Target Audience/Eligibility Criteria
Are you a Primary Care professional already working with CVD in your clinic? Do you want to refresh your knowledge and get up to date with new developments? If so CVD update is for you. This session is suitable for GPs and Nurses.
Course Aim
This course aims to ensure you are up to date with the latest guidance and process in CVD management in Primary Care. We commence with primary prevention and lead gradually through the various areas of CVD to include whatever is new and relevant. Please bring along your questions and queries, as we will aim to answer these during the day.
Course Content
Below is an example, as the content will always reflect bang up to date information, which is pertinent to Primary Care.
- Primary Prevention – What’s new? Including hypertension and NHS Health Checks
- Acute Coronary Syndrome and Chest Pain assessment – the whole new chest pain assessment approach from NICE
- Stroke prevention and management – Anticoagulation and new drugs demystified
- Heart Failure – What is new
- Diabetes – What’s new in Drugs and management
- Lipid Management
Course Duration
Full day
Trainer/Facilitator
Et al Training
Date/Time/Venue
To be confirmed. Please e-mail gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net and we will add you to the wait list
Cost
This course is free of charge to all those from Stockport General Practices. For all other delegates the cost is £100 per person
Booking Process/Additional Information
Bookings for this course should be made via the Virtual College LMS: https://nhsgmstockport.vc-enable.co.uk/. Enquiries can be made via gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net or 07393 798115.