Deprivation Medicine - Community of Practice Sessions
2023-02-08 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Online Session, United Kingdom
Community of practice sessions deprivation medicine will be a weekly hourlong drop-in session.
During these sessions we will be discussing challenges faced by us during your working hours. This will be a open forum where we discuss challenges faced by you during your working hours.
This week we have our host Uzma Haque speaking on ‘Dealing with uncertainty’
Date: 8th Feb 2023
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
To join the session please use the following link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86039512714? pwd=[REDACTED]
Any questions please contact kyle@manoravenue.com

KeepingWellNEL - Leadership support circles
2023-02-08 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-02-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-02-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
A series of short, themed online sessions based on 10 principles for leading compassionately.
Managers, we are here to support your career goals! Sign up to our series of Leadership support circles to support your leadership development here. Come together with other people managers from across the health and care industry and share, support and learn from each other.
What is a Leadership Support Circle?
Leadership support circles offer time and reflective safe space for those with responsibility for managing others through:
Short, themed and interactive online sessions based on 10 evidence-based principles for Leading Compassionately
A multi-disciplinary, interactive space for people managers at all levels to come together, share their experiences and be heard
Signposting access to evidence-based guidance, tools and coaching and mentoring support to line managers and leaders
BOOK YOUR PLACE
26th January, 12:00 – 13:00, Look after yourself
31st January, 13:00 – 14:00, Speaking candidly and compassionately
8th February, 14:00 – 15:00, Setting the emotional tone
16th February, 12:00 – 13:00, Encourage everyone to talk
24th February, 13:00 – 14:00, Look out for your team
27th February, 14:00 – 15:00, Be inclusive in the way you lead
7th March, 12:00 – 13:00, Maintain routines
15th March, 13:00 – 14:00, Give yourself space to make the right call
23rd March, 14:00 – 15:00, Create safe spaces
31st March, 12:00 – 13:00, Acknowledge the hurt

London Primary and Community Apprenticeship Event
2023-02-09 10:00 - 16:00 | De Vere Grand, De Vere Grand, Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen St, London, WC2B 5DA, United Kingdom
The new date for the London Primary and Community Apprenticeship Event has been confirmed as Thursday 9th February 2023.
This date falls within National Apprenticeship Week 2023 (NAW ’23) and the event will be part of the NAW ‘23 celebrations.
To reserve a space email nhsapprenticeships@hee.nhs.uk
Please state any dietary or access requirements
(if booking more then one space please include email addresses of delegates)
Your original booking will be transferred over to the new date. If you are unable to attend the event on the new date (9/2/23), please email nhsapprenticeships@hee.nhs.uk to cancel your booking. There is no action required if you can attend the new date.
The venue will be the same, De Vere Grand, Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen St, London, WC2B 5DA.
The event will cover key topics such as:

Apprenticeship Basics Find out about the benefits and the opportunity of apprenticeships in primary care
Apprenticeship Funding: Find out about how to fund apprenticeship courses via the apprenticeship levy and levy transfers
Learn from peers: Learn more from primary care speakers who have successfully implemented apprenticeships in their organisations
Networking: Enjoy a networking lunch and an opportunity to connect with peers and colleagues

CQC Sessions - Population Health
2023-02-09 13:30 - 16:30 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Defining your population
Understanding health outcomes and areas for improvement
Exploring the needs of different groups and how to evidence how these needs are met
Barriers to accessing healthcare and how can these be addressed?
Evidencing improvement

