Dates and times

Friday 26 November 2021: 09.30 – 16.30 – Face to Face – £95

Course format

November’s course will be to Face to Face

Course Fees

£95

Facilitators

Steve Nolan

Education Centre
Princess Alice Hospice
West End Lane
Esher
KT10 8NA

Find us here

If you have any queries, please call our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the Spiritual distress and assessment study day recommended for?

This study day uses a non-religious understanding of spirituality and is, therefore, recommended for any healthcare professional working in end of life care, regardless of belief. Physicians, nurses, chaplains, care workers, social workers, clergy and pastoral carers would all find benefit from it.

What will I learn from this study day?

• Using case studies and participant experience, this practical session will use a non-religious understanding of spirituality to explore themes such as:
• How to understand a person’s experience of spiritual distress
• How to use a comprehensive, assets/needs model of spiritual assessment (including spiritual screening and spiritual history taking)
• How to respond appropriately to spiritual need in order to create a spiritual care plan

Course dates and times

Monday 6 December 2021 – 09.00 – 12.30 – FULL

Friday 14 January 2022 – 09.00 – 12.30 – FULL

Thursday 24 March 2022 – 09.00 – 12.30

Course Format

Due to the nature of this training, the session will be run Face to Face.  Social distancing will be taking into account however, there will be times when this is not achievable therefore PPE will be supplied. Spaces will be limited to accommodate the room size.

Fees

£70

Refreshments

Light refreshments

Facilitator

Jon Sions

Education Centre
Princess Alice Hospice
West End Lane
Esher
Surrey
KT10 8NA

Find us here

If you have any queries, please call our Education Team on:
01372 461988
education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?

Registered nurses who are competent in female catheterisation

What will I learn from this course?

Delegates will gain the practical and theoretical framework to perform male catheterisation.

The course covers professional and legal issues, anatomy of the male genito-urinary system, catheter selection, infection control guidance, the principles of catheter management and catheter removal.  Practical training is provided using a catheterisation simulator and candidates are given a workbook and competency document for completion in their workplace.

Key learning points.

• Indications for catheterisation.
• Anatomy and physiology of the male GU system.
• Catheter management and infection control.

Course dates and times

Monday 6 December 2021 – 13:00 – 16:30 – FULL

Friday 14 January 2022 – 13.00- 16.30 – FULL

Thursday 24 March 2022 – 13.00 – 16.30

Course Format

Due to the nature of this training, the session will be run Face to Face.  Social distancing will be taking into account however, there will be times when this is not achievable therefore PPE will be supplied. Spaces will be limited to accommodate the room size.

Fees

£70

Refreshments

Light refreshments

Facilitators

Jon Sions

Education Centre
Princess Alice Hospice
West End Lane
Esher
Surrey
KT10 8NA

Find us here

If you have any queries, please call our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the venepuncture and phlebotomy course recommended for?

Healthcare assistants and registered nurses

What will I learn from this venepuncture and phlebotomy course?

The course covers professional and legal issues, anatomy of the arm, infection control guidance, potential complications and contraindications and safe disposal of equipment.  Practical training is provided using a phlebotomy training arm and delegates are given a workbook and competency document for completion in their workplace.

Key learning points.

• Identify blood collection equipment.
• Selection of sites for venepuncture.
• Venepuncture for blood culture.

Delegates will be able to collect venous blood samples and undertake supervised practice and a competency assessment in their workplace.

Course dates and times

Tuesday 7 December 2021 – 10.00 – 11.00 or

Wednesday 23 March 2022 – 10.00 – 11.00

Course Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting id and password with be emailed to participants prior to the session.

Fees

£20

Facilitators

Carole Cousins

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting id and password with be emailed to participants prior to the session.

If you have any queries, please call our education team.
tel:  01372 461988
email:  education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?  

Qualified nurses and doctors who have previously attended the full training session and are familiar with using syringe pumps in end-of-life care (for example the Mckinley T34 / Bodyguard syringe pump) and require an update on how to use the pump.

 What will I learn from this course? 

The use of subcutaneous ambulatory syringe pumps is essential to controlling symptoms in palliative care.

