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Awareness and Prevention of Falls in Older People

Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010

Awareness and Prevention of Falls in Older People

This course pack looks at the following issues associated with falls: NSF for older people- standard 6 (falls) Falls facts Osteoporosis, fractures and falls Risk factors for falling Medicines that can increase the risk of falling Medication review Physical effects of falls Psychological effects of falls Delivered by PowerPoint presentation, an interactive workshop and informal [...]

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Older People and their Medicines

Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010

This course addresses the issues of: The ageing process Unwanted effects of medicines Why older people are prone to having medication related problems Risk groups of people who are more likely to suffer problems with medicines Common medicines older people take The National Service Framework for Older People and medication review It involves delivery by [...]

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Medicines Awareness and Administation

Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010

The course is specifically aimed at people involved with medicines use within a domiciliary setting This course addresses the issues of: What is a medicine Classes of medicines Formulations of medicines Medicines and the law Administering medicines Storage of medicines It involves delivery by PowerPoint presentation and informal discussion. The Learning Outcomes of this accredited [...]

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Medicines in Care Homes

Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010

This course addresses the issues of: Policies and procedures Patient choice Patient consent Patient confidentiality Medicine storage Ordering medicines Administering medicines Medicine Administration Records (MAR sheets) Disposal of medicines It involves delivery by PowerPoint and an interactive workshop exercise The Learning Outcomes of this accredited course: Know how medicines should be stored Know how medicines [...]

Categories: Health and Social Care Training

Awareness and Prevention of Falls in Older People

Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010

Older People and their Medicines

Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010

Medicines Awareness and Administation

Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010

Medicines in Care Homes

Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010

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Teach CPR In Schools Says British Heart Foundation

The BHF is launching a campaign to teach all children CPR in schools. This campaign complements that featuring Vinnie Jones, doing 'hand-only' CPR, with the aim of helping more people survive a cardia ...

Emergency First Aid at Work Course | Market Harborough, Leicester.

Today was a fun day at the office, well the Angel Hotel, in Market Harborough, running an EFAW course for a group of teachers and staff from St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, in Great Gl ...

Binman Receives Resuscitation Award

A binman from Middlesborough has received an award from the Royal Humane Society after he saved the life of a toddler. Mr Thompson, who had recently completed a two day first aid course with Middlesbo ...

Vinnie Jones CPR Advert Cleared By Watchdog

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have cleared an advert showing Vinnie Jones demonstrating 'hands-only' CPR following complaints from 20 people. The ASA said that people complained because th ...

First Aid News – RIDDOR Reporting Changes

The HSE have issued the following statement: "From 6 April 2012, subject to Parliamentary approval, RIDDOR’s over three day injury reporting requirement will change. From then the trigger point ...

Prince Harry the ‘First Aid Hero’

Prince Harry rushed to the aid of an injured polo player after he was knocked off his horse. As the first on the scene, he gently placed the American business man, Bash Kazi, into the recovery positio ...

First Aid for Pharmacists at De Montfort University Leicester

We have completed a third year of first aid training for pre-registration pharmacists from the East Midlands NHS Hospitals. The course has been designed to give graduate pharmacists life-saving skills ...

We Have Moved

We have now moved to Harborough Innovation Centre, a modern facility located on the outskirts of Market Harborough. The Centre has excellent facilities, including spacious training and meeting rooms, ...

Level 2 Award in Paediatric First Aid ( 12 hours) QCF at Angel Hotel Market Harborough

We held our first 12 Hour Paediatric First Aid Course at the Angel Hotel on the 24th and 25th September. Delegates were from the Caterpillar Day Nursery in Market Harborough. Delegates completed ...

Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) Course at Angel Hotel Market Harborough

We held another open course in August at the Angel Hotel in Market Harborough. Although it was a sunny day all our candidates from various local businesses attended eager to learn some new first aid s ...

Outdoor First Aid Course

We have spent the last two days delivering an ITC Certificate in Outdoor First Aid course for staff and friends of the Pinnacle Climbing Centre in Northampton. The centre has just celebrated one year ...