Understanding Disordered Eating in Adults (virtual 3 hour workshop)
2023-02-09 14:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-17 14:00 - 17:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Various dates from Feb 2023 – Mar 2023
CLICK HERE to register
This newly launched three hour course delivered virtually provides an introduction to disordered eating in adults, aiming to increase awareness and understanding. Delivered by a trainer with lived experience of eating disorders, it provides insight into the challenges associated with recovery and guidance on how to make sense of disordered eating and it’s function for the individual. The session is aimed broadly at anyone with an interest in learning more about these issues.
The following topics are included in the session:
• Grounding eating disorders in fact: addressing myths and misconceptions
• The spectrum of eating behavior and eating disorder diagnoses.
• Understanding the function of an eating disorder
• Weight stigma and its impact
• Early intervention and barriers to accessing support
• Person-centered care and support: what you can do to help
**Limited numbers apply early. Joining instructions will be send 48 hours prior to delivery date**
Trainer bio – Katharine Lazenby
Katharine Lazenby is mental health expert by experience, drawing on her lived experience of eating disorders, psychiatric treatment and hospitalization. She is currently a Project Manager at East London NHS Foundation Trust but has extensive experience as a mental health trainer within the public sector, educator and public speaker. As a visiting scholar at London Southbank University, she lectures on the lived experience of eating disorders and psychologically informed environments. She sits on the board of directors for the Design in Mental Health Network and has spoken at a number of national conferences about her lived experience of mental health care and recovery. She is passionate about the power and importance of centering lived experience in mental health education
What previous attendees have fed back:
“It was so useful to hear Katherine’s lived experience and she gave such valuable insight on how to talk about eating disorders with people who are suffering which I really appreciated.”​
“I found the information was very surprising and useful. I found the information regarding diversity particularly useful because I never considered the impact of this before.”​

Supporting Those Bereaved Through Suicide
2023-02-15 13:30 - 16:30
East London Health and Care Partnership invite all public and voluntary sector organisations to participate in this half day workshop to improve knowledge, skills and understanding in supporting those bereaved through suicide.
The partnership are working with Rosedale Training, to deliver these workshops. Previous attendees to this training demonstrated a real desire to make a real difference to the suicide statistics and better help and support those who have been bereaved through suicide.
Aims of the training will be;
• For delegates to feel confident supporting those who have been bereaved through Suicide
• To be able to use appropriate language.
• Understand what may and may not be helpful.
• Be familiar and confident using The Help Is at Hand book.
• Be able to signpost to other organisations who offer specialist support if required.
You will be required to provide a postal address for learning materials to be sent to you
Note, although the workshop is funded, there will be DNA charge enforced if you fail to turn up following booking.

Kooth information webinar for all healthcare professionals in NE London
2023-02-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Kooth.com is commissioned by North East London Health & Care Partnership to provide anonymous and personalised digital mental health support for Children and Young People.
With over 4000 logins per day, we provide end to end support whatever the need.
Join us for our Kooth information sessions. These sessions will cover the support that is available to the young people you work with.
Kooth.com is a free, safe, confidential and non-stigmatised way for young people, which is funded by the NHS, local authorities and organisations to receive counselling, advice and support on-line. Kooth delivers 1000’s of counselling sessions each year in Local Authorities across the UK. Available until 10pm each night, 365 days per year, it provides a much needed out of hours service for advice and help. As 50% of referrals to CAMHS are deemed inappropriate to their criteria, Kooth gives GPs/Professionals an alternative way of ensuring patients can access free support when they need it, in a medium young people know and use.

NEL Green Primary Care Training
2023-02-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
We are pleased to invite you to attend a series of online training sessions that will teach you about the connections between climate change and subsequent pressures on primary care. The North East London ICS has developed a Green Plan, in which we committed to providing education and awareness to all primary care staff.
Join our Clinical Leads for Net Zero from Primary Care to learn about how the climate crisis is a health crisis and understand about how primary care transformation can help us reduce the NHS’s carbon footprint.
The first session takes place on 15 September and they are open to all clinical and non-clinical Primary Care colleagues working in North East London. It gives the chance for you to learn about the Greener NHS programme and for us to learn how betting engage you in delivering the Green Plan.
The dates and themes are:
2022

15th September – Session 1: How does climate change impact on Primary Care?
20th October – Session 2: Low carbon, high quality asthma care.
17th November – Session 3: Taking climate action in healthcare.
15th December – Session 4: How climate change affects North East London.

2023

19th January – Session 5: How to measure the carbon footprint in Primary Care.
16th February – Session 6: Saving money by becoming a greener NHS.
16th March – Session 7: Best of Net Zero in Primary Care.

All sessions will be recorded and uploaded to the NEL GP intranet but we encourage you to join the conversation live and attend in person.