On completion of this workshop, you will be able to:

Set up and monitor an end-of-life care syringe pump (Mckinley T34 and Bodyguard pump)

Troubleshoot for problems encountered whilst administering drugs via the syringe pump

If you need more detailed learning on Syringe Pumps – please see the full course here

Becoming a Dementia Friend – Helping to create dementia-friendly communities 

This 30-minute session via Zoom is for anyone interested in increasing their awareness of dementia and to help change the way that society thinks, talks and acts about dementia.

Course dates and times:

• Wednesday 8 December 2021: 10.00 – 10.30 or
• Thursday 17 February 2022: 11.00 – 11.30 or
• Wednesday 30 March 2022: 11.00 – 11.30

Fee

The session is open to all and provided free of charge on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Society

This course will be delivered via Zoom, please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is it for : 

This 30-minute session via Zoom is for anyone interested in increasing their awareness of dementia and to help change the way that society thinks, talks and acts about dementia.

The session is open to all and provided free of charge on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Society

What will I learn:

People with dementia want to carry on going about their daily lives and feeling included in their local community, but they sometimes need a helping hand to do so.

The session will help attendees understands a bit more about what it’s like to live with dementia and the little ways they can help.

Course date and times

Friday 10 December 2021: 09:30 – 12:30 or

Friday 18 March 2022 – 09.30 – 12.30

Course Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting ID and password will be emailed to individuals prior to the training.

Fees

£60

Facilitator

Carole Cousins

This course will be delivered via Zoom.

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?

Qualified nurses and doctors who support palliative care patients

What will I learn from this course?

On completion of this workshop you will be able to:

• Assess and manage common symptoms at the end of life eg pain, nausea and vomiting, constipation, dyspnoea, delirium, seizures.
• Consider both pharmacological and non-pharmacological management.
• Perform opioid calculations (eg breakthrough doses, changing from oral to subcutaneous)

Health Education England has provided funding for DOMICILIARY CARERS in the Kent, Sussex and Surrey area. 

The courses are suitable for ALL domiciliary care staff

Course, dates and times

STAFF WELLBEING (for domiciliary carers)

Wednesday 15 December 2021 – 14.00 – 15.30

BEREAVEMENT LOSS AND CHANGE (for domiciliary carers)

Wednesday 16 February 2022  – 14.00 – 15.30

FOUNDATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS (open to care homes, domiciliary carers  and  learning disability service providers) 

Wednesday 19 January 2022 – 13.00-16.00
Wednesday 16 March 2022 – 13.00-16.00

If these dates and times don’t suit, our friends at Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice are running the same courses at different times and dates, also for free. Click here to go to Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice site

Course Format

Via Zoom

Fee

Courses are FREE to DOMICILIARY CARERS in the Kent, Sussex and Surrey area.

Facilitators

Lorraine Carter, Anne Reed, Clair Sadler, Carole Cousins

Via Zoom

If you have any queries, please call our education team.
tel:  01372 461988
email:  education@pah.org.uk

STAFF WELLBEING (for domiciliary carers)

Attending this session will enable participants to acknowledge the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on care services and individuals.
Participants will be able to share experiences of, and normalise such feelings as well as practice wellbeing strategies.

BEREAVEMENT, LOSS AND CHANGE (for domiciliary carers)

Attending this session will help participants to acknowledge the loss, change and trauma experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic and how to normalise such feelings.
We will also look at how people may grieve and participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences with others

FOUNDATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS (open to care homes, domiciliary care agencies and  learning disability service providers) 

Attending this session will enable the participant to explore the principles of effective communication with a residents, clients and/or family members.
Practising these principles will enable increased confidence in having difficult conversations.

Please note that we may need to limit the number of learners per domiciliary care agency if numbers demand so. This is to ensure we are able to reach as many agencies as possible.

Health Education England has provided funding for FOR LEARNING DISABILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS in the Kent, Sussex and Surrey area. 

