New HEE e-learning programme to improve care for babies, mothers and families

A new e-learning programme has been launched to help healthcare professionals improve outcomes for babies, mothers and families through the delivery of safer care.

The learning modules, developed by Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare, NHS Improvement and a range of experts, focus on four clinical areas:

respiratory conditions
hypoglycaemia
jaundice
asphyxia (perinatal hypoxia–ischaemia).

An additional module also raises awareness of the importance of keeping mother and baby together.

The programme is part of the Avoiding Term Admissions unto Neonatal units “Atain” initiative, which aims to reduce avoidable causes of harm that can lead to infants born at term (ie ≥ 37+0 weeks gestation) being admitted to a neonatal unit.

For more information about the programme

Scheduled downtime for e-Learning for Healthcare

New and updated e-learning content is being added to Health Education England’s e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) programme on an increasingly regular basis which is seeing more e-learning programmes made available for members of the health and social care workforce.

As the number of programmes grow, so does the number of users. The quality of the experience the users receive when accessing e-LfH e-learning content is really important to HEE and, therefore, they need to ensure their servers can meet the increasing demand for their programmes.

HEE has therefore planned some system downtime to increase the capacity of their servers. The downtime is scheduled for Thursday 18 May 2017 between 8am and 12noon.

The e-LfH Hub and the e-LfH website will be unavailable during this time. NHS Trusts colleagues who access the content on their own systems via an AICC link will also be unable to access e-learning programmes.

If you have any concerns or questions about this short period of downtime please email: [email protected]. Please share this notification with colleagues who may be affected.

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HEE: Updated and refreshed statutory and mandatory e-learning

Health Education England (HEE) has updated and refreshed the e-learning training sessions for the ten core statutory and mandatory topics as defined in the UK Core Skills Training Framework for the health and social care workforce.

The e-learning sessions, which can be accessed free of charge via HEE’s e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) hub and via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR), have been updated with content provided by subject matter experts across the ten topics which include:

Conflict Resolution (L1)
Equality, Diversity and Human Rights (L1)
Fire Safety (L1)
Health, Safety and Welfare (L1)
Infection Prevention and Control (L1)
Moving and Handling (L1)
Preventing Radicalisation (L1)
Resuscitation (L1)

The e-learning sessions on Safeguarding Children, Safeguarding Adults, Information Governance and level 2 sessions will be updated and available by end of June 2017. The existing e-learning sessions for these topics will remain available on the e-LfH hub and ESR for staff to access.

Alan Ryan, Director of National Programmes, HEE said:

“The updated suite of core statutory and mandatory e-learning sessions will ensure consistency in quality and the definition and delivery of such training. This will also make the completion of statutory and mandatory training more efficient thanks to the centralised approach for both learners and trainers, especially as the e-learning is available to the whole health and social care workforce, including students on placement.”

In addition to including updated content the sessions also have more graphically rich and engaging content as the programme has been redeveloped using a new authoring tool, Adapt, which allows greater interactivity to reinforce learning.

The short and high-impact sessions have been developed to allow learners to complete the training and then progress to the assessment. There is also the option for learners to proceed straight to the assessment without completing the training, if they are confident in the subject area.

To access the free e-learning sessions click here or visit the Electronic Staff Record.

Care Matters: Shape of Caring Newsletter

Making Every Contact Count (MECC) resources now available for all online

Health Education England (HEE) Making Every Contact Count (MECC) website has been newly updated to provide all those with an interest or role in population health and prevention with a library of national and local resources that can be used to support the development, implementation and evaluation of MECC programmes across local communities.

The resources available include sample frameworks, case studies, signposting to useful e-learning sessions and healthy lifestyle resources, amongst others. You can also find details of the MECC Community of Practice and local and national contacts for this area of work. The resources have been gathered by Health Education England with the support of the National MECC Advisory Group and Public Health England.

All those who engage with the public are encouraged to access and use these resources to help further spread the MECC approach across the country.

Making Every Contact Count (MECC)website

Launch of ASQ:SE-2™ e-learning

The ASQ:SE-2™ e-learning tool developed by Health Education England, the Department of Health, e-Learning for Healthcare and the University of Hertfordshire is now available.

The ASQ:SE-2™ is designed to assess the social and emotional development of children whereas the ASQ-3™ is focused on physical, communications and cognitive development.

