| Every week we circulate a round-up of information we have been asked to distribute to our members, along with any other items of interest to share with you.
Look out for the ‘Child Health Tuesday’ bulletin in your inboxes every Tuesday afternoon.
Contact us: england.northernchildnetwork@nhs.net Tweet us: @EveryChildNENC
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REGISTER YOUR PLACE NOW
Youth Mental Health First Aid – new course dates (Newcastle)
Spaces are fully subsidised by the Child Health and Wellbeing Network
This fully accredited course from Mental Health First Aid England enables practitioners who work with Young People (aged 8-18) to identify the early signs of Mental Health issues and signpost them to the relevant professional support and to gain confidence in talking to young people openly about their Mental Health and Wellbeing in areas such as:
This is an interactive course, allowing delegates to work in groups as well as an individual. All course resources will be supplied. Upon completion each delegate will be issued with a Mental Health First Aid certificate that is valid for 3 years.
If you would like to book a space, please click on the relevant link below. Please book only one course as places are limited. We require 36hrs notice if you wish to cancel your place. Please only book a space for yourself.
Gosforth Library Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th May 2024 https://forms.office.com/e/vwDaMdWTef Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd October 2024 https://forms.office.com/e/1Mu3iR91G7 Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th March 2025 https://forms.office.com/e/m8ykndKLzz
Charlton Street Hub, Lemington Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th July 2024 https://forms.office.com/e/XrNHAC1DCQ Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd November 2024 https://forms.office.com/e/1wQPbe21GY Thursday 20th and Friday 21st February 2025 https://forms.office.com/e/1gr3uUyjQm
The Haven, Kenton Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th June 2024 https://forms.office.com/e/syNFQ64RuQ Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th December 2024 https://forms.office.com/e/vJv8CU19Fh
Fawdon Children’s Centre Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th January 2025 https://forms.office.com/e/UbfbwrBnj2
If you have any queries or questions, please contact the course instructor: Simon Davidson on 07525734131 or simon.davidson@actionforchildren.org.uk
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Beat Asthma Friendly Schools and Sports Clubs – get involved!
The Beat Asthma Friendly Schools (BAFS) award was initiated to encourage schools to develop safe, healthy and inclusive environments for students with asthma. The BAFS Accreditation scheme aims to support the whole school community in understanding and managing asthma and is specifically for schools and education settings in the North East and North Cumbria. Research indicates that asthma is accountable for up to 18% of school absence and the accreditation scheme aims to support schools and education settings to respond to this.
We recognise that as well as spending a large proportion of time in education settings, children and young people also spend a significant amount of time accessing extra-curricular activities and sports clubs and various groups. In NENC we have further developed this community approach and have developed a similar accreditation framework called Beat Asthma Friendly Clubs (BAFC) for community and other organisations providing sports/activity clubs and groups.
If you would like to find out more about either Beat Asthma Friendly Schools or Beat Asthma Friendly Clubs, please email Louise Dauncey, Network Delivery Manager via england.northernchildnetwork@nhs.net
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Managing type 2 diabetes in CYP e-learning module
A new ‘Managing type 2 diabetes in CYP’ e-learning module is now live on the NHS Learning Hub.
There are six 30-minute sessions authored by key experts in the field covering a range of topics including diagnosis, glucose monitoring, complications, pharmaceutical interventions and young adult care. The module is primarily aimed at staff working in specialist children and young adult diabetes services and we hope that the resource will help improve staff awareness and confidence in how best to care for CYP with type 2 diabetes, and contribute to improving care and the longer-term health of this vulnerable group.
Access the module within the Learning Hub (requires registration on the hub)
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ARFID training resources
Resources are now available for the recent online session ‘ARFID Training: Assessment, Diagnosis and Identification of Risk’, led by NHS England North East and Yorkshire Regional Mental Health Team. The slides and recording can be accessed here on the FutureNHS Platform.
Links to all of the websites discussed during the session have also been included below:
If you require a registration link for FutureNHS please email natalie.fox2@nhs.net
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Paediatric heart transplant study day
Tuesday 18th June, 8.30am-3pm, online
A fantastic study day led by the NENC Congenital Heart Disease Network, open to all with an interest in improving knowledge and skills in the management of children and young people who have undergone a heart transplant. The aim of this study day is to provide colleagues with insight into the pathway of care and the challenges facing this group of patients.
We hope to attract a local and national audience to enhance the shared care pathway for all those children who have had a heart transplant at the Freeman Hospital and their families.
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FREE support for carers and care givers ( Funded for England and Scotland only)
The WEA has curated a diverse programme of FREE online courses designed to provide distraction, escape and joy which are designed to fit around care responsibilities. Read more and access the programme directly.
You do not need to be in receipt of a carers allowance to be eligible.
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NIHR ARCs national webinars: health inequalities
In this national #ARCseminar series of three webinars, we explore how health inequity cuts across life stages and places. Our speakers will present their research on health inequalities in early life, later life and between English regions.
Health inequalities in early life – Weds 8th May 1pm Regional health inequalities – Weds 5th June 1pm Health inequalities in later life – Weds 10th July 1pm
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Introducing Boost – helping us to ‘be the best at getting better’
Boost is a new platform that provides a hub for innovation, idea-sharing, networking, and supporting improvement efforts across the North East and North Cumbria.
Boost is hosted by the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, and the community is open to anyone with an interest in driving forward change in health and care. It offers an opportunity for people to come together, share good ideas, promote new solutions, as well as learn when things don’t go well.
Find out more and join the Boost community.
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The following messages have been circulated by the Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme team for information and action where appropriate.
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Community Health Services SitRep data – February 2024
The February 2024 Community Health Services (CHS) SitRep data is now ready and available via NHS Futures and published on the NHS Website.
The SitRep was introduced to assess the extent to which services advised to “partially stop” in the Community Prioritisation Guidance (19 March 2020) had been restored. It has evolved to collect data on waiting lists and waiting times. It provides valuable intelligence about the extent of waiting lists across community health services, offering a more standardised and validated view of waiting list performance, and helping isolate and break down of long waits.
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Published: April 23