Fundamentals of QI Methodology Training Training
2023-02-16 14:00 - 16:30 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Why join in?
The Fundamentals of QI Methodology training will give you the essential tools to make practical changes to your practice.
During the training, you can bring real-life examples of challenges in practices and tackle your problems with QI tools.
Breakout rooms and a mixture between theory and practice make the two and a half hours training session interactive and dynamic.

Who can register?
Anyone within the practice can register, whether you are a doctor, part of the clinical team, admin/receptionist or management team.
You need to attend only one session, so please pick the date that suits you best and register on Eventbrite.

Is any pre-session prep needed?
Please test your camera and microphone before the session; you will need them!

Sign Up Now
To join the FREE online training, please sign up on the below via the Eventbrite link.

Thursday 16th February

2pm to 4.30pm – Click here to sign up

Tuesday 21st March

2pm to 4.30pm – Click here to sign up

Friday 5th May

9.30am to 12pm – Click here to sign up

Thursday 15th June

1.30pm to 4pm – Click here to sign up

Monday 10th July

1.30pm to 4pm – Click here to sign up

Friday 15th September

9.30am to 12pm – Click here to sign up

Thursday 12th October

1.30pm to 4pm – Click here to sign up

Friday 17th November

1pm to 3.30pm – Click here to sign up

Greater London Authority (GLA) Webinar Series: Session 2 – CYP
2023-02-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Date: 16th February 2023
Time: 15:00pm – 16:00pm
You are invited to join this webinar run by colleagues from the Greater London Authority (GLA). Please do feel free to forward this invitation to anyone from your area who may find this webinar helpful.
This webinar will focus on Children and Young People, and will cover:

The scope and scale of the Children and Young Londoners Team
The relationship with the Deputy Mayor / Mayor
The policies and programmes that the team lead on
An opportunity for Q&A

Please see webinar joining instructions below:
Microsoft Teams meeting – Click here to join the meeting.
Meeting ID: 334 766 657 390
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Women’s Health & Wellbeing
2023-02-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
We hope to provide a space for women of all walks of life to learn and reflect about how women health issues such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis (and much more!) can affect our wellbeing as well as our mental health. Equally, if you have an important woman in your life and want to find out how you can better support them if they’re struggling with the issues above, please come along too!

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Please do share the workshops widely with your friends, colleagues, teams and anyone else who might find it useful – we’ll also be sharing these posters on our socials too!
To register,complete the registration form:https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO4y0-YCymLt1Etaug6JpG_QdUNU1LM05JQlMyWlVDOEhLS0hESUtOQUJUSy4u–if you can’t see the workshop name on the list, please select ‘Other’ write down the name of workshop as you see on the poster.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me. If you no longer want to receive regular updates regarding the workshops, just let me know and I can take you off the mailing list.

Rhysha Gallo
Assistant Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust
Newham Talking Therapies (Community Team) | Vicarage Lane E15 4ES

Mobile: 07584 595 010 | Email: rhysha.gallo1@nhs.net | Working Hours: Mon 12pm-8pm; Tue – Fri 9am-5pm

Become a qualified Mental Health First Aider (2 full days)
2023-02-20 09:30 - 17:00 | Bernie Cameron Centre, 32 Merchant St, London, E3 4LX, United Kingdom
Monday 20th February & Monday 6th March 2023
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a training course which teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue. MHFA won’t teach you to be a therapist, but it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis – and even potentially stop a crisis from happening. You’ll learn to recognise warning signs of mental ill health, and develop the skills and confidence to approach and support someone while keeping yourself safe.
**face to face**
MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS TO BE CERTIFIED
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
The standard cost of this course is £325.00 per person. This is being funded by North East London Training Hub in collaboration with the NEL Integrated Care Board. The £325.00 course cost will be enforced for failure to turn up or cancellations within 48-hours of the course start date. You can book a funded place if you work or study in the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Hackney, City of London, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets & Waltham Forest. You will be expected to participate in the evaluation process of the programme. This would include completing feedback survey at the end of the survey and post 10-12 weeks impact assessment survey. This will help us understand the impact of the training and also help make required quality improvement
What previous attendees have fed back:
“This course was very helpful. The trainer was great. The information she gave was spot on I will definitely recommend this course to others. Thank you very much”
“Great training, lots of information in two days .Love the manual to take away.”
“Inspired interesting conversations amongst the group and everyone who took part brilliantly contributed. I feel confident to talk about the course with my colleagues and to talk about the issues raised – working to destigmatise mental ill health and how to feel confident in providing initial support. Thank you very much.”

