Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West continuing professional development

We are accepting applications for continuing professional development (CPD) funding for allied health professionals, nurses and nursing associates employed in an NHS GP practice or Primary Care Network within Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.

How to apply for CPD funding

  1. Review course offering on this webpage
  2. Submit the continuing professional development funding application Microsoft Form (or scan the QR code)
  3. Await application outcome email from TVW Primary Care School
  4. If successful, further application details will be shared in outcome email

We recommend you visit the provider / course webpage to determine if a course is suitable for your needs.

If you cannot find the information you need, email: england.primarycareschooltvw.se@nhs.net.

If you would like a career development conversation, email us with your preferred availability, so our team can arrange a meeting with you.

We will send you an email detailing why your request has been declined, and suggest alternative CPD options, or invite you to have a career development conversation with one of our team.

We are updating our course offering on this webpage all the time, so recommend checking back here regularly. You may also wish to sign up to our mailing list(s) for email updates.

Unfortunately we are currently unable to offer bespoke CPD requests.

If you are looking for courses at Level 8 (Consultant), please email us on england.primarycareschooltvw.se@nhs.net.

Live opportunities

Dementia – Suitable for Nurses

Dates: cohort commencing February 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Level of study: Level 6 or Level 7

Link: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/courses/short/dementia-care

This course will cover a range of areas relating to dementia care such as:

• assessment and interventions for patients who have an altered physical status
• altered psychological status and altered social status secondary to dementia
• the concept of patient-centred care in dementia and an understanding of the patient journey to ensure specific needs such as care planning and communication are met
• the roles of relatives, friends, and the extended healthcare team in supporting a patient with dementia

Dermatology – Suitable for Nurses

Dates: two-day course: Wednesday 5 and Wednesday 26 March 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

The aim of this course is to equip Primary Care healthcare professionals with evidence-based knowledge and practical confidence to elevate dermatology care, improve patient support for common skin conditions, and ensure appropriate secondary care referral.

Updates

Dates: one-day update: Wednesday 20 November 2024 and Thursday 27 February 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This course is relevant for Primary Care staff who wish to update knowledge on dermatology care, including evidence-based practice and guidance.

Diabetes – Suitable for Nurses and Nursing Associates

Dates: cohort commencing February 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, Uxbridge Campus

Level of study: Level 6 or Level 7

Link: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/courses/short/diabetes-care

This course will help develop your knowledge and understanding of caring for patients with diabetes, studying the nature of diabetes mellitus in greater depth, including its impact on the patient and family.

Dates: two-day course: Monday 20 and Monday 27 January 2025, Wednesday 30 April 2025, Wednesday 14 May 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This two-day training is designed for Primary Care staff who are new to the field of diabetes care. If you’ve recently started seeing patients with diabetes, or are planning to, this course is tailored to provide you with the fundamental knowledge and skills required to confidently care for individuals with diabetes. The primary focus is on adults with Type 2 diabetes, although key recommendations and signposting for patients with Type 1 diabetes will also be covered.

Updates

Dates: one-day update: Monday 18 November 2025, Monday 10 February 2025 and Monday 9 June 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This update course covers the latest trends in diabetes management, encompassing a thorough understanding of cutting-edge pharmacological interventions utilised in diabetes care.

End of life care – Suitable for AHPs and Nurses

Dates: cohort commencing February 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, Uxbridge Campus

Level of study: Level 6 or Level 7

Link: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/courses/short/end-life-care-and-symptom-management

This course is suitable for qualified healthcare professionals who wish to develop their knowledge, understanding and skillset in caring for patients at the end of their lives, across all care settings.

It is designed to deliver up-to-date theory and to allow discussion of advancements in practice including new interventions and technological developments. The taught content will be linked to your experiences allowing critical discussion of practice with other students on the course.

