This hands-on face to face training program will equip you with essential advanced assessment techniques, allowing you to confidently and accurately evaluate patients, leading to informed clinical decisions, and provide comprehensive care.
Led by experienced clinical educators, the sessions blend theory with practical skills, using real-world scenarios and interactive workshops to solidify your learning.
If you are intrseted in booking this course but not sure if this course will be applicable please book anyways. We will contact you if the booking is not appropriate.&nbsp;

AP Masterclass Physical Assessment Skills -  ENT (Day 4)

Learning Outcomes -<ul class="tight" data-tight="true"><li>Classify the types of adverse events that can follow immunisation </li><li>Discuss how understanding and managing adverse events supports best practice in immunisation</li><li>Consider lessons learnt from best practice</li></ul>

Adverse Events Following Immunisations 

Part 2 - Intermediate to Advanced Diabetes Management&nbsp;
This is part 2, we advise all delegates attend part 1 before attending this part. Please visit Foundation Diabetes to register.&nbsp;
For clinicians wanting to enhance their confidence in oral and injectable therapies. This is a face to face. All 3 days must be attended in order to recieve a certificate of attendance.
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Interpret and apply relevant sections of the NICE Guidelines for Type 2 diabetes management.
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Use case studies to integrate clinical guidance into practical decision-making.
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Develop confidence in making informed treatment decisions based on individual patient needs.
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Describe the next steps in treatment escalation for patients not adequately controlled on oral therapy.
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Compare different injectable therapies, including GLP-1 receptor agonists and various insulin types.
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Understand the profiles, timing, and administration techniques of different insulin preparations.
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Demonstrate how to initiate insulin therapy safely and effectively.
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Conduct informed risk–benefit discussions with patients regarding injectable treatment options.
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Apply knowledge from across the course in case-based practical sessions, enhancing clinical decision-making skills.
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Intermediate/Advanced -  An Exciting Journey into better Diabetes Care

A comprehensive blood test interpretation course. This course features 2 interactive sessions and real-world case studies. This session is designed for both newcomers and those who are seeking a refresher.The two days for this course are -<ul><li>7-Nov-25</li><li>21-Nov-25</li></ul>Attending this session will offer a wide range of essential blood tests, empowering you to develop a greater understanding of blood testing and interpretation.Throughout the course of the 2 days you will delve in to the interpretation of :Full Blood Count (FBC)Infectious/Inflammatory Disease MarkersRenal Function TestsLiver Function Tests (LFT's)Thyroid Function Tests (TFT's)Nutritional Markers (Vitamin D, B12, Folate)Bone ProfileHbA1CLipid ScreeningCancer Antigen Tests (CA125, PSA)This session will involve engaging in interactive case studies and hands-on exercises to apply to your newfound knowledge.Learning Outcomes -Develop a structured approach to interpreting common blood tests encountered in primary care<ul><li>Understand and interpret key tests including FBC, inflammatory markers, renal and liver function, bone profiles, nutritional parameters, HbA1c, lipid panels, cancer markers, and other relevant tests</li><li>Apply knowledge through practical, case-based learning to support real-world decision-making</li><li>Improve confidence and competence in managing blood test results</li><li>Enhance patient care and clinical outcomes through better interpretation and communication of results</li></ul>Both days of this course must be attended in order to receive your certificate of completion.

Blood Test Interpretation 2 Day Course

This course is designed to help professionals provide more inclusive, person-centred care. The course covers supporting people with learning disabilities and autism, making reasonable accommodations, carrying out medication reviews and annual health checks, and understanding the SEL STOMP initiative to reduce unnecessary pyschotropic prescribing. Through real-life case studies, participants will gain the confidence and tools to improve care for people with learning disabilities and neurodiversity.Course ObjectivesThis session aims to provide:<ul class="tight" data-tight="true"><li>Information on learning disabilities and autism, and on accommodations that can help support your patients.</li><li>An introduction to running medication reviews and annual health checks for people with learning disabilities</li><li>Awareness of STOMP (Stopping the Over-Medication of People with a Learning Disability, Autism or Both) and of the STOMP team in SEL and how we can support you and your patients</li></ul>

Bridging the Gap: Supporting People with Learning Disabilities and Neurodiversity 

Building on Day 1’s foundation, Day 2 dives into the essential financial skills every aspiring Partner needs to lead with confidence. This interactive session focuses on understanding the financial heartbeat of your organisation — from identifying income opportunities to interpreting key financial indicators that drive success. You’ll learn how to make informed, strategic decisions that support both the business and your personal financial goals.Objectives:<ul><li>Identify and optimise income streams to enhance financial performance.</li><li>Understand key financial indicators — and learn how to influence them for better outcomes.</li><li>Balance business and personal financial considerations to achieve sustainable success.</li></ul>

Aspiring to Partnership - Financial Management 

During this session we will explore the diagnostic criteria, key signs, and symptoms of common types including Emotionally Unstable, Dissocial (Antisocial), Narcissistic, Obsessive-Compulsive, Avoidant, and Dependent Personality Disorders. The session will also cover the biological, psychological, and social causes behind these conditions, along with treatment approaches and practical insights to support effective understanding and care.Learning Outcomes<ul><li>Provide an overview of the different personality disorders, their symptoms, and underlying causes.</li><li>Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the multi-factorial causes of personality disorders.</li><li>Reflect on the significance and interrelatedness of these factors in the presentation of signs, symptoms, and treatment options.</li></ul>

Personality Disorder 

Calling all SEL colleagues involved in the supervision of First Contact Practitioners!If you have any questions, queries or points of discussion regarding the supervision of First Contact Practitioners, please come along to our informal online drop in sessions hosted by your SEL FCP Leads.