The courses are suitable for ALL learning disability service providers

Course, dates and times

STAFF WELLBEING (for learning disability service providers)

Wednesday 5 January 2022 – 14.00 – 15.30

BEREAVEMENT LOSS AND CHANGE (for learning disability service providers)

Wednesday 2 March 2022  – 14.00 – 15.30

FOUNDATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS (open to care homes, domiciliary carers  and for learning disability service providers) 

Wednesday 19 January 2022 – 13.00-16.00
Wednesday 16 March 2022 – 13.00-16.00

If these dates and times don’t suit, our friends at Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice are running the same courses at different times and dates, also for free. Click here to go to Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice site

Course Format

Via Zoom

Fee

Courses are FREE to LEARNING DISABILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS in the Kent, Sussex and Surrey area.

Facilitators

Lorraine Carter, Anne Reed, Clair Sadler, Carole Cousins

Via Zoom

If you have any queries, please call our education team.
tel:  01372 461988
email:  education@pah.org.uk

STAFF WELLBEING (for learning disability service providers)

Attending this session will enable participants to acknowledge the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on care services and individuals.
Participants will be able to share experiences of, and normalise such feelings as well as practice wellbeing strategies.

BEREAVEMENT, LOSS AND CHANGE (for learning disability service providers)

Attending this session will help participants to acknowledge the loss, change and trauma experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic and how to normalise such feelings.
We will also look at how people may grieve and participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences with others.

FOUNDATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS (open to care homes, domiciliary care agencies and  learning disability service providers) 

Attending this session will enable the participant to explore the principles of effective communication with a distressed residents, clients and/or family members.
Practising these principles will enable increased confidence in having difficult conversations.

Please note that we may need to limit the number of learners per learning disability service provider if numbers demand so. This is to ensure we are able to reach as many people as possible.

Course date and times

Monday 10 January 2022: 13.30 – 15.00 or

Tuesday 22 March 2022: 13.30 – 15.00

Course Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting ID and password will be emailed to individuals prior to the training.

Fees

£30

Facilitator

Carole Cousins

Course Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting ID and password will be emailed to individuals prior to the training.

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?

Registered nursing staff who have management support to verify expected death in their place of work.

What will I learn from this course?

The legal framework governing verification of expected death, differences between verification and certification, practical procedures and safe practice.

Note – clinical competency can only be demonstrated in a clinical setting, so participants will need to arrange to be observed in their place of work by someone able to certify competency in that environment.

Course dates and times

Tuesday 11 January 2022: – 09.30 – 12.30

Course Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting id and password with be emailed to participants prior to the session.

Fees

£60

Facilitators

Lorraine Carter & Clair Sadler

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting id and password with be emailed to participants prior to the session.

If you have any queries, please call our education team.
tel:  01372 461988
email:  education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course for?

The world is changing and lots more of us are having difficult conversations over zoom and or telephone so this course is for anyone in the health care industry that would like to hone their communication skills.

What will I learn?

• Why some calls are difficult and how to prepare for them
• Acknowledging the difficult feelings
• The confidence to stay with their agenda, not mine
• How to use empathic responses to aid clearer communication
• How to close these conversations kindly and with an agreed way forward

Course dates and times:

Monday 17 January 2022: 13.00 – 16.30 or

Thursday 24 March 2022 – 13.00 – 16.30

Course Format

This course will be deilvered via Zoom and has been condensed into a half-day session.

Fees:

£70

Facilitator:

Lorraine Carter

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email:education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?

Health and social care practitioners working within the hospice, community (or hospital) health or social care settings who encounter individuals with life limiting conditions.

What will I learn from this course?

Using case studies from a healthcare and social care setting, this study day will:

• Examine the professional Advance Care Planning (ACP) framework
• Look at the principles and the legal standing in which ACP can be applied
• Help develop the communication skills required to have these often-difficult conversations

Dates and times

Monday 24 January 2022: 09.30 – 12.30

Course Fee

£60

Course Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom.

Refreshments

Light refreshments

Facilitator

Lorraine Carter & Steve Nolan

This will be done via Zoom

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the ‘Cultural sensitivity and inclusion in end of life care’ study day recommended for?

All health and social care practitioners

What will I learn from this study day?

• Describe the barriers which some communities experience in accessing palliative care
• Describe how our own culture may influence our interactions and care of patients who we perceive as being ‘different’
• Explain the meaning of ‘cultural humility’ and learn how to apply this in practice

Please join us on this course to inform and support your practice with people from communities who may need your expertise and care. Let’s bring our fears and hopes.. and learn together. Visiting speakers to be announced soon!

