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

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

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 introduces therapists to the One-Handed Therapy Intervention (OTI) Programme – a unique toolkit for families who have a child aged 2-4 years with hemiplegia.

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.