Avon LMC

Diabetic Foot (Virtual)
2026-09-07 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
Maximum Capacity: 20

This is open to all, no mandated training specification around this, would suggest every 2-3 years to ensure up to date, is an update

Learn about current screening, risk stratification, and referral pathways.
Understand the latest evidence on prevention and early detection of foot complications.
Practical guidance on multidisciplinary management and escalation of care.
Updates on national standards and local service developments.

Seasonal Immunisation Training (Flu, Shingles, Pneumococcal & RSV) New (F2F)
2026-09-08 09:30 - 12:30 | Avon LMC, 14A High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, Bristol, BS16 5HP, United Kingdom
Maximum Capacity: 14
This course is intended for learners who have completed the two-day core immunisation programme in line with the National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training but are new to the seasonal immunisations covered in this programme.
This training programme is designed for healthcare professionals involved in the delivery, support or governance of seasonal immunisation services. It provides an overview of the knowledge, standards and responsibilities required to deliver vaccinations safely and effectively, in line with UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) guidance and national minimum standards.
The course enables delegates to assess their role within vaccination services and ensure they meet expected professional and clinical requirements.

What This Training Covers
The training focuses on national seasonal immunisation programmes, including:

Influenza (Flu) vaccination
Shingles (Herpes Zoster) vaccination
Pneumococcal (Pneumo) vaccination
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination

Content is aligned with current UKHSA guidance and relevant Green Book principles.
Key Learning Areas
Delegates will review:

The purpose and public health impact of seasonal immunisation programmes
National eligibility criteria and cohort identification
Vaccine schedules and seasonal timing
Contraindications, precautions and clinical risk assessment
Informed consent and patient communication
Safe vaccine storage, handling and administration principles
Recognition and management of adverse events
Documentation, record keeping and reporting requirements
Professional accountability, scope of practice and governance standards

Who the Training Is Suitable For
This training is suitable for:

Nurses and healthcare practitioners involved in immunisation delivery
Pharmacists and pharmacy teams
Healthcare assistants supporting vaccination services
Learners returning to immunisation practice or requiring an update

The course supports knowledge development and professional understanding. Practical assessment and sign?off must be completed locally in line with employer or service requirements.
Standards and Guidance
The training reflects:

UKHSA national minimum standards for immunisation training
Principles set out in the Green Book
Expectations around competence, consent, documentation and patient safety

Completion of this training does not replace the need for supervised practice, local policies, or clinical assessment of competence.
Outcomes for Delegates
By completing this training, delegates will be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of national seasonal immunisation programmes
Recognise their responsibilities within immunisation services
Identify when vaccination is appropriate, deferred or contraindicated
Communicate effectively with patients about vaccines
Work in line with national clinical and governance standards

Seasonal Immunisation Training (Flu, Shingles, Pneumococcal & RSV) New (F2F)
2026-09-08 13:00 - 16:00 | Avon LMC, 14A High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, Bristol, BS16 5HP, United Kingdom
Maximum Capacity:14
This course is intended for learners who have completed the two-day core immunisation programme in line with the National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training but are new to the seasonal immunisations covered in this programme.
This training programme is designed for healthcare professionals involved in the delivery, support or governance of seasonal immunisation services. It provides an overview of the knowledge, standards and responsibilities required to deliver vaccinations safely and effectively, in line with UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) guidance and national minimum standards.
The course enables delegates to assess their role within vaccination services and ensure they meet expected professional and clinical requirements.

What This Training Covers
The training focuses on national seasonal immunisation programmes, including:

Influenza (Flu) vaccination
Shingles (Herpes Zoster) vaccination
Pneumococcal (Pneumo) vaccination
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination

Content is aligned with current UKHSA guidance and relevant Green Book principles.
Key Learning Areas
Delegates will review:

The purpose and public health impact of seasonal immunisation programmes
National eligibility criteria and cohort identification
Vaccine schedules and seasonal timing
Contraindications, precautions and clinical risk assessment
Informed consent and patient communication
Safe vaccine storage, handling and administration principles
Recognition and management of adverse events
Documentation, record keeping and reporting requirements
Professional accountability, scope of practice and governance standards

Who the Training Is Suitable For
This training is suitable for:

Nurses and healthcare practitioners involved in immunisation delivery
Pharmacists and pharmacy teams
Healthcare assistants supporting vaccination services
Learners returning to immunisation practice or requiring an update

The course supports knowledge development and professional understanding. Practical assessment and sign?off must be completed locally in line with employer or service requirements.
Standards and Guidance
The training reflects:

