Lots of funded training still available – book now!

CPD Funded offers continue to be available to access for eligible individuals (nurses, nursing associates, and allied health professionals), in general practice in Humber and North Yorkshire.

From Spring 2025 in line with budget review we are pleased to share that we have been able to include updates as indicated may be possible in the initial offer. The fair-share limits on the number of courses that can be accessed within the offer have been able to be expanded. For those who missed the first round of NB Plus enrolments and would like to sign up, this is open again until 31st May. For eligible staff who have not yet accessed anything and are wishing to self-source training not in the offer, the option to request this has also re-opened, subject to remaining available budget.

Please see updated document with full details of 2024/25 available funded training, and FAQs here. Details can also be found on the website here: HNY CPD Funded Training

Brief summary of included offers and Spring updates:

Individual self-sourced training

• From Spring 2025 we are now able to re-open the option to request individual claims for eligible members of staff who would like to access training not included in the central offer, and who have not already accessed any training from this year’s budget. To request individual funding please return this form including the details of the individual claiming and the self-sourced training they wish to access. This will be subject to remaining available budget.

For full information on CPD funded training please see document with full details of available funded training and FAQs. Details can also be found on the website here: HNY CPD Funded Training. Please share with all relevant colleagues, don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries.

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The application process for organisations within North East and Yorkshire to apply for the NHS England support to train advanced practitioners in 2025/26 has now re opened until 30^th June 2025.

To apply for the NHS England Advanced Practitioner support, please click here.

More information on the offer, including details of the training grant, can be found in the North East and Yorkshire Faculty for Advancing Practice handbook as well as the clinical salary support guidance.

Key Points:

• The North East & Yorkshire Faculty Handbook contains details about the funding offer from NHS England, employers’ responsibilities/commitments and how to apply. If after reading these you still have questions, please email england.neyadvancedpractice@nhs.net
• Please note the document is a live document and may have updates added as and when.
• The deadline to apply is 30^th June 2025 (dependent on numbers received)
• Each organisation applying must nominate a single contact to lead on the Advanced Practitioner process and act as a key liaison for all enquiries relating to Advanced Practitioners. All applications must be approved and submitted by the same lead contact.
• You will be required to submit a job description and/or job plan for your trainee Advanced Practitioner(s) upon applying, to ensure your application is considered. Please note applications that are not completed in full or do not provide a JD/PS will be returned.
• If you require any support completing the form or have any issues accessing the form, please email: england.neyadvancedpractice@nhs.net
• We aim to notify your organisation of the outcome within 8 weeks of submitting your full application.
• Please note once funding is confirmed, organisations need to apply to their preferred HEI and follow their application process.

Best wishes,

The North East and Yorkshire Faculty for Advancing Practice

Email: england.neyadvancedpractice@nhs.net

Click here for the NEY Faculty for Advancing Practice website

To enable the training hub to support your application please copy in hbyicb.traininghub@nhs.net when you email the job description as per the instructions in the application form. This will enable us to help if there are any enquiries and support your applicants.

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Knowledge and Library Services for Primary Care Staff
All Primary Care staff are eligible to use the high-quality knowledge and evidence resources, services, tools and databases accessible via the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub. They can be accessed using NHS OpenAthens (either sign in or register) or through your local NHS Health library.

More information on what’s available for Primary Care staff can be found here

Free virtual training on Weight Management for Children & Young People: A practical summary of childhood obesity in Hull

Date: Wednesday 30^th April, 1 – 2.30pm

Speaker: Dr Varun Anand, GP with special interest in Lifestyle Medicine

The learning outcomes for the session are:

1. Understand the wider determinants and inequalities of childhood obesity
2. Sensitively raise the issue of weight with parents/carers of children and young people living with excess weight
3. Understand local services to support children and young people living with excess weight
4. Apply this knowledge in your care of children and young people through brief advice on and appropriate referrals for weight management (Tier 2 and Tier 3)

The training is in collaboration with the Hull City Council Public Health Team and is funded by the ICB.

To book onto the training, please contact: varun.anand@nhs.net

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We are delighted to invite you to our FREE CPD-accredited training event on Musculoskeletal conditions, designed specifically for GPs, Practice Nurses, and Primary Care Medics.

