NHS Health Check Refresher Training
December 9 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
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.
NHS Health Checks are a terrific way to help save lives, and training is essential.
Online
Cost
£140
VAT at 20% = £28
Total £168
CPD
3 hours
Everyone involved in the delivery of NHS Health Checks should complete the full-day training, followed by refreshers annually
Overview
This course is a follow-up to the Understanding NHS Health Checks 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
Anyone involved in the delivery of health checks including:
- 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 training enquiry form.
- You will receive an email with details of how to buy training.
- Following registration, you will receive a Teams invite and confirmation email.
- Reminders are sent before the training.
- Please check spam before contacting us.
Cancellation Process
We understand that sometimes plans change.
If you wish to reschedule you need to do so by contacting: Info@smarthealthsolutions.co.uk at least one week before the event.
Course costs can be transferred to another Smart Health Solutions course but must be used within 6 months.
There are no refunds for DNAs.
Meet the trainers
Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc
Director
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
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. During the pandemic Una returned to a clinical role to support the COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan. She also joined Smart Health Solutions at this time, initially as a Covid-19 Support Nurse and then as the Support Lead during the height of the pandemic and beyond, in addition to assisting in the delivery of the Health Protection and Care Champions Network.
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.