Freedom to Speak learning and listening session
2023-02-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Join a Freedom to Speak learning and listening session
Tuesday 24th January at 1pm – 2pm | Thursday 2nd February at 1pm – 2pm
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Attend one of our scheduled Freedom to Speak learning and listening sessions. The sessions are open and available to all NEL primary care staff including General Practice, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Optometry.
The interactive session will;

Share the brief history of FTSU and the benefits it can offer
Explore existing FTSU arrangements and challenges that may exist.
Understand experiences from individuals/ providers who may not yet have established FTSU arrangements.

By the end of the session the learning outcomes:

Attendee knowledge and the importance of FTSU is increased
Providers that currently have FTSU arrangements will review the arrangements to see whether they can be strengthen
Discussion will begin with providers that do not have FTSU arrangements as to how these could be established.

Mental Health First Aid Adult
2023-02-21 09:30 - 13:30, 2023-02-27 13:00 - 17:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Do You Want To Become A Mental Health First Aider?
We are pleased to offer all staff working in North East London with the opportunity to become a qualified Mental Health First Aider.
The Adult MHFA course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider, course accredited by the Royal Society of Public Health. Course is currently only available online. Please see listings below for available dates.
This course is usually delivered over 2 full days however the online delivery is across 4 bitesize learning sessions. Completion of course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider, giving you:

An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing
Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix

How is the course delivered? And what is the course structure?
Course is delivered across 2 days (or 4 bitesize sessions online across four days), and learning takes place across four manageable sessions. Through a mix of group activities, presentations and discussions, each session is built around a Mental Health First Aid action plan. Our courses are always delivered by experienced instructors. You may view the full breakdown of the course structure on the MHFA England website https://mhfaengland.org/individuals/adult/2-day/
When and where will the courses take place?

This is an online course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub
Learning takes place through four live training sessions, spread across two weeks, with self-learning activities in between
Each session is built around a Mental Health First Aid action plan
We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn

Who can attend?
The course is open to anybody over the age of 16. No background knowledge of mental health required. Funded places are available for people who work in the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, City & Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest
You will be expected to participate in the programme evaluation to help us learn assess impact of learning and improve future delivery. You will receive a copy of the 275 pages MHFA manual (left) and workbook, and a certificate will be emailed by MHFA England following attendance
What will you learn?
You will learn about a range of mental health issues: depression, suicidal crisis, anxiety, personality disorders, eating disorders, self-harm, psychosis, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. You will learn how to:

Recognise the symptoms of mental health issues
Provide initial help
Guide a person towards appropriate professional help

How much does it cost?
The standard cost is £300 per person.
NOTE places are funded by North East London Health and Care Partnership and supported by the NEL Training Hub. There will be £300 charge enforced for failure to turn up or cancellations within 10 days of the course start date, this is the standard cost of this course. You can book a place if you work or study in the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, City of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets & Waltham Forest
Click the desired cohort below to register

Day 1: Monday 7th November 2022 (13:00-17:00) Day 2: Wednesday 9th November 2022 (13:00-17:00) Day 3: Monday 14th November 2022 (13:00-17:00) Day 4: Wednesday 16th November 2022 (13:00-17:00)
Day 1: Tuesday 6th December 2022 (09:00-13:00) Day 2: Thursday 8th December 2022 (09:00-13:00) Day 3: Tuesday 13th December 2022 (09:00-13:00) Day 4: Thursday 15th December 2022 (09:00-13:00)
Day 1: Tuesday 24th January 2023 (09:30-13:30) Day 2: Wednesday 26th January 2023 (09:30-13:30) Day 3: Tuesday 31st January 2023 (09:30-13:30) Day 4: Wednesday 2nd February 2023 (09:30-13:30)
Day 1: Tuesday 21st February 2023 (09:30-13:30) Day 2: Thursday 23rd February 2023 (09:30-13:30) Day 3: Tuesday 28th February 2023 (09:30-13:30) Day 4: Thursday 2nd March 2023 (09:30-13:30)
Day 1: Monday 27th February 2023 (13:00-17:00) Day 2: Wednesday 1st March 2022 (13:00-17:00) Day 3: Monday 6th March 2023 (13:00-17:00) Day 4: Wednesday 8th March 2022 (13:00-17:00)

