Event Type : External Events

The Humber and North Yorkshire (HNY) Respiratory Clinical Network and Children and Young People’s Asthma Transformation Programme would like to invite you to the launch of the updated HNY Asthma Guidelines. The guidelines have been revised by clinicians across Humber and North Yorkshire to ensure alignment with new national BTS/NICE/SIGN asthma guidelines.

The webinar will also provide an overview of the new Respiratory Diagnostics Locally Enhanced Service, which commissions spirometry and FeNO in primary care across Humber and North Yorkshire.

The revised guidelines continue to recognise the importance of identifying and addressing over-reliance on reliever inhalers.

The guidelines include recommendations for the following patient groups:

• Suspected Asthma in Children Aged 2-5 Years Old
• Confirmed Asthma in Children Aged 5 -11 Years Old
• Confirmed Asthma in People Aged ≥ 12 Years Old
• Suspected Severe Asthma (Aged ≥ 12 years)

The webinar will be chaired by Professor Michael Crooks, Clinical Lead for the Humber and North Yorkshire ICB Respiratory Network.

Click Learn More below to book your place.

Asthma treatment guidance is having its biggest transformation in decades. This webinar will introduce you to the updated HNY Asthma Guidelines, which have been refreshed to align with the new national BTS/NICE/SIGN asthma guidelines. The webinar will also provide an overview of the newHNY Respiratory Diagnostics Locally Enhanced Service.

This webinar is intended for healthcare professionals across HNY.

You will learn about:

• The new HNY Asthma guidance for children and adults.
• The problems of over-reliance on reliever inhalers and our “Too Much Blue” education campaign for healthcare professionals.
• The HNY Respiratory Diagnostics Locally Enhanced Service, which commissions spirometry and FeNOin primary care.

Click Learn More for further information and to book your place.

There will be a replay of the webinar followed by a live Q&A on Wednesday 16 July, 19:00-21:00 – click here to book for the replay event.

Have you recently joined or are considering moving into GP partnership?

This may be from a salaried or trainee role or other roles considering partnership, such as practice managers and nurses. Partners still in early years but feel they need a refresh on core responsibilities and skills, may also benefit.

Course summary:
• Cover the challenges of being a business owner, whilst still maintaining clinical duties
• Review the basics of belonging to a partnership, including the business and finance responsibilities
• Look at the resilience needed within a partnership to ensure it can function effectively

Click Learn More for full details, cost, and online booking.

Do you want to set up an effective appraisal system at work?

Or feel like your current system is lacking in some way?

We look at the purpose of appraisal, boundaries, scope and style, and consider the pros and cons of various forms. We look at GP, nurse and non-clinician appraisal, how to reflect and how to demonstrate quality improvement in appraisal documentation.

Click Learn More for full details, cost and booking.

The course will give you the skills to help bring about, maintain and monitor the changes you wish to implement.

You will be shown tools to help bring about both team and individual change, and you will also be given tools to measure the effectiveness of the changes that you implement.

Suitable for all staff working within General Practice.

Click Learn More for full details, cost and booking.

Are you involved in the future planning of your practice?

This course will:

• Discuss how to assess your current position and make effective decisions on future goals and aspirations and willingness to change
• Look at ensuring the practices values and ethos are aligned to decision making and team development
• Review and prioritise strategies for issues inside your control and contingency measures for those outside your control

Click Learn More for full details, cost and booking.

This free event has 3 hours CPD.

Agenda:

11.45 Registration

12.00 Light Lunch

13.00 “HAEMATOLOGY TESTS – WHAT TO MONITOR & WHEN TO REFER”
Learning Objectives: *Haematology tests in Primary Care *What parameters to assess? *How to deal with values outside the normal range?
*What values to monitor? *When to refer to Secondary/Tertiary services?
Full Blood Count – What parameters to look at?
Red Cells *Haemoglobin (and HCT) *MCV *RBC Count
*WC Count & differential *Platelet count

Dr Elizabeth Uglow
Hull University Teaching Hospitals

14.15 Refreshments

14.45 “HOW BEST TO USE THE MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY & ANTIBIOTIC GUIDELINES”
To include: *Antimicrobial Stewardship *What’s new for C difficile *MRSA
*Coronavirus – an evolving situation

Dr Deborah Wearmouth
Hull Royal Infirmary

16.00 Questions & Discussion – Close

To register please email info@gpforum.com

The event is for anyone working within General Practice (GPs, Clinical Directors, Practice Managers, and other practice staff) in Humberside and North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. All very welcome. The event will aim to raise awareness of and encourage personal and team wellbeing and resilience and provide a fantastic opportunity to mix and network with like-minded people.

Keynote speaker: Dr Claire Ashley, the Burnout Doctor

Practical workshops:

A diverse range of wellbeing workshops on offer during the day – all facilitated by very experienced clinicians and offering different approaches to the subject:

• Introduction into functional breathing
• Personal resilience
• Yoga
• See the world differently with your ‘right brain’
• Immersive gong soundbath
• How to have healthy conversations about neurodiversity in the workplace

Tickets for Humberside and North Yorkshire practice staff are £60.00 per guest with tea/coffee throughout the day and a hot buffet lunch.

Click Learn More to book.

This free GP Forum event has 3 hours CPD.

Agenda:

11.45 Registration

12.00 Light Lunch

13.00 “NAVIGATING MIGRAINE MANAGEMENT IN AN ERA OF TARGETED TREATMENTS”

Lisa Wilson & Del Rosario
Hull University Teaching Hospitals

14.15 Refreshments

14.45 “ACUTE STROKE, TIA’s & SECONDARY PREVENTION”

Dr Rayessa Rayessa
Hull University Teaching Hospitals

16.00 Questions, Discussion – Close

To register please email info@gpforum.com