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Supporting GP registration for people experiencing homelessness

Posted on: October 23rd, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

People experiencing homelessness are known to have unmet health and social care needs, and experience significantly poorer health outcomes than the wider population. To address this, a new training module has been developed to support GP practice staff and compliment the new online GP registration service – to reduce the risk of worsening health inequalities for the homeless population.

This training will help GP staff, particularly receptionists and practice managers, learn skills that can be used to interact with homeless individuals in a trauma-informed manner. It includes comprehensive guidance, including links to documents, websites, and external videos.

Topics include:

  • the types of homelessness
  • inclusion health, what does that mean
  • the roots into homelessness
  • consideration of trauma-informed practice
  • homeless and inclusion health
  • the challenges people may face when accessing and registering with general practice
  • what steps you and your practice could put in place to address these challenges
  • the contractual duty of GPs to ensure that everyone has access to healthcare

All practices are expected to have processes in place to demonstrate (e.g. practice policy, records of refusals) that it has not refused any registration unreasonably, including refusal on the grounds any patient was unable to provide proof of identity or address or any evidence of immigration status.

For more information and to access the training, please visit the programme page.

Foundation Programme October Update - When should you call for help?

Posted on: October 22nd, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

The most important skill that a resident doctor can develop is to know the limits of their ability. When should you call for help?

Available in elearning for healthcare Foundation Programme (2021 curriculum) – these sessions cover areas in your curriculum on; FPC 1: Clinical Assessment, FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation, FPC 3: Holistic Planning, FPC 4: Communication and Care, FPC 5: Continuity of Care, FPC 6: Sharing the Vision, FPC 9: Quality Improvement and FPC 12: Continuing Professional Development: 

Check the programme to see other sessions that might help you.

You can sign on to the elearning with your login supplied by elearning for healthcare at any time during your foundation training:https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/foundation-programme/ 

HORUS and TURAS have deep links to elearning for healthcare sessions from the Foundation Curriculum and therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easy to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum. 

Menopause and people professionals eLearning

Posted on: October 17th, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

The latest in our series of menopause eLearning is aimed at people professionals across healthcare. It’s important that our people professionals have the knowledge and resources to support staff experiencing menopause symptoms to stay and thrive in the workplace. Studies have shown that one in 10 people leave the workplace because of their menopause symptoms. People professionals in the NHS play a vital role in supporting and keeping everyone working in the health service.  

The session is aimed at delivering an overview and awareness of menopause for people professionals to help support individuals and line managers in the workplace.  At the end of the session, learners will be able to: 

  • Explain what the menopause is and list its symptoms 
  • Describe how menopause symptoms impact people in the workplace 
  • Understand what workplace adjustments can be made to help and support people affected by their symptoms at work 
  • Signpost to further information and support 

This module forms part of a series of menopause training. You can find out more on the programme page https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/menopause-awareness/.  The training takes around 30 minutes to complete.  

New training on understanding sexual misconduct in the workplace is now available

Posted on: October 16th, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

A new e-learning module on recognising and responding to sexual misconduct in the workplace is now available for the NHS workforce. Developed by NHS England e-Learning for Healthcare, this programme features sessions on critical topics to support all staff in handling disclosures of sexual misconduct at work.

By the end of the programme, learners will be able to:

  • Identify and recognise the types of sexual misconduct in the workplace.
  • Understand the impacts that trauma can have and how this can affect people who have experienced sexual misconduct.
  • Have trauma-informed conversations and know how to support someone if they tell you that they have experienced sexual misconduct.

You can access the e-Learning module here.

If you have experienced sexual misconduct at work, you can find support and report the incident if you choose to here.  It is important to remember to call 999 in an emergency.

For more information on what we are doing to tackle sexual misconduct in the workplace, contact: england.domesticabusesexualviolence@nhs.net.

 

Guidelines for the management of periprosthetic joint infection

Posted on: October 15th, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

A new programme of eLearning has been developed to provide all healthcare staff with information and guidance on how to manage patients with Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI). It has been designed to support people in any healthcare role where they might be caring for someone with a suspected or actual prosthetic infection.   

This eLearning module aims to ensure that staff are able to recognise and refer patients for the correct treatment in a timely manner so that they have the best chances of a good recovery. 

The module provides essential information about Prosthetic Joint Infection, the Patient Experience of PJI, Guidelines for management of PJI, and key resources. A CPD certificate will be provided following the successful completion of the assessment. 