FCP Supervisor Drop in Session

Menopause with Kate McCarthy, Ellie Brown, Lorraine Nicolle and Zannie Krogh. The programme will address the medical aspects ( HRT etc) of menopause as well as looking at nutrition and exercise to manage weight, glucose control, mood, sleep for a healthy menopause.&nbsp;

Menopause

If you are new to working in Primary Cre, a tour of 'The Treatment Room' is a good place to start. This is where many services are offered by the GP, Practice Nurses, Nursing Associates and Health Care Assistants. It includes all of the equipment required for consultations, undertaking blood tests, dressings, immunisations and many other procedures that are performed on a daily basis.Learning Objectives<ul><li>By the end of this session, participants will be able to:<ul><li>Identify and describe the key equipment commonly found in a Treatment Room</li><li>Explain the purpose and appropriate use of each piece of equipment</li></ul></li></ul>

The Treatment Room - CC+

This study session aims to provide you with the foundational knowledge and skills required to begin to safely and effectively obtain adult venous blood samples.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identify and discuss the key principles of safe phlebotomy
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Apply the knowledge of the anatomy of the arm and veins to safely obtain venous blood samples&nbsp; 
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demonstrate your skills on a simulator
All learners MUST have a nominated supervisor who will assess their practice and sign off their competency booklets
This half day training session covers the key principles of phlebotomy, including legal and professional considerations, basic anatomy and physiology, drawing technique, how to assemble and use the equipment, infection prevention and control, order of draw, labelling and documentation, and overcoming difficult veins.

Phlebotomy 

Please note - this is a 3 day course, all 3 dates must be attended in order to receive a certificate of attendance. Day 1 - Friday 14th November Day 2 - Tuesday 25th November Day 3 - Friday 5th December Enhance your impact in primary care with our asthma training course. With over 5.4 million people in the UK receiving treatment for asthma, its vital to manage this condition effectively. This course provides up-to-date knowledge based on national guidelines (e.g. NICE, BTS/SIGN) to help you improve patient outcomes, reduce hospital admissions and support self-management with personalised asthma action plans. Gain specialist skills valued in general practice and respiratory care, while meeting NHS expectations for chronic disease management. Learning Outcomes -<ul class="tight" data-tight="true"><li>Understand the prevalence and impact of asthma in the UK.</li><li>Explore the pathophysiology and immunological aspects of asthma, including key characteristics.</li><li>Learn the latest clinical guidelines for early and accurate asthma diagnosis and classification. </li><li>Develop personalised asthma management plans, incorporating both pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches.</li><li>Address issues related to gaining and maintaining asthma control </li><li>Gain knowledge on advanced therapies, including biologics and personalised medicine for severe asthma cases. </li><li>Master best practices for patient education, monitoring and long-term asthma management </li><li>Learn emergency management strategies for acute asthma exacerbations and reducing hospital admissions.</li><li>Understand asthma prevalence, pathophysiology and diagnostic guidelines </li><li>Develop and implement personalised asthma management plans, including advanced therapies.</li><li>Apply best practices for patient education, monitoring and emergency asthma management</li></ul>

Confident Asthma Management in Primary Care

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NMP Update - Sleep Disorders and Management

This session focuses on the vital responsibilities that come with leadership — ensuring operations are safe, ethical, and fully compliant with regulations. This session equips aspiring partners with the knowledge and confidence to navigate governance frameworks, employment law, and HR processes. Participants will explore how strong leadership and effective systems underpin quality care, reduce risk, and promote a positive workplace culture.Objectives:<ul><li>Understand the partner’s role as an organisational leader and custodian of compliance.</li><li>Explore governance principles and employment practices that uphold professional standards.</li><li>Examine HR processes that support effectiveness, engagement, and risk reduction.</li></ul>

Aspiring to Partnership - Regulatory Compliance and Quality Assurance

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Hot Topics is a educational initiative from the Primary Care Workforce Academy (PCWA), bringing relevant, timely clinical and practice-based updates directly to your borough's PLT.
Each session features talks designed to support continuous learning and best practice across primary care teams.
Date of Event: Thursday 20th November 2025
Time: 12:30pm - 17:00pm
Location: Face-to-Face tbc&nbsp;
What's on the Agenda?
ICB Update
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Lewisham PLT: Hot Topics 