NEW SPEAKER ANNOUNCED!

Dr. Marvelle Brown
Principal Lecturer – Public Health
Programme Leader – Master of Public Health
University of Hertfordshire
PhD, MPhil, Post-Grad Dip (Ed), SFHEA, Post-Grad Dip (Health & Social Research), Post-Grad Cert LMCC, (BSc (Hons) Social Policy, RN, RM.RHV, RNT

Course date and times:

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2022 – COURSE FULL
E-Learning start date:  3 February 2022
Workshop via Zoom:  3 & 4 March 2022

AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2022 – SPACES
E-Learning start date: 8 August 2022
Workshop via Zoom: 8 & 9th September 2022

Fees

£700

Facilitator

Clair Sadler, Lorraine Carter

In partnership with Frontline Communications

This course is conducted remotely via Zoom.

If you prefer face to face Advanced Communication Skills at Princess Alice Hospice, please click here

If you have any queries, please call our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461845  or email: education@pah.org.uk

E-Learning (date – 4 weeks prior to workshop)

Online workshop (date two-days)

• 2 hours online e-learning (this is to be completed before the online workshop, but can spread out over the 4 weeks prior)
• Phone or Laptop, do your eLearning in breaks, travel or home, with most session under 10mins each.
• 20min 1-2-1 with course facilitator (to discuss learning objective and role-play scenario)
• 2 day zoom workshop (approx. 5 hours per day)

You will receive a unique Access code for e-learning platform.

2-day online workshop requirements:

• Study-leave
• Access to broadband for the 2 days
• Desktop or laptop computer recommended, phone not recommended
• Cameras will need to be on at all times
• A private / confidential space (headphones & microphone if unable to assure privacy)

If you prefer face to face Advanced Communication Skills at Princess Alice Hospice, please click here

PLEASE NOTE; Your place is not confirmed until you receive written confirmation from us directly.

Course dates & times:

Tuesday 8th February 2022 09.30 – 12.30 – via Zoom – £60 or

Thursday 21st April 2022 – 09.30 – 12.30 -Face to Face £70

Course format:

We will be running a mix of formats for our SAGE & THYME courses going forward, with some of our courses being run Face to Face at our Hospice Education Suit and others running via zoom. Over the last 18 months we have realised that each of the formats suits different candidates, so want to continue to offer the flexibility.

Fees

£60 via zoom, £70 Face to Face.

Facilitators

Lorraine Carter

We will be delivering this course via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting id and password will be emailed to participants prior to the meeting..

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?

All clinical and non-clinical staff including volunteers who, through the course of their work, come into contact with people in distress.

What will I learn from this course?

The SAGE & THYME evidence-based mnemonic has been developed as a national initiative, to help health and social care workers to support people with worries/concerns or who are in distress. By the end of the workshop, you should have a structured and memorable approach that you can use to: recognise psychological distress; avoid causing psychological harm; communicate honestly and compassionately; provide person-focused support; and know when you have reached the boundary of your competence.

©University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

Date and Times:

Tuesday 9th Feb – 09.30 – 16.30

Please feel free to contact education@pah.org.uk with any requests or questions.

Course format

This course will be delivered Face to Face at our Hospice in Esher.

Refreshments

Light refreshments will be made available at breaks, plus a main meal/sandwich offering at lunch

Fee

£95

Facilitators

Carole Cousins

Education Centre
Princess Alice Hospice
West End Lane
Esher
KT10 8NA

Find us here

If you have any queries, please call our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the Namaste for care homes course recommended for?

Healthcare staff and volunteers looking after people who are dying, or have advanced dementia in an inpatient, community or care home setting.

What will I learn from the Namaste for care homes course?

The Namaste programme integrates compassionate care with individualised activities for people with advanced dementia and those who are dying. The programme seeks to engage people through sensory inputs which include calming sights and sounds, taste, smell and touch thus enhancing the experience of the person, their carers and families. This session will cover:-

• Overview of the Namaste programme
• The role of the Namaste champion
• How to involve family members in Namaste
• Basic massage techniques and pain assessment
• The evidence behind the Namaste programme
• How to introduce change within your organisation You will receive a comprehensive tool kit to guide the introduction of the programme into your place of work

Dates and Times

Monday 21 February 2021: 09:30-12.30

Fees

£60

Facilitators

Lorraine Carter and Mike Gerrard

Via Zoom

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is this workshop recommended for?

