Supporting children with medical care needs in education and hospice settings – October 2026
Start date: Tuesday 20th October 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Supporting children where they live and learn
Join paediatric nurse specialists from the RVI’s Great North Children’s Hospital for a full-study day exploring the most commonly seen long term conditions affecting children and young people today.
The programme for the day has been designed to introduce people who teach, care for and support children with additional needs or potentially life-threatening conditions to gain a good understanding of their aliment or illness.
Our specialists will also provide the essential knowledge, tools and guidance on what to do if a child in their care needs immediate clinical expertise or rapid support.
The day will be structured around presentations in the morning followed by practical breakout sessions in the afternoon.
What to Expect:
- Introduction to Type 1 Diabetes: Supporting care, safety and wellbeing
- Paediatric Stomas: The basics and catheter care
- Caring for Children on Parenteral Nutrition: ‘The Essentials’
- Complex Airways: An introduction to paediatric tracheostomies
- Paediatric Epilepsy: Awareness and Rescue Therapy
- Asthma: Management Plans and Devices: Living with Asthma in 2026
- Long Term Ventilation: Basics and troubleshooting for LTV patients
- Paediatric Allergies: Essential knowledge and practical care guidance for allergic children
Whatever your area of interest, this is a superb opportunity to seek insight, advice and practical guidance for specialists who support children, young people and their families every single day, helping to keep you informed and more confident.
Booking
To book a place on this course go to Tickets at the bottom of the page.
At checkout you can make an online card payment or enter a coupon code to make alternative payment arrangements.
Alternative payment arrangements include:
- requesting an invoice (INVOICE)
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Cancellation and refunds policy
Should you no longer be able to attend the event on the booked date, please contact the Academy as we may be able to offer an alternative date subject to an admin charge.
Should you still wish to cancel your booking, you or your employer will be charged as per the fees outlined below. Please contact [email protected] to cancel your place.
| Timescale | Fee paying course |
| Over 6 weeks | £25 admin charge |
| 2 to 6 weeks | 50% of course fee |
| 0 to 2 weeks | 100% of course fee |
If you do not attend on the day, you will be charged the full cost of the event place. Please note that we are unable to make substitute bookings less than a week before the start of the course as a pre-course workbook on Paediatric Tracheostomy Management must be completed by all delegates and reviewed by the course leads prior to commencement of the course.
See our Terms & Conditions and Cancellations & Refunds pages for more details.