Alzheimer’s Society have a new guide for emergency services. This one features some of our own on the front page from Somerset, so its worth a look just for that! In all seriousness it’s a great resources with some good links.
Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity. We campaign for change, fund research to find a cure and support people living with dementia today.
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. Someone develops it every three minutes and there’s currently no cure.
We know it is scary facing up to it, but we must confront the biggest health and social care challenge of our time.
Thanks to your support, Alzheimer’s Society is facing dementia head on. Whether you’re a fundraiser, donor, partner, or affected by dementia in any way, we’re working with you to build a movement. Inspired by your voices, we’re leading the way in support, society and research.
We are calling on everyone to unite. Working together we know we will achieve our vision – a world without dementia.
Click Here to read more details
Sign Language is a visual means of communicating using gestures, facial expression, and body language. Sign Language is used mainly by people who are Deaf or have hearing impairments.
British.Sign.co.uk are offering discounted courses for NHS staff. (Recommended Key worker price is £10)
Learning BSL with us costs just £25 whatever price you feel you are able to afford during this difficult time.
This one-time enrolment-fee gives you free access to all of the online signing course material for 2 years so that you can come back at any time to refresh your skills.
The School of Sign offers free signing resources aimed at early years primary children – get your kids on board to help you learn by osmosis!
There are lots of free resources online- here’s a few to get you started from YouTube:
Versus Arthritis is a community providing support for people with arthritis across the UK. They support world-class research and breakthrough treatments.
They have an HCPC page with lots of great resources and training materials for free, including webinars made in collaboration with Red Whale.
‘We are Versus Arthritis. We’re the 10 million people living with arthritis. We’re the carers, researchers, healthcare professionals, friends, parents, runners and fundraisers all united in our ambition to ensure that one day, no one will have to live with the pain, fatigue and isolation that arthritis causes.’
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a condition that causes severe pain which won’t go away. It usually affects just one arm or leg and often follows an earlier injury to the limb. However, the body’s reaction to the injury is much stronger than usual and may affect more of the limb than the original injury did.
Click here to read more Complex regional pain syndrome
Chronic Pain: Why it can only be in the brain
Watch the chronic pain webinar here.
View the Red Whale PEARL on Chronic Pain here.
Gout – how can we do it better? – 1 CPD point
View the Red Whale PEARL on Gout here.
Supporting rheumatology patients during COVID-19 – 1 CPD point
Watch the supporting rheumatology patients webinar here.
View the Red Whale PEARL on supporting rheumatology patients here.
MSK conditions: a remote assessment survival guide – 1 CPD point
Watch the MSK conditions webinar here.
View the Red Whale PEARL on MSK conditions here.
Inflammatory arthritis: Early diagnosis and total control – what can we do in primary care?
Watch the inflammatory arthritis webinar here.
View the Red Whale PEARL inflammatory arthritis here.
Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: The Primary Care guide
View the Red Whale PEARL on PMR here.
Paediatric MSK: Red flags and when to worry
Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme (CDEP) Hypo-Awareness Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of hypoglycemia to healthcare professionals in the UK and Ireland. This project has been funded by Sanofi who have had no input into any arrangements or content.
CDEP will be offering out training on the following two topics of study, also available after Hypo-Awareness Week:
The two topics can be studied at your own pace, and each topic can be completed in as little as 15 minutes. Once you have completed a topic, you will be rewarded with a CDEP certificate and reflection form.
Click here to read more about Hypo-Awareness week, and what you can do to become a part of it.
Muscular Dystrophy UK has come together with leading neuromuscular specialists to develop CPD-accredited e-learning modules on neuromuscular conditions, including new courses for occupational therapists and nurses.
Before taking these free e-learning modules we recommend that you first complete our online course providing an introduction to muscle-wasting conditions which you can also access By Clicking HERE
Also – you can view examples of the alert cards for individual muscle wasting conditions can be found buy clicking HERE
This website is the result of a collaboration between partnered organisations supporting those who reside in Somerset, all with the same joint aim and passion; to improve the end of life experience and bereavement support for every person in Somerset.
This website aims to provide advice, guidance, education and support to all health and social care teams in the county by sharing national and local ‘Somerset-wide’ guidelines.
The National Tracheostomy Safety Project have collaborated with the NHS e-Learning for Healthcare (eLfH) and the Royal College of Anaesthetists e-Learning in Anaesthesia project (eLA) to develop four self-directed modules. Click here to access them.
The National Tracheostomy Safety Project has collaborated with colleagues, patients and families from around the world to improve tracheostomy care. They have brought ideas and know-how from exemplar sites to the UK as part of the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative(GTC). The GTC is a Quality Improvement Collaborative and helps motivated sites and individuals implement best practices and collect data to see the improvements that are possible.