Join us on Wednesday 7th May 2025 at The Mercure Grange Park Hotel, Willerby, Hull, for an interactive learning experience with expert-led discussions, practical insights, and ample opportunity for face-to-face engagement.

Why Attend?

✔ 3 Hours CPD – Enhance your knowledge and skills in musculoskeletal care

✔ Expert-Led Sessions – Learn from Dr Manjula Mallikage (Paediatric Orthopaedics) & Dr Mohammad Solaiman (Rheumatology)

✔ Practical Guidance – Gain confidence in managing referrals, gait issues, arthritis, and more

✔ Networking Opportunities – Discuss cases and best practices with peers

✔ No Fee! – Plus, enjoy a complimentary light lunch

Event Schedule:

• 1:00 PM – Paediatric Orthopaedics: What’s normal, what’s not, and when to refer
• 2:45 PM – Rheumatology Essentials for Primary Care: Updates on inflammatory arthritis, gout, biologics & referrals
• 4:00 PM – Q&A, Discussion, Close

Reserve Your Place Today!

Email: info@gpforum.com (preferred)

Online: www.gpforum.com

Or complete the registration form and return it to us.

Places are limited, so secure your spot now! We look forward to welcoming you for an engaging and valuable learning experience.

Best regards,

GP Forum Team

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On the 7^th of June we will be hosting our Primary Care Education Symposium at Lazaat Hotel in Cottingham. This event will host multiple consultant speakers, providing talks and presentations across a variety of specialities, aimed at a GP and Primary Care HCP audience.

A full list of consultant speakers and presenters who will be there on the day can be found on our Eventbrite page for the event. As a part of the teachings on offer, consultants will be answering any questions you might have during or after the event.

This is an in-person event and free to attend for all GP, HCP, and Primary Care colleagues. As a part of your attendance, you will receive a CPD certificate with points accrued for the morning. Lunch will be provided for all attendees on the day.

Spaces for this free event are limited, so please ensure to reserve your place today by clicking HERE or by clicking the image below.

Get all the latest by following us on Eventbrite

Other upcoming events:

Knee Surgery? Ortho you thought! Orthopaedics with Reza Mayahi
28^th May, 12PM – 1PM, Virtual Event held over MSTeams
Our latest virtual session on offer, hosted by consultant orthopaedic surgeon Reza Mayahi. Mr Mayahi will be providing information around knees and the treatment of osteoarthritis, knee injections, referral indicators and management advice.

All our educational events, virtual and in-person, are free to attend and allow attendees time to ask questions both during and after the event. An attendance certificate, with CPD points earned for the session, will be sent to all attendees in the week following the event.

We look forward to seeing you at the symposium, or at any of our educational events in future!

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Free CKD Education Session for HCAs

Wednesday 11th June, 12:30-13:00
via Microsoft Teams

This is a short online education session for anyone involved in the screening for Chronic Kidney Disease or monitoring of people living with diabetes or hypertension. We’ll cover:

• What is Chronic Kidney Disease
• Why we need to look for it
• Who should be screened and how
• Advice that we can give our patients about how to keep their kidneys healthy

No need to book – just join on the below meeting link:
Join on MS Teams:
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UKHSA webinar: upcoming changes to the routine childhood immunisation schedule (11 June 2025, 14:00 – 15:15)

On Wednesday 11 June 2025, 14:00 – 15:15, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Immunisation Team will be hosting a webinar to inform you of the significant changes to the routine childhood vaccination schedule and the selective hepatitis B (HepB) programme occurring from July 2025 and January 2026, including the introduction of a new routine vaccination appointment at 18 months of age.

This webinar is aimed at health professionals involved in the commissioning and delivery of childhood immunisations including those working in primary care, screening and immunisation teams, health visiting teams and integrated care boards (ICBs). A full agenda will follow.

Please register your interest for attending this webinar via Microsoft Forms.

This webinar will be recorded, and the recording and slides will be shared with all registered attendees. If you are unable to attend on 11 June but still want to receive the recording, please fill out the form so we can make sure to send it to you.

Please do share this email with colleagues, your teams and networks.

Further details

• For any logistical/events questions about the webinars, please email externalaffairs@ukhsa.gov.uk
• For clinical queries please email immunisation@ukhsa.gov.uk
• For any operational queries, please contact your NHS England Regional Public Health Commissioning Team

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Please see information below re the 6^th of a series of free, online, interactive CPD events for the HNY Optometry community.

