Bath and North East Somerset
NHS Health Check Training
The NHS Long Term Plan identifies cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a clinical priority and the single biggest condition where the NHS can save lives over the next 10 years. Following the disruption caused by COVID-19, we now have much to do to improve the detection and management of atrial fibrillation, blood pressure and cholesterol (ABCs).
NHS Health Checks are a terrific way to help save lives, and training is essential.
Have you ever wondered why some questions are being asked or how to explain what the results mean?
Join our free, fun and interactive online training to improve your knowledge and understanding of NHS Health Checks. And learn top tips for understanding and communicating cardiovascular risk.
Online Training
Delivered by Teams
Choice of dates
Time: 9.30am – 3.30pm
CPD: 6 hours
Have you ever wondered why some questions are being asked or how to explain what the results mean?
Join our free, fun and interactive online training to improve your knowledge and understanding of NHS Health Checks. And learn top tips for understanding and communicating cardiovascular risk.
Overview
Starting with strengthening their understanding of the need for the programme and health inequalities that exist, this comprehensive session gives attendees the knowledge and understanding to support them in carrying out an NHS Health Check, including the significance of their results and CVD risk, acting on the filters and providing brief advice.
Learning Outcomes
- State why NHS Health Checks are important
- Identify non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease
- Identify modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease
- Know the NHS Health Check filters
- State how an NHS Health Check should be conducted
- Identify how an NHS Health Check can assess and interpret the risk of cardiovascular disease
- State how the risk of cardiovascular disease and opportunities for reducing this risk may best be communicated
- Appreciate the different risk communication strategies
- Appreciate the complexity of GPPAQ and Audit C
- Know what is needed for Dementia prevention and awareness
- Understand clinical and lifestyle referral pathways
- Appreciate behaviour change techniques
Registration Process
- Complete the registration form.
- You will receive a confirmation email with details of how to join the training within one week of your registration.
- Reminders are sent before the training.
- Please check spam before contacting us.
Who should attend
- Practice Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- GPs
- Health Care Assistants
- Care co-ordinators
- Social Prescribers
- Administration
- Practice Staff
- Pharmacists
- Allied Healthcare Professionals
- Health Trainers & Champions
- Healthy Lifestyle Professionals
*Please read cancellation tab before registering*
Cancellation Process
We understand that sometimes plans change.
If you need to cancel, please contact us as soon as possible, we can rearrange for you.
Our training is free for you to attend, paid for by your public health commissioner. If you don’t attend the training you have booked, your commissioner is charged.
Your public health commissioner is informed of your registration, attendance or DNA. If you do not attend on the day, your public health commissioner will be charged the full price for your training place.
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Online Training
Delivered by Teams
Choice of dates
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm or 1.00pm – 4.00pm
CPD: 3 hours
Overview
This course is a follow-up to the Understanding the NHS Health Check full study day, a reminder of the NHS Health Check Competency Framework and then focuses on CVD Risk, GPPAQ, Audit C, and Dementia prevention and awareness.
Learning Outcomes
- State why NHS Health Checks are important
- Know the NHS Health Check filters
- State how the risk of cardiovascular disease and opportunities for reducing this risk may best be communicated
- Appreciate the different risk communication strategies
- Appreciate the complexity of GPPAQ and Audit C
- Know what is needed for Dementia prevention and awareness within a health check
Who should attend
- Practice Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- GPs
- Health Care Assistants
- Care co-ordinators
- Social Prescribers
- Administration
- Practice Staff
- Pharmacists
- Allied Healthcare Professionals
- Health Trainers & Champions
- Healthy Lifestyle Professionals
Registration Process
- Complete the registration form.
- You will receive a confirmation email with details of how to join the training within one week of your registration.
- Reminders are sent before the training.
- Please check spam before contacting us.
*Please read cancellation tab before registering*
Cancellation Process
We understand that sometimes plans change.
If you need to cancel, please contact us as soon as possible, we can rearrange for you.
Our training is free for you to attend, paid for by your public health commissioner.
Your public health commissioner is informed of your registration, attendance or DNA.
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A 30-minute video introduction to NHS Health Check training by Michaela.
Available to watch on-demand at a time that suits you.
CPD: 30 minutes.
A certificate is available after viewing.
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Meet the trainers
Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc
Director
NHS Health Check Training Lead
Michaela is a Cardiovascular Nurse Specialist, Director at Smart Health Solutions and founder of Learn With Nurses. She is the former Head of CVD Prevention for Public Health England and Clinical Advisor at OHID. She is the Chair of the Heart UK Health Care Committee and a member of the Nurses and AHP & The Guidelines and Information Working Party of the British and Irish Hypertension Society.
Una O'Connor RGN MSc FHEA
Independent Nurse Consultant
NHS Health Check Trainer
Una is an Independent Nurse Consultant. Education is a priority for her, having achieved PGCE, PG Dip and Master of Science Degree in Medical and Healthcare Education and she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her passion for promotion and delivery of teaching led to the role of Communications and Engagement Lead for Learn With Nurses and Una is currently the Operations Manager for both Smart Health Solutions and Learn With Nurses.
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We are a registered Centre for the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), and HEART UK supports our cardiovascular training. The NHS Health Check Competency Framework underpins our training.
We are proud of our strong heritage in supporting the NHS Health Check Programme, especially for training we have been providing since 2008.