UKHSA national minimum standards for immunisation training
Principles set out in the Green Book
Expectations around competence, consent, documentation and patient safety

Completion of this training does not replace the need for supervised practice, local policies, or clinical assessment of competence.
Outcomes for Delegates
By completing this training, delegates will be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of national seasonal immunisation programmes
Recognise their responsibilities within immunisation services
Identify when vaccination is appropriate, deferred or contraindicated
Communicate effectively with patients about vaccines
Work in line with national clinical and governance standards

Strategic Management Programme - Foundation 5 Using Data with Confidence (Virtual)
2026-09-09 10:00 - 12:30
Number of Capacity: 12

Builds confidence in using data for decision-making. Delegates will interpret trends and design a simple strategic dashboard.
Course Content:

Access and activity metrics
Demand vs capacity
KPI alignment
Dashboard design
Data misuse issues

Expected Outcome:

Interpret activity trends
Select aligned KPIs
Design a one-page dashboard

Core Immunisation 2 Day course (Day 1 Virtual Day 2 F2F)
2026-09-11 09:30 - 16:30 | Avon LMC, 14A High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, Bristol, BS16 5HP, United Kingdom
Maximum Capacity: 14
BOTH DAYS TO BE ATTENDED – 2ND DAY IS 14 SEPTEMBER
Two-Day Core Training for Registered Healthcare Professionals
This comprehensive two-day core course is tailored for registered healthcare professionals new to immunisation practice. Aligned with the UKHSA National Minimum Standards, the training provides essential knowledge and practical skills to deliver safe and effective vaccination services. Key learning outcomes include:

Understanding national immunisation schedules and vaccine recommendations

Safe and effective vaccine administration techniques

Proper storage, handling, and disposal of vaccines

Legal and ethical responsibilities, including consent and documentation

Identification and management of adverse reactions

Communication strategies to support informed decision-making and reduce vaccine hesitancy

Infection prevention and control during immunisation

Special considerations for vulnerable groups including children, pregnant women, and those with underlying conditions

Accurate record-keeping and data management

Includes the complete routine immunisations schedule https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-complete-routine-immunisation-schedule
This course prepares registered professionals to confidently begin immunisation practice in clinical settings.

Asthma/COPD (Virtual)
2026-09-14 09:30 - 16:30
Maximum Capacity: 20
Mainly for nurses who are doing COPD and asthma reviews, HCAs can attend, but will be more on diagnosis, management and referral pathways
Aim of the course

Review the latest updates in diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of asthma and COPD.
Understand evolving best practice in inhaler technique, prescribing, and patient education.
Explore integrated approaches to managing exacerbations and reducing hospital admissions.
Strengthen confidence in supporting patients with long-term respiratory conditions.

Expected Outcome

Understand what asthma is and how it affects the airways
Recognise common symptoms and triggers
Know how asthma is diagnosed in practice
Understand the basics of asthma treatment and inhalers
Support patients with inhaler use and self-management
Identify when asthma is poorly controlled or worsening

Strategic Management Programme - Intermediate 5 Influencing in Complex Systems (Virtual)
2026-09-16 09:30 - 12:30
Number of Capacity: Fully Book

This module develops influence and negotiation capability across Practice–PCN–ICB relationships, where leaders must operate with political awareness and structured stakeholder engagement.
Delegates will learn how to map system stakeholders, prepare negotiation strategies, conduct challenging conversations, and influence decisions in complex environments—without damaging relationships or credibility.
Course Content:

Stakeholder mapping across Practice, PCN, and ICB contexts
Influence strategies: collaboration, negotiation, and credibility
Preparing for difficult conversations and challenge scenarios
Negotiation frameworks and “red lines” planning
Simulation: commissioning/ICB panel-style influence exercise

Expected Outcome:

Map stakeholders and identify influence pathways for a real issue
Prepare and conduct structured negotiation conversations
Apply techniques for challenging conversations while preserving relationships

Contraception Intro (F2F)
2026-09-16 09:30 - 16:30 | Avon LMC, 14A High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, Bristol, BS16 5HP, United Kingdom
Maximum Capacity: 14

For trained Nurses or Nurse associates who are new to practice nursing or new to contraception. It will cover pills and pill checks, injections and injection checks, plus a brief overview of other types of contraception. Scenarios will help consolidate the learning to enable you to do effective and safe yearly checks. Brief overview of STIs and testing. We will be using the UKMEC.

