September 2023
Trauma-Informed & Solution-Focused Practice Programme
9:15 am - 1:00 pm
Trauma-Informed & Solution-Focused Practice Programme Open across Devon to all community based, health and social care providers. Join us for 1 morning a month for 3 months. Book your place below. A partnership between the ICS and Zebra Collective, with the aim of raising awareness, understanding and use of trauma-informed (TI) & solution-focused (SF) practice across the integrated care system, offering the following fully funded opportunity: How will the course run? Participants will meet monthly in cohorts of 16,...
County Care Home Forum - September
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
An open invitation to all care homes within the Devon County Council footprint to regularly meet with Devon’s Market Management Team, CCG, commissioners and other professionals to share information on key topics of interest and concern, hear about and get involved in care home commissioning work and find out more about other key national and local care home priorities.
Housing with Support, Enabling, & Day Services Sector Forum September
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The countywide Housing with Support, Enabling, & Day Services Sector Forum meets monthly on the last Thursday of the month from 11am until 12 noon. It‘s a chance for organisations who provide supported living, enabling, extra care, shared lives, day services, enabling and the homeless support services that are commissioned by DCC, to get together to discuss or raise any strategic or process issues rather than individual service users issues. The main aim is to unblock any barriers we encounter when working...
October 2023
Pressure Ulcer Prevention- Free live education webinar by Eastern Care Services Team
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pressure Ulcer Prevention including Tissue Viability, Plus, information from the Independent Living Centre on Seating solutions and Pressure Relief. Presented by Specialist Nurse Educators with the E.C.S.T Tuesday 3rd October 2023 14:00 – 16:00 To attend please complete booking form via this link Presentation discussing Pressure Ulcer Prevention covering the following topics Structure Function – Skin What is a Pressure Ulcer? What are Moisture Lesions? Prevention of Pressure Ulcers and Moisture Lesions Documentation / Reporting This training is available to...
Continence Management- Free live education webinar by Eastern Care Services Team
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Continence Management NEW for 2023 presented by Specialist Nurse Educators with the E.C.S.T. Thursday 5th October 2023 14:00 - 16:00 To attend please complete booking form via this link Agenda Items include: Understand the relevance for continence assessment Anatomy & Physiology of the Bladder & Bowel Impact & types of Incontinence Constipation plus more This training is available to all staff working in Registered Care Homes / Care Providers in Mid Devon, East Devon and Exeter only
Introduction to diabetes- Free live educational webinar by Eastern Care Services Team
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Introduction to diabetes - Learning the basics. Hosted by the Eastern Care Services Team 14.00 to 16.00 on 10th October. To attend please complete booking form. This training is available to Registered Care Homes / Care Providers in Mid Devon, East Devon and Exeter only. All training packages delivered by the Eastern Care Services Team are in addition to the routine mandatory training provided by the care provider where you are employed. Eastern Care Services Team, generic email - rduh.careservices@nhs.net
Swallowing with Speech & Language Therapy- Free live education webinar by Eastern Care Services Team
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Swallowing with Speech & Language Therapy, support with any difficulties webinar. Collaboration with the Speech & Language Therapy Team RDUH, hosted by the Eastern Care Services Team. To attend please complete booking form. Date of Session: 11th October 2023 14:00 – 15:30
Oral Health Education Session FREE Live Education Webinar- hosted by Eastern Care Services Team
2:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Oral Health Educational Webinar presented by the NDHT Oral Health Practitioners NHS Thursday 12th October 2023 14:00 – 16:15 To attend please complete booking form via this link Some of the topics covered in this session are Ø Why oral health is important Ø Toothbrushing, Ø Identifying tooth decay and gum disease, Ø The signs and symptoms of gum disease, Ø Tooth decay and oral cancer, Ø Diet, Ø End of life and oral care, Ø Oral care plans and CQC requirements and accessing dental care. This training...
Housing with Support, Enabling, and Day Services Sector Forum
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The countywide Housing with Support, Enabling, & Day Services Sector Forum meets monthly on the last Thursday of the month from 11am until 12 noon. It‘s a chance for organisations who provide supported living, enabling, extra care, shared lives, day services, enabling and the homeless support services that are commissioned by DCC, to get together to discuss or raise any strategic or process issues rather than individual service users issues. The main aim is to unblock any barriers we encounter when working...
County Care Home Forum - October
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
An open invitation to all care homes within the Devon County Council footprint to regularly meet with Devon’s Market Management Team, CCG, commissioners and other professionals to share information on key topics of interest and concern, hear about and get involved in care home commissioning work and find out more about other key national and local care home priorities.
Posture Care Awareness- Free live education webinar by Eastern Care Services Team
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Posture Care Awareness Hosted by Specialist Nurse Educators with the E.C.S.T. Tuesday 31st October 2023 14:00 – 15:30. To attend please complete booking form via this link Agenda Items include Ø What is Posture and why it is important? Ø What are the Risks? Ø What can we do to prevent body shape changes? This training is available to all staff working in Registered Care Homes / Care Providers in Mid Devon, East Devon and Exeter only
November 2023
Antimicrobial Stewardship and You - Prevention of Infection- Free live education webinar by Eastern Care Services Team
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Antimicrobial Stewardship and You - Prevention of Infection- Free live education webinar by Eastern Care Services Team 9th November 2023 14:00 – 16:00. To attend please complete booking form via this link. Topics under discussion: Exploration of Antimicrobial Stewardship The Care of People with notable antibiotic resistance organisms The Importance of careful specimen collection
Prevention & Control of Infections- Free live education webinar by Eastern Care Services Team
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Prevention & Control of Infections within the Care Setting, presented by Kathy Gray, Specialist Nurse Educator with the Eastern Care Services Team. To attend please complete booking form. Some of the topics covered in this session are: What are Standard Precautions including all areas of PPE Prevention of Spread of Infection Common Infections in Care Homes and the Community, Sepsis.
County Care Home Forum - November
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
An open invitation to all care homes within the Devon County Council footprint to regularly meet with Devon’s Market Management Team, CCG, commissioners and other professionals to share information on key topics of interest and concern, hear about and get involved in care home commissioning work and find out more about other key national and local care home priorities.
Housing with Support, Enabling, & Day Services Sector Forum November
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The countywide Housing with Support, Enabling, & Day Services Sector Forum meets monthly on the last Thursday of the month from 11am until 12 noon. It‘s a chance for organisations who provide supported living, enabling, extra care, shared lives, day services, enabling and the homeless support services that are commissioned by DCC, to get together to discuss or raise any strategic or process issues rather than individual service users issues. The main aim is to unblock any barriers we encounter when working...
Urinary Tract infections & Catheter Care- Free live education webinar by Eastern Care Services Team
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Urinary Tract Infection & Catheter Care, Presented by Kathy Gray, Specialist Nurse Educator with the Eastern Care Services Team. 14:00 – 16:00. To attend please complete booking form. Some of the topics covered in this session are: What is a UTI What are the causes of a UTI How is a UTI managed Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (C.A.U.T.I.) What are the risks associated with C.A.U.T.I Catheter Care / Care Planning.
December 2023
Personal Care at Home Provider Forum
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
An open invitation to all Personal Care providers within the Devon County Council footprint to regularly meet with Devon’s Market Management Team, ICB, commissioners and other professionals to share information on key topics of interest and concern, hear about and get involved in personal care commissioning work and find out more about other key national and local care home priorities. The agenda will be as follows, but we will adjust it to include specific relevant updates as required. Welcome Market...