Emergency First aid at Work at the Springboard Centre, Coalville, Leicester.

We held an Emergency First Aid at Work course today at the Springboard Centre in Coalville. It was the first time we had been to this venue and it proved popular with delegates from two local companie ...

SCL is now an approved Centre for Edexcel

We are pleased to announce that we will now be providing Edexcel courses as well as City & Guilds and ITC first aid courses. More information will follow soon.

Emergency First Aid at Work Course at the Charnwood Arms, Coalville, Leicester.

We had a great day today delivering an EFAW course at a new venue - The Charnwood Arms, in Coalville. The delegates were all from a local company and they proved to be capable first-aiders, with excel ...

First Aid Training Course for Pre-registration Pharmacists, Leicester

SCL has just completed a second year of delivering first aid training to pre-registration pharmacists from hospitals across the East Midlands area, including Northampton, Leicester, Chesterfield, Linc ...

First Aid Training for Market Harborough Rugby Club

We had a busy Saturday providing an Emergency First Aid at Work course for coaches and staff from Market Harborough Rugby Club, Leicestershire. The club are keen to ensure that they provide a safe ...

Update to Resuscitation Council Guidelines.

The Resuscitation Council (UK) has published its 2010 guidelines. The following changes in the BLS guidelines for adults have been made to reflect the importance placed on chest compression, partic ...

Emergency First Aid for Pharmacist Course in Coventry

A group of 18 pharmacists and their staff attended a one-day emergency first aid course at the Coventry Conference Centre last week. The course was organised in conjunction with Coventry Local Pharmac ...

White Paper on NHS reforms

The Government has released its White Paper which outlines fundamental change for the NHS. The paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS' details how power will be devolved from Whitehall to ...

Emergency First Aid at Work Course at The Angel Hotel Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

Being located between Leicester and Northampton, Market Harborough is an excellent location for us to deliver our Emergency First Aid at Work Courses, as well as first aid training in general. Todays ...

How to use your EpiPen

Many people suffer from severe allergic reactions and at this time of year the potential for wasp and bee stings is a real problem. Those who know they have life-threatening reactions often carry an a ...

Contract Monitoring Self-evaluation

Following requests and feedback from colleagues we have designed a simple self-evaluation test based on the pharmacy contract and professional standards. We are hoping that this simple tool will allow ...

Successful First Aid Training at Leicester Fencing Company

Littlewood Fencing, in Great Glen, approached us to help train their team on what to do in an emergency. Their staff mainly work off site and as construction workers, cuts, sprains and other injurie ...

Contract Monitoring for NHS Coventry

This is the fourth year that SCL has supported NHS Coventry in the monitoring of community pharmacy contractual compliance. The monitoring visits were undertaken in April and May with 31 pharmacis bei ...

SCL is working with the Angel Hotel

SCL has teamed up with the Angel Hotel, in Market Harborough, to improve the availability of first aid training in the town. HSE statistics demonstrate that in UK workplaces in 2008/2009 29.3 million ...

SCL provides continued support To Lincolnshire NHS Shared Services

SCL has entered its third year of support for Lincolnshire NHS Shared Services. SCL is providing Internal Verification services and information and advice on the Pharmacy Services NVQ course, run by t ...

Stockwood Consulting Teams up with Zoll

SCL is now part of the Zoll trainer network and able to provide training on the Zoll range of Automated External Defibrillator devices. We are also able to provide new devices to meet the needs of you ...

First Aid Training for Pre-reg Pharmacists

SCL is providing training at De Montfort University to hospital pre-registration pharmacists from the East Midlands Region, to cover the competencies required for their pre-reg syllabus. The course is ...

First Aid for Pharmacists

Tim Harrison. a director here at SCL, has written an article discussing the repsonsibilities of modern day pharmacists with regard to first aid. With increasingly sophisticated services being provided ...