Travel Intro (F2F)
2026-09-17 09:30 - 2026-09-18 16:30 | Greenway Community Practice, Greystoke Ave, Southmead, Bristol, Avon, BS10 6AF, United Kingdom
Maximum Capacity: 14

This course is designed to give you a solid introduction to providing a travel health service within your practice. It will focus on risk assessment, vaccine preventable and non vaccine preventable diseases, malaria prevention and the consultation process. You will have plenty of opportunity to ask questions and practice with the resources available.

Introduction to Wound Management (F2F)
2026-09-18 09:30 - 16:30 | East Trees Health Centre, 100A Fishponds Rd, Bristol, BS5 6SA, United Kingdom
Maximum Capacity: 14
Introduction to wound management is aimed at non-registered professionals, e.g., HCAs or nurses who are newly qualified/completely new to wounds.

Aim of the course:
An introduction to wound and leg ulcer assessment and management. The course covers assessment of tissue types, assessment and management of infection, exudate levels, wound edges/ surrounding skin including knowing when to escalate deteriorating and/ or infected wounds/ leg ulcers and the appropriate onwards referral required. The training also covers the local dressing formulary, dressing indications and the leg ulcer pathways at a basic level.

HCA Core Immunisation (F2F) 2 Day Course
2026-09-18 09:30 - 16:30 | Coronation Community Centre, 8A Park Road, Bristol, BS30 8EB
Maximum capacity: 14
BOTH DAYS TO BE ATTENDED – 2ND DAY IS 21 SEPTEMBER
Two-Day Core Training for Unregistered Staff (Including HCSWs)
This two-day core training is designed for unregistered staff, including Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs), who support immunisation delivery under appropriate supervision. In line with UKHSA National Minimum Standards, the course builds core competencies and understanding of the immunisation process. Participants will learn:

The purpose and structure of the UK immunisation programme

Roles and responsibilities in supporting vaccine delivery

Safe handling, storage, and disposal of vaccines

Recognising and reporting adverse reactions

Effective communication with patients and carers, including addressing concerns

Infection control principles in immunisation settings

Supporting documentation and record-keeping

Awareness of legal and ethical boundaries, including consent processes

This training empowers unregistered staff to contribute confidently and safely to immunisation services within their scope of practice.

Phlebotomy (Adult) (F2F)
2026-09-22 09:45 - 12:45 | Kingswood Health Centre, Alma Rd, Bristol BS15 4EJ, United Kingdom
Number of Capacity: 8
Summary:
A beginner phlebotomy course introduces students to the essential knowledge and hands?on skills needed to safely and effectively draw blood from patients.

Course Content:

Basic Anatomy and Physiology
Procedure and Infection Control
Trouble Shooting
Practical Session
Competencies

Expected Outcome:

Describe, discuss and demonstrate the correct technique for taking blood samples, summarising problems and how to overcome them, including the procedure to follow when a specimen is not obtained
Know how to reassure individuals prior to, during and after blood collection
Recognise infection control and risk measures appropriate to the procedure

Trans & Non-Binary Awareness
2026-09-23 10:30 - 12:30 | Avon LMC, 14A High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, Bristol, BS16 5HP, United Kingdom
The rights of transgender and non-binary people have become an urgent political issue, but the community is very diverse and poorly understood after years of misgendering, misinformation and stereotyping.

Our training is aimed at those working in the public, private, social purpose and voluntary and community sectors and it is relevant to administrators, practitioners, staff and managers.
The overall aim of the course is to help organisations improve the services they deliver to trans & non-binary people.
The course includes:

What is Trans & Non-Binary? – trans people from a biological, social and historical viewpoint;
Trans & Non-Binary lives – What is involved in gender transition, and what issues do trans people face during and after the process?
Using the right words – A guide to the complexities of trans language; and
Trans & Non-Binary people and the law – the Gender Recognition Act, the Equality Act, the Supreme Court Ruling and more.