Prosthetic Joint Infection is one of the most devastating events that can occur after joint replacement and significantly impacts both patients and the surgeons who treat them. The outcomes of PJI can be vastly improved if best practice guidelines are adhered to. This module uses evidence-based guidelines as a basis for understanding how PJI guidelines are relevant to all healthcare professionals who look after patients who have had a joint replacement, and how best to manage those patients. 

The guidelines are the result of the INFORM: EP (INFection and ORthopaedic Management: Evidence into Practice) study, based on the evidence from a successful six-year research programme called INFORM led by the University of Bristol and funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The guidelines aim to ensure that patients with infection after hip replacement surgery receive prompt and effective care and have the best chance of a good outcome.  

The INFORM website also has a list of additional support services for your patients that you can download and share with your patients which covers finance, mental health, hip and pain support, carers and family. It also offers counselling and other support services, as well as useful links for patients. 

For more information and to access the training, please visit the programme page. 

Infection prevention and control: community

Posted on: October 9th, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

We’ve launched a new infection prevention and control e-learning programme for clinical staff working in the community. We’ve worked in partnership with community NHS providers to create bespoke e-learning for health training for clinical staff that carry out home visits for patients.  

 The module recognises the additional infection control challenges that home visits can present, and identifies the additional risks and precautions needed to ensure the provision of safe, high-quality care. 

 This training applies to several healthcare professionals and community settings, including paediatric, GP, and physiotherapist home visits.  

 The training pilots a new model of delivery – using short videos, followed by questions for users to answer. It follows National Infection Prevention and Control guidelines, and forms part of the existing Infection Prevention Control Level 2 session. Please set aside 30 – 60 minutes to complete the training.

You can now access the new module on the learning hub.

New eLearning for occupational therapists working in perinatal mental health

Posted on: October 3rd, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

Three new sessions of the Perinatal Mental Health for Occupational Therapists eLearning programme have been developed in collaboration with the Royal College of Occupational Therapists and the NHS England E-Learning for health Programme.

The new eLearning sessions are designed to support staff in improving their knowledge and understanding of perinatal mental health to ensure better practice among parent infant practitioners including midwives, health visitors, psychologists, social workers and occupational therapists.

The three new sessions are:

These new sessions were developed by a team of occupational therapists, with valuable input from a midwife and individuals who’ve accessed occupational therapy services. Case studies are based on real life examples and include assessment/intervention plans written by experienced occupational therapists for participants to compare with their own. They build on six existing sessions launched in 2020, covering various aspects of occupational therapy and perinatal mental health.

For more information and to access the programme, please visit the Perinatal Mental Health eLearning programme page.

Improving knowledge in mental health practitioners in the clinical management of long COVID

Posted on: September 19th, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

It is estimated that 1 in 5 people with the COVID-19 virus will continue to experience post initial infection and go onto a diagnosis of Long COVID/Post COVID syndrome therefore Long COVID education and training is vital for all healthcare professionals.

A new education session has been developed for mental health nurses and practitioners to cater to their unique working environment and recognise the complex needs of service users. This new session will better equip mental health nurses and practitioners to support those suffering from the impact of Long COVID/Post COVID syndrome and will include an Introduction to Long COVID, Post-COVID Syndrome and Living with Long COVID (complimenting existing Long COVID sessions) in the context of mental health. It will also explore options and interventions available to the mental health nurse and other mental health colleagues in supporting patients and their families.

The training programme has been informed by multiple healthcare professionals including mental health nurses and other mental health practitioners., It aims to improve knowledge in the clinical management of long COVID by providing good quality, accessible and up-to-date training resources, which cover a spectrum of patient needs.

This new session; titled Working with Long Covid in people with severe mental illness, will sit within the existing Post COVID services programme. The session takes approximately 30 minutes to complete and can be completed at your own pace. Find out more details about this new module and the others on the Post Covid Services webpage.

The full range of sessions in the programme are:

  1. Introduction to post COVID care
  2. The first assessment of a patient with suspected post COVID-19 syndrome
  3. The treatable traits approach and differential diagnoses
  4. Post COVID rehabilitation: physical and mental health
  5. Rehabilitation, digital services and discharge
  6. Working as an integrated pathway
  7. Delivering personalised care in post COVID services
  8. Working with Long Covid in people with severe mental illness

 

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