Frailty – Suitable for AHPs and Nurses

Dates: cohort commencing February 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, Uxbridge Campus

Level of study: Level 6 or Level 7

Link: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/courses/short/frailty-care

This course will support you to develop an understanding of the appropriate assessment and management strategies for the clinical care of a person with frailty. Current and relevant government and clinical guidelines will also be explored.

You’ll gain insight into the experiences of the frail older person and have the chance to reflect on prevention, assessment and to build strategies for frailty. You’ll also explore issues relating to the management and development of healthcare services to enhance support for the person with frailty.

Heart – Suitable for AHPs and Nurses

Dates: cohort commencing February 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, Uxbridge Campus

Level of study: Level 6 or Level 7

Link: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/courses/short/cardiac-disease-prevention-and-management-non-specialists

You don’t need to be a specialist in cardiac care to attend this course, but have a desire to learn more about cardiac disease and its management. Unlike the traditional Cardiac Care module there is no requirement to fulfil a book of clinical competencies.

If you’re looking to enhance your professional development, but don’t require credits to put towards a qualification, then you can choose to study this course without credits attached and don’t need to complete the final assessment. If you choose this route, you’ll receive a certificate of CPD hours which will be valuable for NMC revalidation purposes.

Dates: two-day course: Wednesday 26 February 2025 and Wednesday 5 March 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

These training days are designed to provide a holistic approach to cardiovascular diseases, encompassing coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, heart failure, and hypertension. Participants will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to perform annual reviews for patients with these conditions.

Advanced / enhanced care

Dates: on demand, with four months access to materials

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://rotherhamrespiratory.com/heart-courses/advancing-heart-failure-care-course-online/

The following topics will be covered:

• Definitions of heart failure
• Pathophysiology of heart failure
• Signs and symptoms of heart failure
• Diagnosing heart failure: clinical examinations and tests
• Pharmacological treatment of heart failure
• Managing fluid congestion in heart failure
• The kidneys in heart failure
• Device therapies
• Cardiac rehabilitation and self-care
• Reviewing a heart failure patient
• The role of palliative care in heart failure

History taking and assessment – Suitable for AHPs and Nurses

Dates: commencing Wednesday 15 January 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, White Knights campus, Reading

Level of study: Level 7

Link: https://www.reading.ac.uk/pharmacy/cpd-from-cippet/short-courses/certificate-in-diagnostic-reasoning

This module is aimed at practising healthcare professionals who are in roles requiring, or that will require, advanced skills in diagnostics to support differential diagnosis and critical thinking. You will be supported to develop skills in analysing, evaluating and recording information in relation to enhanced patient care roles.

Advanced / enhanced care

Dates: cohorts commencing in January 2025 and May 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, Oxford / Swindon

Level of study: Level 7

Link: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/cpd/advanced-history-taking-and-assessment

This module will allow you to build critical thinking skills by enhancing your knowledge and skills in taking a comprehensive patient history and performing a thorough physical and psychosocial assessment.

Dates: commencing Wednesday 23 April 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, White Knights campus, Reading

Level of study: Level 7

Link: https://www.reading.ac.uk/pharmacy/cpd-from-cippet/short-courses/certificate-in-advanced-history-taking-and-clinical-assessment

This module is designed for practising healthcare professionals who are required to complete history taking and physical assessment of patients. You will be supported to develop skills in analysing, evaluating and recording information in relation to enhanced patient care roles.

Immunisations and Travel Health – Suitable For Nurses and Nursing Associates

Travel health

Dates: two-day course: Thursday 24 and Friday 25 April 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This course is tailored for healthcare professionals who have completed a two-day foundation course in general immunisation and are planning to start offering travel health advice, including vaccinations.

Updates

Dates: half-day course: Wednesday 22 January 2025 and Thursday 8 May 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

An annual update of national cohort immunisations for both adults and children, for professionals who have already completed a two-day foundation course.

This session content fulfils the mandatory requirements outlined in the Public Health England (2018) National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Registered Healthcare Practitioners.