DPO Programme - Module 1 (Virtual)
2026-10-07 11:30 - 14:00
Number of capacity: 15

Summary
This focused online session establishes the legal and structural foundations of data controllership within a GP partnership. It examines Articles 4, 5, 6, 9 and 24 UK GDPR and concentrates on partner-level accountability, liability exposure and governance architecture.
The emphasis is on evidential readiness — what a GP practice must be able to demonstrate under regulatory scrutiny.
A 2.5-hour doctrine-led governance session covering:

Who is legally the Data Controller in a GP partnership
Joint controllership risk within PCN arrangements
Public task vs consent discipline
Special category safeguards and APD requirements
Accountability under Article 5(2)
Governance documentation architecture
Enforcement reasoning and fine logic

Mapped to NHS DSPT Standards 1–3
Course Content

Controllership in partnership structures
Lawful basis of discipline in primary care
Special category safeguards and policy requirements
Accountability and evidential burden
Governance reform blueprint for GP practices

Expected Outcome

Define the legal responsibilities of a GP data controller
Distinguish lawful basis misuse (consent vs public task)
Identify structural governance gaps within their practice

DPO Programme - Module 2 (Virtual)
2026-10-14 09:30 - 12:30
Number of capacity: 15

Summary
This operational workshop provides a structured governance model for handling Subject Access Requests (SARs) and related data subject rights within General Practice.
It is workflow-driven, defensibility-focused, and designed to reduce ICO escalation risk.
A 3-hour SAR lifecycle workshop covering:

Valid SAR recognition and statutory clock start
One-month deadline discipline
Identity verification proportionality
Record search and extraction scope
Redaction governance and documentation
Clinical harm exemption
Rectification vs annotation
Refusal defensibility
ICO escalation pathway
SAR governance model for GP practice

Mapped to NHS DSPT Standards 1–3.
Course Content

SAR validity and statutory timing
Search scope and extraction governance
Redaction and exemption decision-making
Litigation interface and escalation management
SAR logging architecture and oversight model

Expected Outcome

Operate a compliant and defensible SAR workflow
Apply exemptions proportionately and lawfully
Maintain SAR documentation capable of regulatory scrutiny

DPO Programme - Module 3 (Virtual)
2026-10-14 13:00 - 16:00
Number of capacity: 15

Summary
This module examines breach governance under Articles 32–34 UK GDPR from a defensibility and regulatory reasoning perspective.
It focuses on risk-to-rights assessment, notification thresholds, documentation architecture, and board-level oversight.
A 3-hour governance session covering:

Legal definition of personal data breach
Risk to rights and freedoms assessment model
72-hour ICO notification threshold
Article 32 proportionality
Patient notification test (Article 34)
Insider misuse and supply chain exposure
Mitigation as regulatory credit
Breach documentation architecture
Governance oversight model

Mapped to NHS DSPT Standards 1–3.
Course Content

Breach identification and classification
Risk scoring and reportability decisions
ICO notification and patient communication
Mitigation and documentation defensibility
Breach governance structure for GP practices

Expected Outcome

Conduct structured breach risk assessments
Determine ICO notification thresholds confidently
Maintain defensible breach documentation and escalation logs

DPO Programme - Module 4 (Virtual)
2026-10-21 09:30 - 12:30
Number of capacity: 15

Summary
This session integrates operational data protection mechanics into board-level assurance and strategic governance.
It focuses on Article 30 Records of Processing (ROPA), DPO obligations, documentation architecture, and compliance maturity modelling.
A 3-hour strategic governance session covering:

ROPA completeness and audit utility
Processor listing discipline
DPO independence requirements
Caldicott Guardian interface
Governance documentation hierarchy
Training assurance evidence
Compliance maturity levels (1–4)
Board reporting structure
Integrated governance dashboard model

Mapped to NHS DSPT Standards 1–3.
Course Content

Article 30 ROPA architecture and audit readiness
DPO governance and independence
Documentation and asset ownership mapping
Compliance maturity assessment
Annual assurance cycle design

Expected Outcome

Maintain an audit-ready ROPA
Demonstrate DPO structural independence
Articulate governance maturity at board level

DPO Programme - Module 5 (Virtual)
2026-10-21 14:00 - 16:30
Number of capacity: 15

Summary
This applied workshop guides delegates through the lifecycle of a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), focusing on defensible risk reasoning and mitigation discipline.
It uses a structured case study to embed the requirements of Articles 35–36 into GP governance practice.
A 2.5-hour DPIA workshop covering:

DPIA trigger test (high-risk processing)
Processing description and data flow mapping
Necessity and proportionality analysis
Risk identification and structured scoring
Mitigation design and documentation
DPO consultation recording
Residual risk acceptance
Governance sign-off model

Mapped to NHS DSPT Standards 1–3.

Course Content

Determining when a DPIA is legally required
Risk identification and structured scoring model
Designing specific mitigation strategies
Recording DPO advice and residual risk
Embedding DPIA into project lifecycle governance

Expected Outcome

Conduct a legally defensible DPIA
Apply necessity and proportionality rigorously
Integrate DPIA governance into operational decision-making