GP - Community Pharmacy Consultation Service
2023-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
General Practice Staff Workshops
OPEN TO GENERAL PRACTICE STAFF ACROSS NORTH EAST LONDON
AIMED AT : RECEPTIONISTS, CARE NAVIGATORS, FRONT LINE NON CLINICAL STAFF
PLEASE CHOOSE ONE SESSION TO ATTEND
ALL SESSIONS WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS
A referral process from a General Practice to a Community Pharmacist GP CPCS has been developed & rolled out successfully both nationally and within
NEL. To allow GPs to create additional capacity giving them more time and focus to see patients who would otherwise be required to wait longer for appointments To enable pharmacists to utilise their skills and knowledge to further serve the community instead of booking a GP appointment for a minor illness assessment.

REGISTER NOW

CVD Prevention: Supporting Primary Care to do things differently - Webinar Series
2023-02-21 13:30 - 14:30 | Online Session, United Kingdom
UCLPartners is launching a series of 1-hour online education sessions for health care professionals involved in the management of long-conditions with specific focus on cardiovascular disease.
Each session will provide practical support for implementing the Proactive Care Frameworks and highlight high impact clinical interventions for specific conditions. This series will also identify opportunities to utilise the wider workforce in LTC management and include time for questions and discussion on each topic.
The webinars are free and open to all health care professionals involved in management of long-term conditions in primary care (GPs, nurses pharmacists, practice managers etc).
To find out more and to register for one or more sessions, please visit: CVD Prevention: Supporting primary care to do things differently webinar series – UCLPartners
Webinar 1: UCLPartners Proactive Care Frameworks– 17 January 2023
Webinar 2: UCLPartners Proactive Care for Hypertension management – 21 February 2023
Webinar 3: UCLPartners Proactive Care for Lipid management – 21 March 2023
Webinar 4: UCLPartners Proactive Care for AF – 18 April 2023
Webinar 5: UCLPartners Proactive Care for Familial Hypercholesterolemia – 16 May 2023
Webinar 6: UCLPartners- Primrose; CVD Prevention in people with Serious Mental Illness – date tbc

MSK Aware: key actions for employees and employers to support Musculoskeletal Health delivered by Prof Anthony Woolf
2023-02-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
This webinar is being hosted by the Society for Occupational Medicine who are providing free access to anyone interested in learning what can be done to promote, protect and support musculoskeletal health in the workplace.

12.00-13.00 Wednesday 22 February 2023. To register pl use below link.

MSK Aware: key actions for employees and employers to support Musculoskeletal Health | The Society of Occupational Medicine (som.org.uk)

BMJ Best Practice training session
2023-02-22 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-02-24 15:00 - 15:30 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Book a BMJ Best Practice training session
These training sessions are designed to demonstrate the use of BMJ Best Practice, an online clinical decision support tool, to answer clinical questions and support decision making at the point of care.
The sessions will also cover how you can access BMJ Best Practice via BMJ Best Practice app and desktop icon. This will help clinicians to follow best practice, improve patient outcomes and reduce quality variation. ​
Book a session
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2023, 13:00 – 13:30 | Click here to book
Friday, 24 Feb 2023, 15:00 – 15:30 | Click here to book
Friday, 10 Mar 2023, 11:00 – 11:30 | Click here to book
Other scheduled training sessions

Introducing NHS OpenAthens for primary care – sign up for your account: click here to book
Finding journal articles: click here to book
Finding the evidence (using Medline, Embase, CINHAL): click here to book
Introduction to Critical Appraisal: click here to book

For more information, contact Sherin Francis, NEL Primary Care Knowledge Specialist at nelpcks@nelft.nhs.uk