Dates: half-day course: Wednesday 22 January 2025 and Thursday 8 May 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

An update course for participants who are practicing in the area of travel health.

Injection therapy – Suitable for AHPs and Nurses

Dates: Saturday 23 November 2024, Saturday 7 June 2025, Sunday 8 June 2025 (all dates required)

Delivery method: face-to-face, St George’s, London

Link: https://sommcourses.org/product/theory-practice-of-injection-therapy/

The module reviews and develops the clinical reasoning and injection therapy skills needed to practise injection therapy effectively and safely. It is open to all experienced HCPC registered allied health professionals and registered nurses wishing to integrate these skills into the clinical management of patients with musculoskeletal disorders.

Updates

Dates: Saturday 14 December 2024

Delivery method: face-to-face, St George’s, London

Link: https://sommcourses.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Z4ocMkamEGEwFLV4O78B_SOMM-Injection-Therapy-CPD-Day-Booklet-2024.pdf

An update course for experienced injection therapists who are interested in developing ongoing injection therapy capabilities and enhancing reasoning skills in musculoskeletal injection therapy.

Interpreting blood results – Suitable for AHPs

Dates: Wednesday 12 February 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://www.macpweb.org/events/

This is a course designed for AHP’s working, who are wanting to work as autonomous practitioners with access to diagnostics in first contact practitioner or advanced practice roles.

This will be a full day course designed to provide an in-depth review of the blood tests commonly used in musculoskeletal practice, what they are and when to consider them.

Men’s health- Suitable for Nurses and Nursing Associates

Updates

Dates: one-day update: Thursday 30 January 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

An update course for participants who are already practicing in the area of men’s health.

Mental health – Suitable for AHPs, Nurses and Nursing Associates

Dates: two-day course: Thursday 14 and Thursday 21 November 2024

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This course will support staff to enhance their knowledge and skills in mental health and learning disability care within the Primary Care setting.

Day one will have an overview of mental health disorders and appropriate interventions, an introduction to performing annual review for mental health patients.

Day two will define and identify a range of learning disabilities and explore their impact on individuals’ lives and strategies for support. There will also be an introduction for performing annual reviews for learning disability patients.

Dates: Tuesday 11 February 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://www.mkupdate.co.uk/course/self-harm-and-suicide-awareness

This course aims to provide an understanding of patients presenting with self harm and suicidal thoughts. Learners are supported to identify risks and given knowledge of how to provide appropriate care, support and referral to correct services.

Dates: Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 January 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://www.mkupdate.co.uk/course/understanding-mental-health-in-primary-care

This two-day course provides an introductory overview of several mental health conditions. It will also look at cultural aspects, history taking, and enabling people to gain a deeper understanding of a wide range of conditions.

Minor illness – Suitable for AHPs and Nurses

Dates: two-day course: Wednesday 5 and Wednesday 12 February 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

These two days are dedicated to nurses and other allied healthcare professionals who are either new to or revisiting the realm of minor illness assessment and treatment. The course progression is designed to take you from foundational knowledge to more confident and adept management of patients, encompassing both adults and children.

Updates

Dates: one-day update: Wednesday 29 January 2025 and Wednesday 9 April 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

By catering to experienced registered healthcare professionals already practicing in the area of minor illness, this update equips participants to elevate their existing skills, apply the latest insights, and enhance patient care through informed, compassionate, and effective practices.

Musculoskeletal conditions – Suitable for AHPs

Dates: Thursday 23 January 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://www.macpweb.org/events/437/spinal-masqueraders-study-day-30th-november-2024

This one-day interactive course is designed to enhance awareness and clinical reasoning in the management of the five most common spinal masqueraders seen in physiotherapy practice.

Content is designed to develop delegates’ clinical reasoning skills and to maximise the integration of newly acquired knowledge into everyday clinical practice.

The day is designed for those working in advanced practitioner or first contact practitioner roles, or those interested in progression into these fields.

