The Core Topics training day allows you to update the majority of your mandatory training topics. You can book onto the full day session or just attend the topics you need to renew. This training is face to face on both sites or attend the training session you require on Microsoft Teams

Face to Face Adult Basic Life Support Level 2 available on both sites. 

​This course aims to provide practical, effective Conflict Management and Breakaway Techniques to Frontline NHS staff and professionals, whose work brings them into direct contact with members of the public during the course of their everyday duties who are either responsible or not for their behaviours. It provides them with safe, effective physical Breakaway Techniques based upon the level of threat posed in conflict situations that become physical when non-physical techniques break down.

​The aim of this session is to build on the participant’s basic dementia awareness. To increase their knowledge around the causes of dementia and the effects dementia may have on the person’s mind and body. The participant will gain knowledge that they can implement when caring for and supporting someone with dementia with the overall aim of improving the quality of care for people with dementia in the Trust.

This is a Resuscitation Council (UK) course aimed at healthcare professionals who may have to act as first responders and treat patients in cardiac arrest until the arrival of a cardiac arrest team. This course blends e-learning with face to face skills training.

In addition to accessing your IG training at Core Topic events, the Information Governance Team run additional virtual (MS Teams) sessions for you to join to update your competence. This is available for all staff on both sites. 

This is an update of all aspects of moving and handling patients and the equipment provided by the Trust to support safe manual handling of patients

These sessions cover the syllabus outlined in the Skills for Health Framework.

• Know how to recognise and respond to a newborn child

• Understand the importance of temperature control in the care of the newborn

• Be able to provide basic airway management

• Be able to initiate and maintain effective lung ventilations

• Be able to initiate and maintain effective chest compressions

These sessions cover the syllabus outlined in the Skills for Health Framework.

• Recognise cardiorespiratory arrest and summon help

• Initiate and maintain effective chest compressions and lung ventilation

• Management of choking

• Know how to identify and initiate initial treatment for anaphylaxis

This is a Resuscitation Council (UK) course aimed at registered healthcare professionals who are working with children. The course teaches the necessary skills that are required to recognise deterioration and manage the first few minutes of a respiratory / cardiac arrest whilst awaiting the arrival of the team. This course blends e-learning with face to face skills training.

This is a full day, face to face level 3 training session. Level 3 Safeguarding Adult training is for any Registered health care staff who engage in assessing, planning, intervening and evaluating the needs of adults- this includes all medical staff, registered nurses, urgent and unscheduled staff, psychologists, midwives and pharmacists. This is required to be completed every 3 years.

You can reduce your time in the classroom by attending our blended session. Before you attend this 3 hour face to face session you must complete the Safeguarding Adults level 3 and Preventing Radicalisation E-learning.

All clinical staff working with children, young people and/or their parents/carers and who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning and evaluating the needs of a child or young person and parenting capacity where the safeguarding/child protection concerns.

​Obstetric Emergency & Teamwork Training

An annual update day for all Midwives which covers some of the Saving Babies Lives requirements, Local updates,  and elements from the Core Competency Framework.

Clinical Device Training is mandatory for all clinical staff. There are specialist training sessions for Assistant Practitioners, HCA's and Registered Nurses, Midwives and Nurse Associates. For further information and booking please contact clinicaldevicetraining@ldh.nhs.uk

The training aims to ensure the health and care workforce have the right skills and knowledge to provide safe, compassionate and informed care to autistic people and people with a learning disability. The Oliver McGowan Training comes in two tiers and is designed so all staff working across all CQC registered services receive the right level of mandatory training.