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Hands on Neonatal & Paediatric Echo-cardiography Course
1 & 2 November 2025
Following popular demand, we are organising our paediatric and neonatal Hands-on echo course in Brighton on 01 November and 02 November 2025 (Saturday and Sunday).
Here is the link to the Course Brochure:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JFtUa0HZQ4hkfkDehTLVX2PY9VkLtKw7/view?usp=sharing
The Registration has opened on 1st September, 2025.
We do not register for single days. Apologies for any inconvenience.
For further details and clarification please email cardiologyskills@gmail.com
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Neurodevelopmental e-Conference
12 November 2025
Flyer & booking details
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NHS England NE - Regional workshops
Mentoring Skills Workshop
This workshop is designed to equip participants with the key knowledge and skills required to perform effective mentorship. Building on the knowledge gained from the e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) ‘Medical Mentoring’ programme, this workshop will support discussion around your experience of mentoring and provide the opportunity to apply mentorship frameworks as a mentor in a supportive environment.
Dealing with Sleep Deprivation
Delivery of patient care in the 21st century NHS requires a 24-hour workforce, and this practical workshop is designed to help you recognise and understand the impact of variable shift work on your own personal wellbeing and your ability to deliver patient care. The workshop will also offer practical tips on how you can minimise the risks of variable shift work and fatigue and improve your core sleep.
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CHER - Great North Paediatric Conference 2025
18th & 19th September 2025
It is now just over a week to our Great North Paediatric Conference following a 2 year break so don’t delay and get your placed booked.
Find attached programme and link below to our website for booking:
https://www.cher-newcastle.co.uk/gnpc2025/
Alteratively scan the QR code with your phone:
We have some fantastic speakers including key notes from:
Prof Steve Turner, President of RCPCH
Prof Damian Roland on National PEWS
Dr Paula Drummond on Novel Approaches to Bladder and Bowel Issues
Dr David Campbell on Emerging Approaches to Pancreatitis
Prof Greta Defeyter on Food Insecurity
Prof Nick Embleton on The Butterfly Project
Dr Sunil Bhopal on Born in Bradford project
In addition, there will be many talks updating us on key aspects of paediatric care as well as this year a theme of integrated care and early interventions woven into Day 2.
FEES
Consultants/GPs
2 days - £275
1 day - £175
Any other level doctor
2 days - £225
1 day - £150
Associated medical professional (including nurses, physio, OT etc)
2 days £75
1 day - £50
We do have an online option at a reduced cost but this is only available on Stream 1 of the programme
Consultants/GPs
2 days - £235
1 day - £135
Any other level doctor
2 days - £200
1 day - £125
Associated medical professional (including nurses, physio, OT etc)
2 day - £65
1 day - £40
Programme
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NENC Faculty of Patient Safety Symposium
9th October 2025
This day is a collaborative, multi professional initiative with the Northern Deanery Faculty of Patient Safety and Health Innovation North East and North ​Cumbria
Register here: NENC Faculty of Patient Safety Symposium Tickets, Thu 9 Oct 2025 at 09:30 | Eventbrite
Free to attend, book early as places are limited; a reserve list will be created.
Date: Thursday, 9th October 2025 (face to face only)
Registration: 9:00am
Lunch break: 1:00pm
Main programme: 9:30am till 5:00pm
Venue: Health Innovation, Suite A, 2nd Floor, 1 Citygate, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4WH
The Northern Deanery Faculty of Patient Safety is working collaboratively with the Health Innovation to deliver a focused review and an opportunity to share best practice in supporting the wellbeing of the workforce as well as the successful implementation of learning from patient safety investigations. This review day aims to bring together learners, senior patient safety teams, workplace supervisors and educator workforce to support a psychologically safe patient safety learning environment under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.
This review day will provide thematic insights into the experience of educational teams, learners in the workplace and relationships between relevant teams. Education and training is an essential component for any learning and improvement from any of the investigation responses to implement wider change.
The programme includes:
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Lead Speaker: Dr Sarah Troughton, Associate Specialist in Psychiatry focusing on the psychological impact and moral injury experienced by healthcare staff involved in the PSIRF investigation processes.
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Thematic review of patient safety components from the annual quality educational review cycle.
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Real experiences from staff and the wider psychological impact of an early patient safety incident investigation process.
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Best practice examples in the involvement of all healthcare learners and staff involved in investigations.
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Multiprofessional workshops on emerging key challenges.
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Introduction to Research in the NHS
23 & 24 October 2025
We have now planned the next date for our 2-day Introduction to Research in the NHS course. The attached flyer and agenda provide more details. This is a really good way to find out how to get involved in NHS research and to learn some of the basic principles of planning a study and critical appraisal.
We are putting on the course in October 23-24th 2025 as a face-to-face course in Regent Point, Newcastle.
​The courses are very popular and often fill up so book early to avoid disappointment!
Flyer
Programme
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CHIPS, Regional Paediatric Palliative Care study days
We are excited to announce 2026 dates for the CHIPS, Regional Paediatric Palliative Care study day. The day is multi-disciplinary, and we have allocated 2 places per date for medics at F1-ST3 level.
Please see attached timetable for interest and if you could like to book a place, please contact Katie.Metcalfe4@nhs.net
We hope to see you there!
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British Paediatric Neurology Association-
Paediatric Epilepsy Training 123
We have an upcoming PET 2 and PET 3 course in Newcastle, which I was hoping you would be able to share with your networks and colleagues.
Links are below for the course page on the website.
Course flyer
PET2 Newcastle, 13-14 November 2025- https://courses.bpna.org.uk/ecomm_product_view.php?courseid=1171
PET3 Newcastle, 13-14 November 2025- https://courses.bpna.org.uk/ecomm_product_view.php?courseid=1172
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Archives of Disease in Childhood: Call for Trainee Associate Editors
Closing date 3 October
Advert
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NEST Videos
At the RVI neonatal unit, we have produced a selection of neonatal specific procedural videos which are available through the following YouTube link
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKI7z2lqaLqxmfifOFFbQVzoZrACs7ifn
These cover various neonatal procedural skills such as facemask ventilation, intubation, lines insertion, LISA, IO access, chest drains, use of Hamilton ventilator etc.
This resource is available for anyone to use in the network and is welcomed to be shared amongst colleagues, but is only accessible through the above link.
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This HEE (working across North East and North Cumbria) paediatric event newsletter is circulated every month. If you have any courses or meetings that you wish to advertise to trainees/trainers please contact Adele Simpson or Kelly Baxter before the last week of the month.