All clinical staff who may be involved in assessing capacity

What will I learn from the Assessing and recording capacity workshop?

On completion of this workshop you will be able to:

• Describe the process of making an assessment of capacity
• Explain the guiding principles of working with capacity and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to provide evidence to support your decision
• Describe how to accurately and clearly record a capacity assessment

Course dates and times

Tuesday 22 February 2022 – 13.30 – 16.30

Course Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting id and password with be emailed to participants prior to the session.

Fees

£60

Facilitators

Carole Cousins

This course will be delivered via Zoom.

If you have any queries, please call our education team.
tel:  01372 461988
email:  education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?

Qualified nurses or doctors who are unfamiliar with the syringe pumps (for example the Mckinley T34 / Bodyguard syringe pump)  and want to use syringe pumps for palliative care patients.

What will I learn from this course? 

The use of subcutaneous ambulatory syringe pumps is essential to controlling symptoms in palliative care.

On completion of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Discuss with patients and their families the reasons for administration of drugs using a syringe pump
• Describe the uses of syringe pumps in palliative care
• Discuss the drugs commonly used at the end of life
• Set up and monitor an end-of-life care syringe pump (Mckinley T34 and Bodyguard pump)
• Troubleshoot for problems encountered whilst administering drugs via the syringe pump.
• Obtain a classroom competency

If you think all you need is a quick refresher on Syringe Pumps instead – please click here

Course Date & time:

Wednesday 23 February 2022 – 13.30 – 14.30 or

Saturday 12 March 2022 – 10.30 – 11.30

Course Format:

This course via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting id and password will be emailed to participants prior to the meeting.

Fee:

Free session

Facilitators:

Clair Sadler

This course will be delivered via Zoom.

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is What is Hospice Care? course recommended for?

Anyone including members of the public and health and social care workers.

Community groups e.g. Women’s Institutes, church groups, volunteer organisations are particularly welcome.

What will I learn from What is Hospice Care?

Hospice care is well known and respected by the public but what is it?

This session gives you the opportunity to learn about the way hospice care has developed in the UK and what we do here at Princess Alice Hospice to support patients and their families.

Includes a tour of the Hospice.

Dates and time

Tuesday 23 November 2021 or

Thursday 24 February 2022

Time: 09.30 – 16.30

Course format

This training course will be run Face to Face

Course Fees

£95

Facilitators

Social Work Team

Education Centre
Princess Alice Hospice
West End Lane
Esher
KT10 8NA

Find us here

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email:  education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course for?

Anyone working with children and young people, e.g. teachers and learning support workers, nurses and

healthcare assistants, social workers, foster carers, youth workers, scout and guide leaders.

What will I learn?

Through experiential learning the course covers:

• Understanding bereavement that young people in particular experience
• How to lessen the enormous impact for young people
• Practical skills to manage the dramatic effect on development, education, relationships and self-esteem

Due to the nature of this session, it is not suitable for people who have suffered a recent bereavement.

Dates and times

Monday 7 March 2022: 09.30-12.30

Course Fees

£70

Facilitators

Lorraine Carter

At our Princess Alice Hospice, Esher

https://www.pah.org.uk/find-us/

If you have any queries, please call our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the Whose notes are they anyway? workshop recommended for?

This is an interactive workshop designed to support staff to develop best practice around recording. It is for health and social care staff working in the community, who want to ensure that recording practice is CQC compliant and that it accurately reflects the voice of the individual.

What will I learn from this workshop?

• The purpose and function of recording
• Capturing action points and clear outcomes
• How to distinguish between fact and opinion
• Accurately reflecting the views and wishes of the individual and family members
• Recording disagreements and differing views
• Using language which is sensitive to protected characteristics under the Equalities Act 2010
• Protecting personal and sensitive information
• The impact of labels and stereotypes
• The legal and policy framework around recording practice
• The consequences of poor recording – what can we learn?