Pain management – Suitable for AHPs

Dates: Friday 14 March 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://www.macpweb.org/events/445/understanding-medication-in-pain-management

This one-day course is designed to give clinicians working in community musculoskeletal settings a grounding in how analgesics work. Their effects, both good and bad will be explored. The role of non-prescriber in having conversations around medication will be discussed. 

Spirometry – Suitable for AHPs and Nurses

Dates: offered on multiple dates

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://www.educationforhealth.org/product/spirometry-interactive-blended-online-learning-package/

This spirometry interactive blended online learning package is designed for healthcare professionals who are responsible for performing, recording and interpreting spirometry in adults, or a combination of these.

Participants can join this course at any time, there are no set start dates. Participants have six months to complete their studying.

Each month, a live interactive tutorial is held to ensure learners have opportunities to check their understanding with their clinical tutor, ask questions and share best practice with other learners. 

Dates: offered on multiple dates

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://www.educationforhealth.org/product/spirometry-interactive-blended-online-learning-package-including-artp-assessment-access/

This spirometry interactive blended online learning package including ARTP assessment access course is designed for healthcare professionals who are responsible for performing, recording and interpreting spirometry in adults, or a combination of these.

Participants can join this course at any time, there are no set start dates. Participants have six months to complete their study.

Each month, a live interactive tutorial is held to ensure learners have opportunities to check their understanding with their clinical tutor, ask questions and share best practice with other learners. You will be supported to feel ready for the ARTP accreditation process. The assessment cost is included in this funding offer 

Updates

Dates: offered on multiple dates

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://www.educationforhealth.org/product/spirometry-refresher-with-access-to-artp-assessment-online/

This spirometry refresher with access to ARTP assessment course has been designed for learners who have spirometry experience but are not currently on the ARTP register. These learners need to refresh their knowledge around spirometry and complete their ARTP accreditation.

The spirometry refresher course consists of:
• Pre-recorded lectures which will enable you to learn at a pace and time that is suitable for you
• Live Q&A webinars every month which will provide you with opportunity to ask questions to a clinical expert as well as share practice with your peers
• Access to the ARTP assessment process. You will be supported to prepare for the assessment. The cost of accreditation is included in the course

Dates: offered on multiple dates

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://www.educationforhealth.org/product/spirometry-update-online-with-askspiro/

The spirometry update package is specifically designed for people who are looking to fulfil the CPD requirement, to complete their annual ARTP certification.

The package comprises six months access to the online course and access to the Ask Spiro service.

Please note: the cost for the ARTP renewal certificate is not included in this funded course offer. To apply to the national register, you will need to contact ARTP directly.

Women’s health – Suitable for Nurses and Nurses Associates

Dates: half-day course: Monday 9 December 2024 and Monday 31 March 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, The Lambert Hotel, Wallington

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This half-day course is designed to empower healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to proficiently perform ring pessary fitting and exchange. Participants will benefit from a structured learning experience that includes supervised practice to achieve competencies in this crucial aspect of women’s health care.

Dates: Tuesday 4 and 25 February 2025

Delivery method: Virtual

Link: The Menopause Course for nurses – British Menopause Society

This two-day course is designed for nurses who regularly see and advise women about menopause issues. Content includes common presentations, the range of treatments and associated quality standards

Contraception

Dates: five-day course:
Day 1 – Wednesday 5 February 2025
Day 2 – Thursday 6 February 2025
Day 3 – Thursday 6 March 2025
Day 4 – Wednesday 14 May 2025
Exam – Wednesday 10 September 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, The Lambert Hotel, Wallington

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

The primary objective of this course is to empower qualified nurses to deliver exceptional contraceptive and reproductive sexual health services in collaboration with their medical colleagues within the Primary Care setting.

This course endeavours to raise awareness of sexual and contraceptive health issues within this patient group and foster safe practice through the utilisation of Patient Group Directions (PGDs) and protocols. RCN accredited.

