Courses

Please note our Leading an Empowered Organisation™ (LEO) programme is a development opportunity for nursing, midwifery and allied health professional (NMAHP) staff working at Newcastle Hospitals only

The 4Ps Programme has been developed by research active healthcare professionals in Newcastle and is designed to support colleagues' needs no matter where they are on the “research interested” to “Aspiring Clinical Academic” continuum

A focus on modern systemic treatments for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as well as the gene faults that drive many NSCLCs; the targeted treatments that exploit these faults, such as inhibitors of EGFR, ALK, ROS1, B-Raf, HER2, MET, and RET; the immune system and checkpoint inhibitor group of immunotherapies, including PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 targeted antibody therapies

This interactive one day course allows paediatric staff to gain an awareness of the anatomy and physiology of the paediatric airway, general care and management of patients who require a tracheostomy, from the insertion of a tracheostomy to discharge home and de-cannulation.

This two-day course will teach the different methods of wound debridement, with a special focus on conservative sharp debridement, facilitated by the Newcastle Hospitals’ Tissue Viability Team with guest speaker specialists from Dermatology, Plastics, Podiatry as well as a physiology and anatomical expert.

This face to face course led by the regional Children's Holistic Integrated Palliative Care Service (CHIPS) is designed to support staff working in hospices caring for children across the North East and North Cumbria.