PROTECTED LEARNING TIME POLICY AND APPLICATION PROCESS Protected Learning Time Protected Learning Time (PLT) is an opportunity for general practice teams (GPs, registered nurses, healthcare assistants, admin/reception staff and allied health professionals) to learn about new clinical developments and updates to national guidance in an environment that promotes patient care. PLT events are also essential in promoting…
Jess’s Rule is a primary care initiative to encourage GPs teams to rethink a diagnosis if a patient presents three times with the same symptoms or concerns, particularly if symptoms unexpectedly persist, escalate, or remain unexplained. It is led by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England and is supported by…
The recent release of the Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Services (DES), confirmed the addition of other nurse roles now eligible for Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme funding. New to General Practice Nurses are now included and must be undertaking a GPN Trainee course. There are specific conditions, which will apply. View more information in this…
The recording, slides and supporting resources can be accessed for this webinar can be accessed here. You can read more about the scheduled changes in the letter from UKHSA and NHS England, which was published on 30 April 2025. This letter lays out the changes to the routine childhood vaccination schedule and to the selective…
As stipulated in national guidance, all cervical sample takers who carry out this procedure and practise in London must have a London cervical sample taker PIN. This is unique to the individual sample taker and must not be shared with others. The PIN should be entered onto all cervical sample requests; failure to do so…
The recoding of the recent NWRS webinar is on our recording website (link below). You will also find links to the variety of resources pertaining to NWRS.North West London Training Hub – Training Recordings—please remember to log in using your NHS email address if prompted. Useful Links Contact Email – [email protected] Collection Page – SDCS…
NICE recently published new guidelines Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management found here. Two webinars were held to introduce the new guidelines and provide information about implementing them. These new guidelines were a collaboration of BTS, NICE, and SIGN, and jointly published by all three organisations. Webinar 2 – Management of chronic asthmaManagement of newly diagnosed asthma using the new guidelines…
The Multiprofessional Differential Attainment toolkit was developed by the NHS England Professional Support Unit, in collaboration with the Workforce, Training & Education Directorate, and stakeholders from NHS Providers and Higher Education Institutions from across London. The toolkit was derived from the Differential Attainment Toolkit for Doctors at the request and support of the Pan London…
Slides from November & December session Please note: slides contain clickable links to resources mentioned during the session Click for Slides
Please see the slides from the session on 20/11/24 Click for Slides & Recording