Tier Two Courses

Intermediate communication Skills

The Intermediate Communication Skills training will enable you to enhance communication skills in difficult or challenging situations.

The training explores barriers to communication, strategies to manage conversations in difficult scenarios, how to explore conversations in ceilings of treatment or end of life care as wells as tools and skills to help you develop confidence.

Who can attend?

A specialist palliative and end of life care practitioner

Any NHS, allied health or social care professionals who regularly work with life-limiting illness of uncertain prognosis

Social workers, care home managers or social care managers

Registered professionals wishing to explore more challenging conversations and communication skills.

Dates
Wednesday 15 May 2024 – 8.45am-4pm – Virtual
Monday 15 July 2024 – 8.45am-4pm – Keech Hospice Care, Bedford.
Wednesday 9 October 2024 – 8.45am-4pm – Keech Hospice Care, Luton.
Wednesday 11 December 2024 – 8.45am-4pm – Virtual
Wednesday 12 February 2025 – 8.45am-4pm – Virtual

Dementia –  study day

Virtual 

The day will cover in some detail the various areas around palliative care of a patient with Dementia, including Person-Centred Care, Assessment, Pharmacology, dealing with agitation and aggressive behaviour, issues around co-morbidities such as Depression and Diabetes, with plenty of time for questions and discussion. The course is delivered by a range of experts within their fields of practice

Who can attend?

It is expected that you will have a basic knowledge of Dementia. The day is aimed at people who are dealing with palliative and End of Life Care regularly, whether qualified or unqualified.

Date
Wednesday 26 March 2025 – 9am-4pm

Palliative Management of Respiratory Disease –  study day

What can I gain from attending?

Respiratory disease is complex and even more so when patients are faced with a life limiting

diagnosis. Symptoms can be difficult to manage and as a result cause distress to patients and families. This study day will aim to help build confidence in the management of patients with palliative respiratory diagnosis.

The day will cover:

Explanation of domains of palliative care applicable to chronic respiratory diseases.

Overview of palliative care interventions for patients with chronic respiratory diseases.

Offering of palliative management for clinicians to use in practice.

Recommendations for clinical management of patients receiving palliative care for chronic respiratory diseases

Who can attend?

Health Care Professionals who offer care and have an interest in patients and families with life limiting respiratory disease.

Advance Care Planning – study day

Virtual 

This study day is aimed at people who are dealing with palliative and end-of-life care regularly, whether qualified or unqualified. It will cover in some detail the various components of what a good advance care plan may look like, with plenty of time for questions and discussion. The course is delivered by experts within their fields of practice.

Who can attend?
This is a Tier 2 ‘Intermediate’ study day. Ideally, you will have attended a Tier 1 course, such as the ‘Essential Advance Care Planning’ session, and are ready to build upon that knowledge and explore further.

Wednesday 22 May 2024 – 9.30-2pm

Pain in Palliative Care – study day

Virtual 

This study day will cover:
• An overview of the physiology of pain.
• Identifying different pain types and treatment.
• Understanding the skills required to assess and manage pain effectively.
• Exploring pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of pain.
• An exploration of “Total Pain”.
• Offer an understanding of emotional, psychological, social and spiritual pain and gain an understanding on how these experiences impact on the individual’s pain experience.

Who can attend?
Healthcare professionals who offer care and have an interest in patients and families with life limiting respiratory disease

Wednesday 16 October 2024 – 9.30-2pm

Nausea and Vomiting – study day

This study day will explore the symptoms of Nausea and Vomiting and explore the reasons this common symptom arises in palliative care, along with clinical rationale for assessment and finding relief

Who can attend?
Healthcare professionals who are caring for palliative patients and their families.

Tuesday 16 July 2024 – 9.30am-2pm

Palliative Management of Respiratory Disease – study day

This study day will cover:
• Explanation of domains of palliative care applicable to chronic respiratory diseases.
• Overview of palliative care interventions for patients with chronic respiratory diseases. Offering of palliative management for clinicians to use in practice.
• Recommendations for clinical management of patients receiving palliative care for chronic respiratory diseases.

Who can attend?
Healthcare professionals who offer care and have an interest in patients and families with life-limiting respiratory disease.

Wednesday 20 November 2024 – 9.30-2pm

Spiritual Care – study day

Virtual 

This study day will explore the subject of spirituality giving a range of tools that can be used to assess spiritualty in the palliative context. It will utilise work done by Marie Curie in creating a competency list for various practitioners and examine what these mean for each of us in palliative care

Who can attend?
Healthcare professionals who are caring for palliative patients and their families.

Thursday 30 January 2025 – 9.30am-2pm

Heart Failure – study day

Virtual

This study day will explore Heart Failure from a multidisciplinary perspective drawing on the latest research and giving the practitioner a practical guide to caring better for their patients.

Who can attend?
Healthcare professionals who are caring for palliative patients and their families.

Thursday 5 December 2024 – 9.30am-2pm

Frailty – study day

Virtual 

This study day will address key concepts around the issue of frailty, including latest research and its application to practice, key components of care, a personalised care approach, Advance Care Planning, early involvement of palliative care – especially around wellbeing, hospital avoidance and appropriate acute care. The teaching will be delivered by academics and leading practitioners in the field from across the Multidisciplinary team.

Who can attend?
Anyone working predominantly with frail individuals from a health or social care background. It will be assumed that you have a basic knowledge of what frailty is as a medical condition. There will be an emphasis of focus around palliative care and it’s benefits to frail individuals approaching the last years of life.

Wednesday 19 February 2025 – 9.30am-2pm

Oncology Series

Virtual

An understanding of the most common cancers and treatments and side effects. An awareness of the staging process and diagnostics. To have a greater understanding of treatments and pathways and the patient journey. Increase in knowledge for oncological and palliative care emergencies

Who can attend?
Any health care professional or member of the public who wishes to learn ways of coping with difficulties. Any health care professional with an interest in oncology.

Understanding of Cancer and Treatment – Wednesday 19 June 2024 – 10-11.30am

Signs and Symptoms of Cancer and Oncology – Wednesday 26 June 2024 – 10-11.30am

Principles of Advance Care Planning and Sensitive Conversations

Virtual

An introduction to the universal principles of Advance Care Planning including:
• Development and agreement of personalised Advance Care Planning.
• Personalised conversations about future wishes. A shared decision-making process in partnership with appropriate professionals.
• Sharing and reviewing of personalised Advance Care Planning.
• An awareness of palliative and end-of-life care underpinned by the five ‘Priorities of Care for the Dying Person’

Who can attend?
Healthcare professionals who are caring for palliative patients and their families.

Dates
Friday 17 May 2024 – 10am–1.30pm
Friday 20 September 2024 – 1.30–5pm
Friday 6 December 2024 – 1.30–5pm
Friday 14 February 2025 – 10am–1.30pm