Suicide First Aid Lite (virtually delivered 4hr workshop)
2023-02-22 13:00 - 17:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Wednesday 22nd February 2023, 1300 – 1700
CLICK HERE to register
If you cannot attend the face to face training, there is also the opportunity to attend the virtually delivered Suicide First Aid Lite – standard course and a youth version available. The half day course giving learners the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths and some basic skills can help someone with thoughts of suicide stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive.
SFA Lite is comprised of 4 hours, interactive, small group workshop accredited by City & Guilds. The programme teaches the skills needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and to pass the person onto a suicide first aider. Suicide First Aid Lite (Virtual) training offers learning outcomes that are knowledge based and factual. This training can be used as a stand-alone programme or as the first part of a journey to learn suicide prevention skills. An Adults and Children’s version of the course is available. Please refrain from booking on both as there are significant overlaps in the content.
Methods of delivery:
Taught over half day using tutor facilitated socratic learning, tutor-led role- play, mini lectures, group work and audio-visual presentations. This is a has some interactive elements and is an emotionally engaging learning experience
Pre-training requirement
No previous experience or training is necessary. Participants will be asked to self-reflect and empathise with a person having thoughts of suicide.
Who should attend?
Multi-sector practitioners including health, housing, social care, education, criminal justice, call centre operators, private, voluntary and public sector workers and community members.
NOTE there is a £90 charge that will be enforced for failure to turn up following booking, or cancellations less than 10 days prior to course. There is a fixed cost commitment that is irrecoverable to secure learning materials. Click below to register:
What previous attendees have fed back:
“Thoroughly enjoyed the session, the role plays were a good way to put the teaching into action, and the space created by the facilitator meant thoughtful conversations took place. Left feeling a lot more confident to talk about suicide and those living with suicidal thoughts.”
“It was really well facilitated and gave me some fresh perspectives and understanding.”
“Really engaging and enjoyable training session. The trainer was knowledgeable and clearly passionate for the subject.”

Bullying and Harassment for Medical Educational Leads & Supervisors
2023-02-23 09:30 - 12:30 | Online Session, United Kingdom
A fully interactive, new, free half-day workshop to share experiences and consider how we might prevent, respond to and support learners/supervisors affected by Bullying & Harassment in our workplaces.
We aim to enable participants to reflect on their current challenges and consider solutions/practical steps for their teams.
The nature of the work and cases discussed will be anonymised, confidential and safe.
Course numbers are limited to 25.
Mode of delivery: Interactive, face to face, central London. There will be opportunities for networking and establishing connections with peers.
Facilitators
Ruth Ruggles, AD, Professional Development Department, London and KSS
Ali Hassas, AD, Professional Support Unit, Professional Development Department
Mel Sayer, AD for Multi Professional Faculty Development, Professional Development Team
Who should attend?

• Educators/Educational leads from any medical background.

Dates: Course will be delivered face to face; 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday 23rd February 2023
How to book your place
To book your place please click on the following booking link:
https://healtheducationyh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/bullying-and-harassment-workshop-23-feb-2023
Enquiries: facultydevelopment.lase@hee.nhs.uk

Foundations in Motivational Interviewing
2023-02-23 09:30 - 13:00 | Online and Face to face
“Exploring Motivation and Facilitating Change”

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change. Course is currently only delivered online.

The course will provide opportunities to observe and practice the approach in a protected environment. By the end of the course participants will feel able to start using Motivational Interviewing (MI) in their work settings.
Please note, MI does not have an evidence base for working with people with significant learning difficulties.
The two day (or equivalent to) course introduces participants to the theory, spirit and principles in using MI to help people make positive change. The training will use a range of methods including didactic teaching, live demonstrations, audio, video and coaching. The training will aim to create a curiosity to learn more and develop practice.
This course will be delivered by a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) who has worked and trained across a wide range of settings. Attendees must fully attend both days of the course. We also invite all attendees to practice forums post 6 months of attending the course.

Learning outcomes

The aim of the 2 day (or equivalent to) programme aims to equip delegates to:

Understand Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and processes involved in how people change behaviour
Practice core communication skills
Understand and practice responding to change talk and sustain talk
Exchanging information
Developing a change plan
Integrating skills into current practice

Who is the course for?

The course is aimed at any professional working with adults, young people, children or families, where behavioural or attitudinal change is needed or desired. The course will provide opportunities to observe and practice the approach in a protected environment. By the end of the course, participants will feel able to start using MI in their work settings.
This course is also suitable as a refresher/update for people who trained in MI some time ago. We do not recommend anybody who has has attended MI training in the last 3 years to attend this.