Dates and times

Tuesday 8 March 2022: 13.30 – 16.30

Course Fees

£60

Course format:

The course will be delivered via Zoom

Facilitators
Lorraine Carter and Sarah Dowd

Education Centre
Princess Alice Hospice
West End Lane
Esher
Surrey
KT10 8NA

If you have any queries, please call our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?

All health and social care staff, working in the Hospice or community environment, who are involved with providing care and support for palliative care patients and their families.

What will I learn from this course?

• An opportunity to reflect on the professional boundaries around our job roles and to think about what impacts the way we work within our boundaries.

• The session will aim to support staff in managing the emotional intensity of their roles, within a changing work landscape.

• Learners will be supported to identify the tools needed to be able to protect their professional and personal boundaries.

Format

March 2022 it is our intention to run this course with a mix of Face to Face Workshops and Zoom drop in sessions.

Dates & times

Registration for March 2022 start is now open.

15 March 2022 – Six Steps Stepping on Visit to Care Home or via Zoom –  09.30-11.30
29 March 2022  – Six Steps Workshop 1 – Face to Face at our Esher Hospice -09.30-16.30
12 April 2022 –  Six Steps Zoom drop in 1 –  09.30 – 10.30
3 May 2022 –  Six Steps Workshop 2 -Face to Face at our Esher Hospice – 09.30-16.30
17 May 2022 – Six Steps Zoom drop in 2  – 09.30-11.30
7 June 2022 – Six Steps workshop 3 -Face to Face at our Esher Hospice – 09.30-16.30
21 June 2022 – Six steps stepping off  Visit or Care Home or via Zoom – 09.30-11.30

Please email education@pah.org.uk if you would like more information.

Fee:

£900 per organisation for 3 participants

Refreshments:

N/A

Facilitator:

Carole Cousins

March 2022 course will be a mixed format course, with Face to Face Work shops at our Hospice in Esher plus zoom drop in sessions.

Find us

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461988
email:education@pah.org.uk

Delivery of high quality end of life care in care homes and by home care providers is a national priority. The number of people requiring these services will be growing in the future and it is important that providers have staff trained to deliver end of life care and systems in place which support residents and clients to feel supported and experience their last months, weeks and days in the best way possible.

The Six Steps Programme is based on the National End of Life Care Strategy (2008) which underpins the development of services and education programmes.

We offer a programme which will mirror the six steps outlined in the National Strategy and which will allow your organisation to implement systems, to improve resident/client experience and provide evidence to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that you are delivering end of life care which is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well-led.

The course provides the opportunity for up to three key people in your organisation to attend workshops and video conferences to learn about end of life care, to review your organisational systems and to build a resource of evidence to demonstrate quality care. The application to attend the course must be made by the Manager or Owner of the service who will be fully informed of content and progress.

The course will run for 16 weeks with opportunity for ongoing updates following completion.

Week 1 Visit to home
Week 2 Full day workshop at Princess Alice Hospice
Week 5 Videoconference
Week 8 Full day workshop at Princess Alice Hospice
Week 11 Videoconference
Week 14 Full day workshop at Princess Alice Hospice
Week 16 Visit to home

Please contact education@pah.org.uk to express your interest in this programme.  Or contact Carole Cousins, Community practice educator to discuss any questions you may have on 01372 461 989

Course dates and times

Monday 21 March 2022: -13.30 – 16.30

Course Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Please ensure you join 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Zoom meeting id and password with be emailed to participants prior to the session.

Fees

£60

Facilitators

Lorraine Carter and Sarah Dowd

This course will be delivered via Zoom.

If you have any queries, please call our education team.
tel:  01372 461988
email:  education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course for?

Anybody who wants to learn about those groups or communities who find it harder to access good end of life care and what this means for individuals and families. Social workers, community teams, district nurses etc.

What will I learn? 

• Be able to identify which groups find it harder to access person-centred end of life care
• Describe the challenges and the barriers that get in the way of good care
• Explain what we know about poorer health outcomes and inequalities for some groups
• Develop ideas and strategies which will help to counterbalance these barriers

Course dates and times

Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 April 2022  –  Face to Face – COURSE FULL

Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 June 2022 – Face to Face – COURSE FULL

November 2022 – to be confirmed – Waiting list available

Fees

£450

Facilitators

Professor Max Watson
Dr Bernadette Lee

Education Centre
Princess Alice Hospice
West End Lane
Esher
KT10 8NA

Due to the practical hands on nature of this training, the course will be run face to face.

