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On Friday 11 December, GatewayC will facilitate a webinar on Diagnosing Ovarian Cancer, from 14.00 to 15.00.
Aimed at all members of the primary care workforce, this webinar will cover:
To register, please click the button below.
In August 2020, Skills for Health ran a webinar on effective primary care workforce planning. It covered:
To download the slide deck and associated resource pack, please click the links below.
Primary Care Workforce Planning slides
Primary Care Workforce Planning resources
Guidance on the functions and benefits of Mental Health Practitioners (MHPs), and on how to recruit them
Guidance on the functions and benefits of Mental Health Practitioners (MHPs), and on how to recruit them
The Training Hub is looking for 1 GPN per PCN to undergo training to become workplace Clinical Supervisors. This will involve participation in a half-day training course and committing to re-evaluation over regular intervals for the following 12 – 18 months.
Applications are welcomed from GPNs with at least 2 years’ experience and a diploma in a particular field (e.g., diabetes). Applicants will need to have the support of their practices and have sufficient time to carry out the role.
The training dates are: Wednesday 10 February (9.30 – 13.00) or Thursday 18 March (13.00 – 16.30).
Clicking the button below will download the expression of interest form. Please send a completed copy, and any questions you may have, to:
Kerri Magnus (kerri.magnus2@nhs.net), Rachel Butt (rachel.butt2@nhs.net), or Kim Ball (kim.ball5@nhs.net).
The University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care and Centre for Academic Mental Health are developing a new way to deliver cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for patients with depression, called INTERACT, which blends high-intensity therapy with new applications for technology.
A trial programme for it will begin recruiting patients in the next few weeks, with the goal being to recruit over 400 in the next two years, from GP practices in Bristol, London, and York. GPs can refer patients, with potential participants being identified during consultations or from patient records. Participants will randomly receive either usual care or usual care plus the INTERACT CBT intervention.
Participants receiving the intervention will be offered nine sessions of therapy; the first will be delivered face-to-face or by video call, and subsequent sessions will be delivered using instant messaging. Participants will also be able to access the study website and CBT materials at any time, as working outside the therapeutic session is an important ingredient in the effectiveness of CBT.
Make sure to check out Avon LMC’s webinar on all things trainee nursing associate (TNA) on Thursday 19 November, at 14.00.
The funding and application process, entry requirements, experiences of others, and more will all be covered.
For more information and to book your spot, please contact mandy@almc.co.uk.
We are collaborating with UWE to support administrative and managerial practice staff in developing their project management skills, by securing a number of funded places on the following self-managed courses.
This course is suitable for anyone interested in project management, design, delivery, and review.
It will take approximately 16 hours to complete, but you will have access to the materials over the span of 6 months, giving you time to plan your studying and book your exam.
It will be delivered online as self-study, and so you will require a computer with internet access.
Tutor support is available by telephone from experienced tutors.
Cohort 1 will start on Monday 4 January, 2021, and be completed by Wednesday 30 June, 2021.
Cohort 2 will start on Monday 1 February, 2021, and be completed by Saturday 31 July, 2021.
More information on this course can be found here.
This course is suited to those with little-to-no project management experience looking to gain an understanding of the principles of project management.
It will take between 10 – 12 hours to complete. You will, however, have access to the materials for 6 months, allowing you to plan your study and book your exam.
It will likewise be delivered entirely online, and so you will need a computer with access to the internet. A webinar is to be held in the course’s first week to demonstrate the learning materials and how to use the e-learning environment.
Tutor support is available by telephone from experience tutors.
The cohort will begin on Monday 1 February, 2021, and end on Tuesday 31 August, 2021.
More information about this course can be found here.
To apply for a funded place, please download the expression of interest form using the third button below, and send a completed copy to Jessie Saul at jessie.saul@nhs.net.
Places will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Applications must be in by Friday 4 December.
Organised by BNSSG CCG and Avon LMC, the next BNSSG General Practice Nurse forum will be held on Thursday 12 November, at 13.00.
Attendees will enjoy updates from:
The forum will be followed by Locality-based breakout sessions. Please make sure to join the right breakout session — all links can be found in the associated flyer, which can be downloaded using the button below.
HEE’s virtual Advancing Practice conference, set to run on Monday 9 November and Thursday 12 November, has received a great deal of interest.
If you have been unable to secure a space, be advised that you don’t need to miss out on everything — you can still sign up for the online workshops.
Commencing at 11.20 on Monday, they’ll be live until 13.30 on Thursday and cover the following topics:
To be held on Wednesday 4 November from 13.30 – 14.30, this special joint webinar from NHSE / I will highlight three of the new roles in primary care: Social Prescribing Link Workers, Care Navigators, and Health Coaches.
The webinar is aimed at people employed in one of these roles, but is also open to PCN staff and other related colleagues. Learning outcomes as follows:
Developed by HEE and HEIs across England – and in conjunction with an advisory group featuring representatives from partner organisations – the Blended Learning programme has been established to address national shortages in clinical expertise and to offer predominantly virtual, remote-access study to individuals unable to study for a healthcare role in a traditional fashion.
This programme will be trialled via a nursing degree programme, to start in early 2021. Trainee nurses will have easy access to new and emerging technologies, helping them and their employing trusts to meet the requirement for strong digital capabilities, whilst also furnishing the NHS will an up-to-date, adaptable workforce.
The aims of this programme are to:
“Provide a technology framework that enables student-led provision, online communities of practice leading to development of engaged and self -directed learners with strong digital capabilities”
“Develop flexible, adaptable, resilient, curious, collaborative learners and professionals”
“Attract greater numbers and a more diverse student population into the health profession”
“Create a significantly different offer in healthcare professional education, that will support the growth of a qualitatively different, expert and professional workforce suited to the demands of care now and in the future”
“Fully exploit digital technologies to deliver fully interactive and integrated programmes including immersive technologies like Virtual and Augmented Reality”