How this the course delivered?

These courses will be delivered using Zoom. This is very easy and safe to use regardless of your level of IT skill.
You will need a device with a microphone and camera together with a suitably fast internet connection. Although mobile devices and tablets can be used, we recommend the use of laptop or desktop PC for the best experience. Some devices provided by employers may have restrictions in place. Please use this test link (https://zoom.us/test) to check your set up before booking.
You will be sent joining instructions including all the necessary login links, passwords and guidance on how to use the relevant functionality 48 hours prior the course start date.
Should you have any concerns about the accessibility of remote delivery please contact us at thccg.cepn@nhs.net to discuss how we can best help you.

Course fee

The course costs £200 PP regardless of mode of delivery.
There are currently limited number of funded places available for health and social care staff working in the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, City & Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Please note booking a funded place and not turning up will incur a £200 charge.

Dates and how to apply

Below are the current course dates. please click on the course date you wish to attend to book your place. We now offer the training in 3 different formats;

2 days face to face,
3 short days virtually
4 half days virtually

Registration will be completed via Eventbrite. Delegates must attend all the date

FACE TO FACE- DAY 1: Wednesday 28th September 2022, 09:30- 16:30. Day 2 Wednesday 5th October 2022 09:30-16:30. Must attend both dates
VIRTUAL EVENT- Day 1: Thursday 27th October 2022, 1300-1630 Day 2: Thursday 3rd November 2022, 1300-1630 Day 3: Thursday 10th November 2022, 1300-1630 Day 4: Thursday 17th November 2022, 1300-1630. Must attend all four days
VIRTUAL EVENT- DAY 1: Tuesday 22nd November 2022, 0930-1430 Day 2: Tuesday 29th November 2022, 0930-1430 Day 3: Tuesday 6th December 2022, 0930-1430 Must attend all three day
VIRTUAL EVENT- Day 1: Thursday 23rd February 2023, 0930-1300 Day 2: Thursday 2nd March 2023, 0930-1300 Day 3: Thursday 9th March 2023, 0930-1300 Day 4: Thursday 16th March 2023, 0930-1300 Must attend all four days
FACE TO FACE- Day 1: Wednesday 15th March 2023, 0930-1630 Day 2: Wednesday 22nd March 2023, 0930-1630 Must attend both days

* IF COURSE FULLY SUBSCRIBED CLICK ON ONE ONE OF THE DATES ABOVE AND ADD NAME TO WAITING LIST

Foundations in Motivational Interviewing (MI): “Exploring Motivation and Facilitating Change”
2023-02-23 09:30 - 13:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
(delivered across multiple dates/formats) – funded for NEL staff
Delivery led by Sophie Dissanayake, Learning and Development Practitioner & MI Trainer (MINT network trainer)
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change. North East London Training Hubs have funded limited places for local Health and Social Care workforce to access these courses. The programme will introduce, evidence-based skills and strategies to 1) explore people’s ambivalence to change health damaging behaviours and 2) facilitate positive lifestyle change
The course will provide opportunities to observe and practice the approach in a protected environment. By the end of the course participants will feel able to start using Motivational Interviewing (MI) in their work settings. The course (equivalent to two days) introduces participants to the theory, spirit and principles in using MI to help people make positive change. The training will use a range of methods including didactic teaching, live demonstrations through role play with professional actors, audio, video and coaching. The training will aim to create a curiosity to learn more and develop practice. This course delivery team will include a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) who has worked and trained across a wide range of settings.
The course is valued at £200pp, and this is funded by the Training Hub. It is also CPD accredited and certificates will only be issued following completion of the training. Participants must fully attend all parts of the course and ensure you have a working microphone and camera. Late comers will not be allowed entry. The below cohorts are being delivered via Zoom platform, and learners should ensure device and network enables this prior to registering. Joining instruction will be circulated 48 hours prior to the delivery dates.
Please click on the date set below to register your place
Cohort 1
Day 1: Thursday 23rd February 2023, 0930-1300 | Day 2: Thursday 2nd March 2023, 0930-1300 | Day 3: Thursday 9th March 2023, 0930-1300 | Day 4: Thursday 16th March 2023, 0930-1300
Cohort 2
DAY 1: Friday 10th March 2023, 0930-1430 | Day 2: Friday 17th March 2023, 0930-1430 | Day 3: Friday 27th March 2023, 0930-1430
Cohort 3
Day 1: Thursday 20th April 2023, 1300-1630 | Day 2: Thursday 27th April 2023, 1300-1630 | Day 3: Thursday 4th May 2023, 1300-1630 | Day 4: Thursday 11th May 2023, 1300-1630
Cohort 4
Day 1: Wednesday 3rd May 2023, 0930-1430 | Day 2: Wednesday 10th May 2023, 0930-1430 | Day 3: Wednesday 17th May 2023, 0930-1430