All our training is run in compliance with COVID-19 regulations at the time of each course. This means that all courses are subject to change, and we will keep you informed if this happens.

If you have any queries, please contact our Education Team on  tel: 01372 461988
email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?

This two-day palliative care ultrasound course has been delivered since 2007. Due to popular demand, more courses have been run each year.  The course is aimed at palliative care clinicians with access to ultrasound machines, working within the Hospice environment, who wish to add information to their clinical data from an ultrasound perspective.

What will I learn from this course?

The course will focus on answering four common abdominal palliative care questions.

• Does the abdomen contain ascites?
• Is it safe to insert an abdominal drain to remove ascites at this particular point?
• Does the urinary bladder contain fluid?
• Is there a DVT present?

In addition, the course will cover the rudiments of the physics upon which ultrasound depends, the causes of the common ultrasound artefacts, safety issues for patients and equipment, ultrasound of liver, diagnosis of DVT, and how to make audit a part of regular practice.

Delegates will be expected to complete some pre-course reading. The training includes didactic teaching involving video and PowerPoint presentations, as well as the opportunity to practise ultrasound skills on each other, on volunteers or patients.

At the end of the course, there is a short assessment. Delegates are encouraged to complete an online log of all their scans and a certificate will be given after one year of satisfactory log entries.

Course date and times:

Tuesday 28 June and Wednesday 29 June – 08.30 – 17.15

Fees

£700

Refreshments

Light refreshments and lunch included in fee

Facilitator

Clair Sadler

Education Centre
Princess Alice Hospice
West End Lane
Esher
KT10 8NA

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If you have any queries, please call our Education Team.
tel: 01372 461845  or email: education@pah.org.uk

Who is the course recommended for?

Senior health care professionals (band 6 or equivalent and above)

What will I learn from this course?

Effective communication is fundamental to good quality patient care. This course will explore challenging communication issues from the participant’s practice.  This will be achieved through a range of interactive teaching methods and role play with actors using video feedback is a central component of the course.

It is essential delegates attend both days.

This course is face to face. We also run a remote, blended learning Advanced communications Skills course, which is done entirely online. For more information on this, please click here.

PLEASE NOTE: Your place is not confirmed until you receive written confirmation from us directly.

Health Education England has provided funding for CARE HOMES in the Kent, Sussex and Surrey area. 

The courses are suitable for ALL care home staff

Course, dates and times

STAFF WELLBEING (for care homes)

Wednesday 1 December 2021 – 14.00 – 15.30

BEREAVEMENT LOSS AND CHANGE (for care homes)

Wednesday 2 February 2022 – 14.00 – 15.30

FOUNDATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS (open to care homes, domiciliary care agencies and  learning disability homes) 

Wednesday 19 January 2022 – 13.00-16.00
Wednesday 16 March 2022 – 13.00-16.00

If these dates and times don’t suit, our friends at Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice are running the same courses at different times and dates, also for free. Click here to go to Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice site

Course Format

Via Zoom

Fee

Courses are FREE to staff in care homes in the Kent, Sussex and Surrey area.

Facilitators

Lorraine Carter, Anne Reed, Clair Sadler, Carole Cousins

Via Zoom

If you have any queries, please call our education team.
tel:  01372 461988
email:  education@pah.org.uk

STAFF WELLBEING (for care homes)

Attending this session will enable participants to acknowledge the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on care homes and individuals.
Participants will be able to share experiences of, and normalise such feelings as well as practice wellbeing strategies.

BEREAVEMENT, LOSS AND CHANGE (for care homes)

Attending this session will help participants to acknowledge the loss, change and trauma experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic and how to normalise such feelings.
We will also look at how people may grieve and participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences with others.

FOUNDATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS (open to care homes, domiciliary care agencies and  Learning disability homes) 

Attending this session will enable the participant to explore the principles of effective communication with a distressed resident and / or family member.
Practising these principles will enable increased confidence in having difficult conversations.

Please note that we may need to limit the number of learners per care home if numbers demand so. This is to ensure we are able to reach as many agencies as possible.