PRIMARY CARE
Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay Primary Care Training Hub works with and on behalf of the 31 practices within the Morecambe Bay ICB footprint, which covers the Furness Peninsula, South Cumbria and North Lancashire.
We work in close cooperation with the Lancashire and South Cumbria Training Hub team as well as the other locality teams in the region to deliver locally and regionally commissioned educational and development programmes. You can read more about them in the Education section of this website.
Events
Nurse Forum 
The next Nurse Forum will take place 1st May 2024, 12.00-13.30 via Microsoft Teams
Topics covered: Infection control ICB update, Diabetes UK, Long COVID, Role of MHP in Primary Care alongside locality Place updates
Register here: Lancashire and South Cumbria Practice Nurse Forums 2024 | medtribe.com
Non Medical Prescribing Education & Training webinars
The ICB NMP Leads and Lancashire & South Cumbria Primary Care Training Hub are pleased to share with you a 12 month education and training programme specifically for Non Medical Prescribers.
The programme is designed to support NMPs in key topic/therapeutic areas and encourage peer discussions and networking.
These bite-sized education and training sessions are 30 minutes long and held via Microsoft Teams every third Tuesday of the month between 12 noon and 12:30pm.
The following links can be used to access the online sessions – click here to join the meetings
A timetable of sessions can be accessed here – NMP Education and Training Session Timetable
Clinical Skills Practice Workshops
Lancashire & South Cumbria Primary Care Training Hub are offering all clinical staff and student learners the opportunity to attend fully funded clinical skills practice workshops held in various locations.
Alongside a clinical tutor, staff/students will have the opportunity to practice:
–Taking a smear
-Obtaining a manual blood pressure as well as looking at normal parameters
-Injection technique
-Venepuncture
-Using a pulse oximeter
-Peak flow and inhaler technique
Nurse & AHP Annual Conference 
The Annual Nurse and Allied Health Professionals Conference will take place on 2nd July 2024 at UCLan
View Nurse & AHP Conference flyer with booking link
You can now nominate your colleagues for our Conference Awards!
View Nurse & AHP Conference Awards Flyer with nomination form
Meet the Team
With the expansion of our work programme, we are also growing our team, to gain further capacity to support general practice education and development to the highest standard.
CPD Opportunities
Morecambe Bay Primary Care Training Hub is proud to present the following fully funded training opportunities open to General Practice Nurses and AHPs for financial year 2023/24. These training offers have been commissioned at-scale allowing for maximum cost efficiencies; multiple delivery dates wherever possible and have been approved by PCN Clinical Directors in line with current / on-going training needs across the patch.
Limited funding is available to support individual training requests, not currently being met by our at-scale offer below. Funding applications can be made using our online application form here
A further announcement regarding CPD funding for financial year 2024/25 is expected shortly.
L&SC PCTH – Foundation Immunisation & Vaccination training – Various dates
For further information and to apply click here
L&SC PCTH – Immunisation & Vaccination training Annual update – Various dates
For further information and to apply click here
Respiratory Matters Modules (including Spirometry, Asthma & COPD) – Various dates
For further information and to apply click here
L&SC PCTH – Novice Smear taker Training – 10th & 11th September 2024
For further information and to apply click here
Feedback
"I just wanted to send a quick email to say how great the PITstop diabetes 3-day course was. It was excellently run, very informative and very relevant to my everyday practice, I have taken so much away from this course and thoroughly recommend it to others. Thank you so much for putting this on, I was a bit scared of diabetes before this course, but I feel more confident with it now - I will still need support but do feel like I can support people with diabetes and lifestyle much more confidently. Thank you so much for the opportunity of this training."
Next Generation GP
Specifically designed for GP trainees and early-career GPs (up to 7 years post CCT); these free-to-attend sessions, delivered by both national and local healthcare leaders, aim to energise, engage and empower participants in shaping care within their own organisations and beyond. Further details to be announced in due course regarding the 2024/25 programme.
Resources
Morecambe Bay Primary Care Training Hub recently held an Intimate Examinations workshop for Advanced Clinical Practitioners – see the session recording below
