This 2 day course is designed for senior healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care. Course Lead: Sue Thurston Originally developed by the National Cancer Action Team, the programme is transferable into other areas of care where advanced levels of communication skills are needed to initiate complex conversations and when…
Applications for the current intake of the Mary Seacole programme are now closed. You can register your interest for future cohorts. You can also access the programme via an apprenticeship or as part of the CMI accredited route. Our most popular 6-month leadership development programme, designed in partnership with global experts, recently refreshed and delivered…
A brand new 6-week course aimed at young people who may be feeling lonely or isolated is being launched by ONSIDE. The Resilience Roadmap, launched in Worcester earlier this month at The Hive, is aimed at young people aged 18-25. There will be further hubs in Evesham, Malvern and the…
This now available via the ICS Academy Exchange: Course: Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag If you have any questions or require any assistance, please contact the ICS Academy: hwicb.icsacademy@nhs.net or email Ugo Jonathan: ugo.jonathan@nhs.net
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is named after Oliver McGowan, whose death shone a light on the need for health and social care staff to have better training. The Health and Care Act 2022 introduced a statutory requirement that regulated service providers must ensure their staff…
We’d like to share a free online learning opportunity with you. ‘Understanding your own trauma’ is an online course that has been developed by a team of Clinical Psychologists, Psychotherapists, and professionals with experience of trauma as well as those with lived experience. Youu can access the course for free…
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) are delivering a free masterclass session on the DBS Update Service for recruiters and employers, giving opportunity to learn more about this service and the benefits to organisations in its use. The masterclass will explore; What the Update Service is (and is not) Which DBS…
Health literacy is considered a stronger predictor of an individual’s health status than are income, employment status, education level, and racial or ethnic group. Many people do not have the skills needed to understand and use routine health information. Low health literacy is estimated to affect 43% of adults in…
The Living Well for Longer team are in the process of producing new resources to promote Ageing Well, Strength and Balance and Flexibility. Below you can download the new ‘Ageing Well and Physical Activity’ leaflet. This emphasises the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines on physical activity. A brilliant bite-size resource to…
A newly formed collective of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations working together to make health service provision stronger and develop partnerships that benefit Worcestershire communities.