Please REGISTER HERE for the event, a Teams calendar invitation will then be emailed to you nearer the time of the event.

Humber & North Yorkshire Eyecare

Continuing Professional Development

SPRINT Events 2025/26

Humber and North Yorkshire (HNY) Integrated Care System (ICS) is hosting a series of virtual, interactive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions for the local optometry community.

The HNY ICB footprint covers 7 Ophthalmology Trust sites as well as multiple Independent Sector Providers. The Optometry profession are the primary care specialists that refer the majority of referrals either directly or indirectly (via GP) to these sites.

As part of the Eye Care Collaboration with Optometry and Ophthalmology we are delivering the sessions to:

• support and inform the local eyecare workforce
• foster relationships between local practitioners, Local Optical Committees and secondary care.
• provide better eyecare for all.

Each 1.5hr session will consist of a presentation delivered by a local specialist, followed by time for discussion. The sessions are CPD accredited.

Session 6: Thursday 5^th June ’25. 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Recognition and Management of Diabetic Eye Disease

Miss Helen Cook – Consultant Ophthalmologist & Clinical Lead for the Humber Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Retina in Systemic Health Conditions (excluding diabetes)

Miss Seema Arora – Consultant Medical Retina Specialist

Hull Royal Infirmary

Miss Cook is a Consultant Ophthalmologist with a specialist interest in Medical Retina at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 2005. She is also the Clinical Lead for the Humber Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. An Educational Supervisor for Ophthalmology Speciality Trainees she provides educational support to Optometry colleagues undertaking professional qualifications as well as providing educational support to the Diabetic Eye Screening service. Miss Cook completed her Ophthalmology training in London and included a MD from the University of London investigating a novel SLO retinal screening device and a two-year Fellowship in Medical Retina at Moorfields Eye Hospital.

Miss Cook’s session will provide an overview of:

• the features seen in diabetic eye disease on retinal and OCT assessment,
• the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening programme,
• the Ophthalmology management of patients with treatable diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema.

Miss Seema Arora has been a Consultant Medical Retina Specialist at Hull Royal Infirmary for the last 14 years. Her subspecialty interests are vascular disorders of the retina, and she is interested in education and training, having been lead for laser training and college tutor in the past. Currently she is an Educational and Clinical Supervisor and an examiner for The Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

Miss Arora’s session will:

• support you to understand the relationship between Retina and systemic health,
• help you to recognise retinal signs of common systemic conditions,
• support you to recognise the importance of early diagnosis
• provide an introduction to Oculomics.

If you have any queries please contact: hnyicb-ny.primarycarecontracts@nhs.net

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Free Unscheduled Bleeding Webinar

Here at GatewayC we’re delighted to be working with NHS England to bring primary care staff a free lunchtime learning webinar on unscheduled vaginal bleeding.  

This webinar, being held on Wednesday 21 May 2025 12:30-1:15pm, gives all primary care staff the chance to take part in some bite-sized learning and ask questions of the specialist speaker, Dr Helena O’Flynn.  

Helena is a GP and Greater Manchester’s Early Diagnosis Lead for Gynaecological Cancers, she is also Deputy Chair of Peaches Womb Cancer Trust charity.   

In the webinar she will be discussing postmenopausal bleeding and when it’s a red flag symptom for cancer, the risk factors for endometrial cancer, how to manage bleeding in your patients, what examinations you can carry out on a patient to help determine a diagnosis and when to refer into secondary care. There is also a Q&A opportunity so you can get in any key questions you’ve got.  

Register for this webinar on our website here and please do pass on to your own networks and colleagues.

This webinar is one of the many free resources we have for primary care staff to help diagnose cancer earlier and work towards the NHS’ goal of detecting more cancers in stages 1 and 2 by 2028.   

We have a range of short, interactive courses on a range of cancer types and screening programmes, we also release fortnightly bite-sized reads, called Cancer Keys, on emerging topics, highlighting the latest studies, guidelines, and advancements in cancer care knowledge, providing practical take home messages for you to use in your clinical practice. We have our GP’s Talk Cancer podcast, where hosts Sarah and Rebecca chat to specialists about cancer types, their own practice changes and bring to life to some case studies to see guidance in action. All this is available for free for all primary care staff, simply register for an account with us on our website.

