Welcome to our Bitesize training programme!

We are holding a range of FREE virtual Bitesize sessions.

Bitesize sessions are 1-hour and consist of a 45-minute presentation on relevant primary care topics followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.

Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

22/07/2026: Breathing Easier - Practical Asthma and COPD Update for Primary Care Introduction

This session is available for GPs, Practice Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Physician Associates, and other Primary Care Healthcare Professionals involved in respiratory care.

Date: Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

What the session includes:

  • Current guidance NICE/SIGN/BTS, GINA guidelines, West Yorkshire Guidelines
  • Latest updates in asthma and COPD management within primary care
  • Practical approaches to inhaler optimisation and technique assessment
  • Identifying appropriate patients for treatment review and intervention
  • Supporting adherence and improving patient outcomes
  • Case-based discussion and practical implementation tips for clinicians

Session facilitator: Katherine Hickman GP with Respiratory Specialist Low Moor Surgery, Bradford BD12 0TH &  Jasvir Kaur, Key Account Manager, Cipla EU Ltd.

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

29/07/2026: Introduction to PATHS

This session is available for GPs and primary care staff who support patients who have had baby loss and/or birth trauma.

Date: Wednesday 29th July 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Session includes:

  • Why are maternal mental health services needed? & how are they different to specialist Perinatal MH services?
  • Our pathways & how and who to refer
  • Our outcomes

Session facilitator: Estelle Verdi – Clinical lead for West Yorkshire Maternal Mental Health Service – PATHS

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

05/08/2026: PATHS - Baby Separation Pathway

This session is available for Primary Care Staff.

Date: Wednesday 5th August 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Population data shows a rise in the number of infants being taken into care at birth.  How do we take a trauma informed approach to supporting individuals through this process.

Session includes:

  • How taking a trauma informed approach to supporting individuals facing child care proceedings can benefit both parents and baby

Session facilitator: Estelle Verdi – Clinical lead for West Yorkshire Maternal Mental Health Service – PATHS

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

 

 

18/08/2026: Perinatal Mental Health

This session is available for: GPs and primary care staff supporting women/birthing people in the perinatal period.

Date: Tuesday 18th August 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Up to 26% of new and expectant mothers experience perinatal mental health illness, covering a wide range of conditions. If left untreated, mental health issues can have significant and long-lasting effects on the woman, the child, and the wider family.

Session includes:

  • Prevalence
  • Presentation
  • Risk/red flags
  • Perinatal MH Services – what we offer and how to access
Facilitator: Claire Lowe – Perinatal Mental Health Service Lead

Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

01/09/2026: Reducing Suicides

This session is available for GPs and primary care staff.

Date: Tuesday 1st September 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

National reports following investigations into deaths in the perinatal period continue to show suicide as the leading cause of direct maternal death between 6 weeks and 12 months after birth.

 

Session includes:

  • Work we have undertaken in West Yorkshire in relation to this
  • How we all have a role in suicide reduction
Facilitator: Claire Lowe – Perinatal Mental Health Service Lead

 

Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

09/09/2026: Neurodiversity in practice. What can we do in 10 minutes?

This session is available for all Primary Care staff.

Date: Wednesday 9th September 2026

Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm

This webinar explores what primary care staff can realistically do within a ten-minute consultation to better support children and families navigating school distress and behavioural differences. Through reflective discussion and practical strategies, it will encourage a shift from seeing behaviour as “difficult” to understanding it as communication. The session is grounded in lived-experience and storytelling, helping clinicians feel more confident in responding to emotional distress and unmet needs within everyday practice.

What the session includes:

  • Awareness and understanding of neurodivergence from both sides of the consultation
  • Looking beyond what you see and how behaviour communicates needs
  • Moving away from problem solving and turning towards curiosity
  • Seeing beyond the label and walking side by side with families

Session facilitator: Dr Jess Morgan – experienced TEDx speaker, facilitator and educator & Eliza Fricker – Sunday Times bestselling author and illustrator whose work is rooted in neurodiversity, education, and family life.

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

22/09/2026: Hypertension

This session is available for General Practice Nurses (GPN), Nursing Associates (NA), Healthcare Assistants (HCA) & Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).

Date: Wednesday 22nd September 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

What the session includes:

  • A look at the West Yorkshire Guidance vs Nice Guidance.
  • Diagnosis and Parameters .
  • What to look out for in General Practice.

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

07/10/2026: Very Brief Advice on Smoking Cessation for Patients with Serious Mental Illness

This session is available for General Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Allied Health Professionals & any member of staff working with patients who smoke.

Date: Wednesday 7th October 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

What the session includes:

  • Increasing understanding that those with an SMI are more likely to smoke and 50% die from smoking related illnesses.
  • Asking about smoking status, advising about the best way to quit and acting on the patient’s response. These are the elements of VBA.
  • How to engage patients who are diagnosed with a serious mental illness (SMI) and have a 30 second conversation to offer support to quit or cut down.
  • Information on medications and other stop smoking aids available.
  • Information on how to refer to Yorkshire Smoke Free and other available support.

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

21/10/2026: Infant Mental Health

This session is available for primary care staff supporting new parents/carers.

Date: Wednesday 21st October 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

In an increasingly fast-paced and digitally distracted world,  parental and carer connection with and response to their infants during the first 1,001 days has never been more important. Ensuring babies’  emotional needs are met is essential, and how small, everyday interactions can have a lasting impact on a child’s development.  Learn about services and tools that are available in West Yorkshire.

Session includes:

  • Introduction to Ready to Relate
  • how helping babies to cope with early emotions, parents help children to develop behavioural and physiological regulation.

Session facilitator: Lisa Milne – Clinical Lead Specialist Mother and Baby Service

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

12/01/2027: Pathophysiology of Obseity

This session is available for General Practice Nurses, Nursing Associates, Allied Health Professionals, Advanced Nurse Practitioners & Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

Date: Tuesday 12th January 2027

Time: 12:30 – 1:30pm

What the session includes:

  • A session that explores the complex causes of obesity.
  • Define obesity and identify the genetic, environmental, and biological factors contributing to its development.
  • Describe the altered pathology that occurs as obesity progresses and the impact on health and wellbeing.
  • Explain the biological mechanisms involved in the homeostasis of body weight and how they hinder behavioural weight management interventions.

Session facilitator: Paidraig McQuaid – Medical Educator Eli Lilly and Dietician

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.