Update
The ICB are really happy to announce that in partnership with the NHS England, Primary Care Training Hub and Respiratory Matters we will be launching training for primary care staff across Lancashire and South Cumbria to enable accurate performance and interpretation of Spirometry and Feno tests for adults and children and young people. The training will be held via online modular learning, so that health professionals can learn at their pace.
The ICB Primary and Community Team and the Children and Young Peoples team are working collaboratively with the Primary Care Training Hub and the Respiratory Physiologists’ teams across the 4 x Acute Trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria. There are plans to develop a new local Quality Assurance Framework to help provide respiratory quality assurance to GP practices in conjunction with our local Physiology colleagues in secondary care. This Quality Assurance Framework is an alternative accreditation to ARTP Training (Association for Respiratory & Technology & Physiology) and the detail of this work is being finalised. Once this has been approved further information will be shared with practices on the assurance process and how to sign up.
A big thank you to all colleagues across the ICS who are working together to develop these two innovative and locally led programmes of training and assurance.
Please complete this Expression of Interest form if you would like to apply for Spirometry & Feno training.
News
Free PAM Workshops
2.5 hour PAM (Patient Activation Measure) Workshops – Virtual via Zoom
The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) is a validated patient-reported outcome measure owned by Insignia Health. PAM was created to identify which patients/clients may need additional resources to manage their health.
The PAM workshops are 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.
Please click on the following links for further details:
What is the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) 2024
Preceptorship for Nurses
Are you recruiting General Practice Nurses/Allied Health Professionals who are new to Primary Care?
Is your practice aware of the Preceptorship Programme support and Preceptor Workshops that we are delivering via the Lancashire & South Cumbria Primary Care Training Hub?
Please get in touch so we can present our offer of preceptorship support for the future. The programme follows the Gold Standard National Preceptorship guidelines, and we provide the relevant portfolio documentation for new preceptees via a comprehensive e-handbook.
Send any queries to: [email protected] or book directly onto our Webinars and Workshops from the Preceptorship webpage
Try our PRECEPTORSHIP WORDSEARCH PUZZLE
Pharmacy Education Pathway
Calling all Pharmacists or Pharmacy Techs employed in General Practice (NOT ARRS funded)?
Fully funded Primary care pharmacy education pathway training is now available
NHS England commissions the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) to provide compulsory training for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians whose salaries are being supported with the Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) funding. This training pathway is the Primary care pharmacy education pathway. NHS England has agreed that places remaining for a cohort not taken by pharmacy professionals in ARRS funded roles can be made available to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in GP practices or care homes if their the employer agrees to provide the necessary support.
See attached document (‘Non-PCN-NHS-England…’) for details on the training pathway and requirements. Pharmacy professionals can apply for the training through the CPPE website by clicking HERE
General Practice Assistant Training
If you are interested applying for the new cohort, please click here to complete the application now. If your practice or location does not appear. Please click “other”. Places on the programme are prioritised by those currently working in the GPA role (employed through ARRS or funded by the practice) and those who have already started to follow the frameworks and gather evidence ready to be submitted onto the portal.
A manager within the practice needs to complete the first page of the form and upon pressing the submit button the form will then be emailed automatically to the GP Assistant for them to complete their information. Once the GP assistant completes their information and submits the form it will automatically go the GP mentor for completion. After this it will go to the Chesire & Merseyside training hub who will contact you in due course regarding the next stage in the process and let you know if you have been successful in gaining a place on the course.
Email [email protected] if you have any queries about the GPA role.
Please click on the below links to view all supporting documents:
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