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We have a new Free Manager Webinar coming up – this time we are focussing on ‘Navigating Difficult Conversations’ as this seems to be a common theme! It will focus on conversations with staff and colleagues.

It’s on Tuesday 7^th May @ 11am.  It would be great if you could join us – Book Here – change the calendar to April, select the 7th  April and the 11am time slot.

For any queries please contact: lucy@thedevelopmentpeople.co.uk

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Good Mental Health in General Practice Conference – hosted by TEWV Mental Health Trust

Tuesday 10th June 2025 – 9.00-15.00 – York Racecourse

Click here to see the programme for the day

This conference is suitable for GPs, Consultants, Drs in training, GP registrars, nurse practitioners, specialist mental health nurses, primary care paramedics, advanced care practitioners, social prescribers.

We promise a fantastic programme of clinical workshops and keynote speakers, focusing on community mental health. We are also very keen to look after YOUR mental health, offering sessions on burnout-free working, yoga, mindfulness, and poetry.

Come and join us for a wonderful mental health education event in York.

TO BOOK: Complete the Event Registration Form and email it to tewv.events@nhs.net.

From: Dr Shazia Akowuah and Dr James Carlton, GP Education and Liaison Team, Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Mental Health Trust.

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We are pleased to invite you to the Humber and North Yorkshire Partnership Safe Learning Environment Charter (SLEC) Launch Event

To be held in-person at York University, Spring Lane Building

On Tuesday 13th May 2025, 9.30am-4.00pm

• Discover how SLEC aligns with the NHS People Promise to ensure learners are valued as vital members of the workforce.
• Learn how the Charter sets out the essential learning environment needed to develop skilled, compassionate professionals in all disciplines.
• Network with educators, learners, and key NHS stakeholders committed to improving healthcare education.

Places are limited!  Click to register here

Hope you can join us – we look forward to seeing you on the day!

Best wishes

The Safe Learning Environment Charter (SLEC) Working Group

Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Partnership

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Thank you so much to those that were able to attend the Cyber Apprenticeship Webinar on the 20^th March  (a recording has been uploaded onto the CAN for those who missed it or would like to view again: Cyber Associates Network site on NHS Futures. Please email cybersecurity@nhs.net if you need access to this). You can find the slides from the webinar here, please do feel free to distribute to interested colleagues.

We are now in a position to start collating details of those potentially interested in enrolling onto the level 4 cyber apprenticeship or even just wishing to find out more.

Below is a link to the expression of interest (EoI), its just 5 questions so we can gather details of those interested so we can start planning the delivery ready for the programme starting in Sept ’25.

Please complete the link below and you will be contacted to discuss further

Cyber Technologist Level 4 – Expression of Interest

Please do feel free to distribute to other interested colleagues. The apprenticeship is open to current NHS & Social Care staff who currently work in the digital field.

To re-iterate, the programme is open to all health & social care digital colleagues across England, there is no age restriction and is funded through the apprenticeship levy (not from your department budget)

Any questions, just ask: Liz.Sahu1@nhs.net

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Please see programme information here for full details

These programs are designed to equip healthcare professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in their roles and drive positive change within the NHS.

CMI Accredited L3 Edward Jenner Program

• Target Audience: Early career professionals and those new to leadership roles.
• Benefits: Develop essential leadership skills, understand the NHS structure, and learn how to lead effectively in a healthcare setting.

CMI Accredited L5 Mary Seacole Program

• Target Audience: Leaders and Managers that want an accredited qualification
• Benefits: Gain practical leadership skills, enhance your ability to manage teams, and improve patient care through effective leadership.

CMI Accredited L7 Rosalind Franklin Program

• Target Audience: Mid-level leaders looking to further develop their leadership capabilities.
• Benefits: Strengthen strategic leadership skills, foster innovation, and drive organisational change to improve healthcare delivery.

For more information or to enroll in one of our programs, please visit here

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Please see below linked correspondence from Jason Stamp, SRO for Workforce and Jayne Adamson, Executive Director of People, Humber and North Yorkshire ICB.

Breakthrough HNY 2025/26 Programme – Year 4 Priorities

You can access the latest Humber and North Yorkshire ICB Workforce Bulletin by clicking here