Southwark PLT 

During this session it will turn the focus toward growth and innovation. This session empowers aspiring partners and leaders to take a strategic view of their organisation — planning for the future, driving service improvement, and responding effectively to changing demand. Through practical examples and discussion, participants will learn how to assess capacity, align strategy with community needs, and lead initiatives that strengthen long-term success.Objectives:<ul><li>Formulate and implement strategic plans that guide sustainable growth.</li><li>Lead service improvements that enhance quality, efficiency, and experience.</li><li>Assess demand and capacity to inform effective planning and resource allocation.</li></ul>

Aspiring to Partnership - Practice Development

This training will equip your nurse with the fundamentals of teaching and supporting learners in practice. This will enhance the nurse's knowledge and will be a step towards becoming a nurse educator.This course has been rebuilt from the ground up, using the 2019 NMC's Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment. The course has been re-designed to be more engaging and interactive. It is a requirement that you have access to your camera and microphone for this session, to allow you to participate to the session as if it was a normal classroom environment. There will be quizzes throughout the course to assess learning.This is a 2 day course and both days must be attended in full and attendance will be tracked. The dates for this course can be found below -Day 1 - 27-November-25 (day 1 covers the history of SSSA, the new roles and how to give feedback. This is an interactive session which involves discussion, and it aims to give you the tools you need to be a Practice Supervisor.Day 2 - 28-November-25 (day 2 covers the next steps, signing off midpoint, final interviews, action plans and how to fail a student. It will equip you with the tools you need to be a Practice Assessor. The aims is for you to attend this course with the commitment to taking a student in the next 3-6 months)Completing this course will equip you with the skillset needed to support students. Those who complete this course will be allocated a student nurse placement to host. Once you have completed this course additional follow-up sessions and guidance will be available to further support you when you are hosting students.

SSSA 2 Day Course 

Please also Register for the AHD!!
Time: 12:30pm -2pm
Location: Bickley Manor Hotel, Thornet Wood Rd, Bromley BR1 2LW
Agenda:
What are Nurse Associates, what can we do, how can we support PNs in practice. Thinking about training as an NA - next steps and what to do.
Weight management for children&nbsp;
BHC Respiratory - What is the service, how can they support us in primary care
The Chicken Pox vaccine                    
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Practice Nurse Forum 

Time: 2pm -5pm
Location: Bickley Manor Hotel, Thornet Wood Rd, Bromley BR1 2LW
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Welcome
Dr Jancy Paramanathan (GP; Clinical Lead BETH)
Zoe Leroy (Nurse Lead BETH)
Bola Ogunremi (Nurse Lead BETH)
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Welcome and introduction to Private Care
at The Royal Marsden
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“Bridging the Patient/GP Gap: a survivor's story”
Ms Kara Miller
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HIV/Hepatitis B Association with Cancer
Dr Anita Belgaumkar (GP HIV Champion) &amp; Sarah Barber (HIV CNS)
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PhotoSAF &amp; bite size cancer updates
Dr Sophie Hallam (Cancer Clinical Lead, One Bromley) &amp; Eileen Pearson (Cancer Facilitator)
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Vicky Stewart, Senior Programme Manager, Lung cancer Screening, Holly Groombridge (Cancer Improvement) &amp; Annette Blackford (Smokefree)
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Cancer Risk Assessment
Michelle Weston (Lead Cancer Family History Nurse)
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Gastro &amp; Colorectal Cancer
Mr Shahnawaz Rasheed, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon The Royal Marsden Hospital.
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Dr Dima El-Sharkawi Consultant Haematologist
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Bromley AHD - Cancer 

This training session revisits current methods of contraception, actions and contradictions. It will also update on any new developments in this field. During this session it will also update on any new developments in this field.We will be using case studies to check learning and use of UKMEC. Learning Outcomes:To be able to deliver up to date information to the patients on contraception To understand how they fit into your consultation To explore any updates on contraception and how they apply to the consultations

Contraception Update

SSSA update for practice assessor(s) and practice supervisor(s) as part of Health Education England's process for the re-approval of educators and PCN and Practice Learning Environments, educators over a 4-5 year period.Following the SSSA update presentation, trained PA/PS nurses and nurse associates will provide evidence of peer review on an episode of teaching. This review will consist of a small group where each will present a 10-minute micro teaching session or a short case study on a chosen subject.The guidance and peer review update has been designed to facilitate a reflective process and enable a formative assessment for trainers.

SSSA Update/Peer Review 

This training is designed to support your induction, develop your understanding of the world of general practice and ultimately, give you the confidence to effectively navigate the system in which you work.&nbsp;
The date for this course is -
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Who is this session aimed at -&nbsp;Staff working in South East London primary care who have joined in the last twelve months. Clinical and non-clinical roles welcome.&nbsp;You may have previous experience in other areas of the healthcare sector, or be completely new to working in healthcare.&nbsp;If you have been in post for a while but still wish to understand more about General Practice structure, changes, and how this can affect the working environment and patient journey then let us know and we will accommodate where possible.

Foundations of General Practice 

Learning Outcomes -<ul class="tight" data-tight="true"><li>Consider the new vaccine programmes for RSV, Infant and Older People </li><li>Consider what's coming and potential changes to the programmes </li></ul>

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