** FULL ATTENDANCE REQUIRED AT ALL SESSIONS**
What previous attendees have feedback:
‘This training is perfect for my role -in facilitating new assessments and I am thankful for participating in MI training’
‘Really enjoyed this course. Reflection on own practice – a lot of thought provoking areas that i need to change. e.g. using more open questions compared to closed’
‘Mindful communication, person centred, empathetic.. all of the MI techniques and the spirit! All of the training was helpful, particularly as it was very interactive. Breakout rooms were helpful’
Places are limited please book early to avoid disappointment!

Unconscious Bias Programme
2023-02-23 13:30 - 16:30 | Hilton London Kensington, Hilton London Kensington, London, W11 4UL, United Kingdom
We are all prone to jumping to conclusions, misjudging people, and favouring some of them more than others, way more than we ever realise. It can influence key decisions in the workplace and can contribute to inequality
Learning Outcomes

Appreciate the potential adverse impact unconscious bias has on individuals and organisations;
Know the science behind unconscious bias, common types of bias and potential triggers;
Receive an introduction to ways to challenge personal bias and minimise its impact on decisionmaking; and
Have more confidence to engage in honest conversations about bias at work. We are all prone to jumping to conclusions, misjudging people, and favouring some of them more than others, way more than we ever realise. It can influence key decisions in the workplace and can contribute to inequality

3 hour face to face
Location: Hilton London Kensington, W11 4UL (Click here for directions)
Date: 23rd February 2023
Time: 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Max attendants: 20 (first come first serve)
We are looking for the number of people that may be interested interested in this. If you’re interested please email clh.traininghub@nhs.net or Click Here

‘How to have Effective Wellbeing Conversations’ webinar
2023-02-24 12:00 - 12:30 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Friday 24 February, 12:00-12:30 Holding an effective wellbeing conversation, where your colleague feels valued and listened to, is essential to supporting their wellbeing. It can be difficult to start a wellbeing conversation, join our ‘How to have effective wellbeing conversations’ webinar to help you get started.Book your place here: https://keepingwellnel.nhs.uk/this-month/

Newham Practice Council
2023-02-24 12:30 - 14:00 | Online Session, United Kingdom
Dear Health and Social Care Colleagues,
Please do join this month’s Practice Council Webinar; it is really important to highlight challenges and find solutions to ensure best patient care.

AGENDA –

12:30 – 12:35: Welcome & Introductions – Dr Muhammad Naqvi, Newham GP Partner & Trainer, Woodgrange Medical Practice
12:35 – 12:55: LMC Update – Greg Cains, Director of Primary Care, Londonwide LMCs & Tamara Hibbert, Newham LMC Chair
12:55 – 13:20: Edenbridge – Dr Martin Edobor, Clinical Lead for Digital Transformation

How it can be used to support access
Flu ordering
Practice list projection

13:20 – 13:30: AOB & Close – Dr Muhammad Naqvi, Newham GP Partner & Trainer, Woodgrange Medical Practice

Meeting Chairs: Dr Muhammad Naqvi, Newham GP Partner & Trainer, Woodgrange Medical Practice & Dr Rima Vaid, Newham GP, System Clinical Director Newham Health and Care Partnership, Essex Lodge Surgery

Target Audience: All health and social care colleagues.

If you have any agenda items you would like to be included in future or questions that you would like to submit in advance please email them to nelondon.newhamtraininghub@nhs.net