Dates: two-day course: Wednesday 12 and Wednesday 26 February 2025, Wednesday 23 April 2025 and Wednesday 7 May 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This course is specifically tailored for Primary Care staff who are seeking to expand their understanding of basic contraceptive advice. During this training, we will cover all contraception methods, including LARC’s, emergency contraception, and basic asymptomatic sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening.

Updates

Dates: one-day update: Wednesday 27 November 2024, Wednesday 8 January 2025 and Wednesday 2 April 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

An update day that covers the latest information and updates in the field of contraception. This training is ideal for healthcare professionals who are already practicing in the area of contraception and are seeking to enhance their knowledge and ensure they are delivering the most up-to-date advice to their patients.

The course covers all contraceptive methods, including emergency contraception, LARCs, injectables, and oral contraception.

Wound care

Dates: one-day course: Wednesday 5 February 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, The Lambert Hotel, Wallington

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This course covers:

• The physiology of arterial and venous conditions
• The logic behind doppler evaluations
• The constraints and interpretations of doppler assessments
• Practical challenges and solutions

The course will also enable you to acquire proficiency in doppler assessment procedures.

Dates: two-day course: Wednesday 15 and Wednesday 29 January 2025, Wednesday 30 April 2025 and Wednesday 14 May 2025

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This interactive course is designed for nurses and healthcare professionals who are new to wound management in the Primary Care setting. The course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to confidently manage wound care for both adults and children.

Dates: cohort commencing February 2025

Delivery method: face-to-face, Uxbridge Campus

Level of study: Level 6 or Level 7

Link: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/courses/short/principles-wound-care

This course is designed for registered practitioners working in any clinical environment with an interest in wound management, particularly if you’re already responsible for caring for people with a variety of acute and chronic wounds.

Through gaining a deeper understanding of the physiology of wounds, the impacts on wound healing and the importance of holistic assessment and treatment, you’ll develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to deliver personalised, evidence based wound care.

Updates

Dates: one-day update: TBC

Delivery method: virtual

Link: https://bbotraining.co.uk/our-courses/

This update offers an opportunity to refresh and expand your understanding of key concepts and best practices of wound care, through theoretical learning and practical skill-building. Aims include improved assessment, management and prevention of complex wound conditions.

Coming soon

We don’t have dates confirmed for this programme yet. Please contact HWBShortCourses@winchester.ac.uk to enquire about upcoming programmes.

Link: https://www.winchester.ac.uk/study/Short-courses/Courses/Community-Rehabilitation—Healthy-Ageing-/

We don’t have dates confirmed for this programme yet. Please contact HWBShortCourses@winchester.ac.uk to enquire about upcoming programmes.

Link: https://www.winchester.ac.uk/study/Short-courses/Courses/Community-Rehabilitation—Long-term-conditions/

We don’t have dates confirmed for this programme yet. Please contact HWBShortCourses@winchester.ac.uk to enquire about upcoming programmes.

Link: https://www.winchester.ac.uk/study/Short-courses/Courses/History-Taking-and-Assessment-/

We don’t have dates confirmed for this programme yet. Please contact HWBShortCourses@winchester.ac.uk. at University of Winchester to enquire about upcoming programmes.

We don’t have dates confirmed for this programme yet. Please contact admin@themenopausecourse.com to enquire about upcoming programmes.

Link: https://thebms.org.uk/education/menopause-education-for-nurses/

We don’t have dates confirmed for this programme yet. Please contact HWBShortCourses@winchester.ac.uk to enquire about upcoming programmes.

Link: https://www.winchester.ac.uk/study/Short-courses/Courses/Musculoskeletal-Practice-in-Primary-Care/

We don’t have dates confirmed for this programme yet. Please contact enquiries@mkupdate.co.uk to enquire about upcoming programmes.

Link: https://www.mkupdate.co.uk/course/womens-health-for-primary-care-clinicians

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