The e-learning tool will help prepare health professionals for the introduction of ASQ:SE-2™ as part of two year reviews from October 2016.

It is designed for any health professional (e.g. health visitor, community nursery nurse, community staff nurse) who is likely to be using the ASQ:SE-2™ as part of the 2 year review.

Go to ASQ:SE-2™ e-learning

For further information on ASQ:SE-2™, please contact DH at [email protected]

Can you spare 15 minutes to shape the future of technology enhanced learning in healthcare?

Health Education England’s Technology Enhanced Learning Programme is working on the Department of Health mandate to find digital solutions to some of the challenges presented in accessing, creating and sharing online teaching and learning resources.

HEE is conducting a short survey looking at the current use, attitudes and views toward online learning resources. The findings from this research will go towards improving access to learning resources, greater collaboration and sharing of information, and the avoidance of costly duplication.

Please can you spare 15 minutes to undertake this survey?

This survey is part of a wider user testing exercise that is cross-checking existing research. All data you provide in your answers remains anonymous, and you will not be asked to provide your name or your specific place of work. They would ask you to answer all questions to the best of your ability. You do not need to spend very long on each question and there are no right or wrong answers. It may seem that some questions are asked more than once but this is part of the chosen methodology.

Please forward this email to your colleagues across any/all of your networks as HEE want opinions from as wide an audience as possible.

Your help is very much appreciated.

Go to HEE survey

If you would like to find out more about the programme, please visit the website or email [email protected]

HEE – Care Matters: Shape of Caring – June 2016

This bulletin from Health Education England (HEE) aims to keep audiences and stakeholders aware of what is happening in relation their overall programmes of work and in particular how they are responding to the Shape of Caring review.

It covers:

Responding to Raising the Bar
Responding to the Shape of Caring review
Green light for Nursing Associate role
Exploring the Shape of Caring review themes
Introducing our Florence Nightingale Fellows
The role of Health Visitors in mental health

Care Matters: Shape of Caring

HEE launches e-Learning to encourage healthcare professionals to “Think Sepsis”

Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH), in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners, has launched an e-learning programme for healthcare professionals about sepsis.

“Think Sepsis” aims to improve the diagnosis and early management of sepsis in primary care. The e-learning includes five sessions:

Session 1 – Overview of Sepsis
Session 2 – Adult Sepsis
Session 3 – Childhood Sepsis
Session 4 – Complex Sepsis Issues and Future Development
Session 5 – Sepsis, Care Homes and the Frail Elderly.

Every year 123,000 cases of sepsis occur in England and there are approximately 37,000 deaths. Prompt recognition of sepsis and rapid intervention will help reduce the number of deaths occurring annually.

The e-learning programme has been developed for GPs and healthcare professionals working in primary care including nurses, health visitors, midwives, pharmacists and paramedics. “Think Sepsis” follows the recommendations of the new NICE guideline on sepsis recognition, diagnosis and early management which were launched this week.

To complement the e-learning programme a film has also been developed. The short film features the story of Jason Watkins and Clara Francis who tragically lost their daughter Maude aged just three to undiagnosed sepsis in 2011. The film highlights the key signs that healthcare workers should be looking out for and asks them to think: ‘could this be sepsis?’ when assessing and diagnosing patients.

To view the film: Think sepsis: a film for all healthcare workers involved in the care of sick children

To access the e-learning visit the e-LfH website

Applications open for Nursing Associate test bed sites

Health Education England is inviting applications from health care settings who are interested in becoming test sites for the new Nursing Associate role – an innovation that emerged from Shape of Caring Review (March 2015).

The role is designed to build capacity to care and capability to treat across the health and social care system. And, as the recent consultation demonstrated, there is a huge appetite for this new role which can provide a real benefit to the nursing and care workforce across a range of settings and play a key role in the delivery of patient care with safety at its heart.

HEE is seeking to identify strong partnerships between employers and education providers. The lead organisation in any partnership must be an employer allied to an STP footprint that will accept the funding allocation, and all partnership members will keep to the standard terms of the funding arrangement.

Successful organisations will become test sites and train a minimum of 20 students over two years starting from December 2016 and will fully participate in the monitoring and evaluation of the programme.

The six-week application window will close at 5pm on Wednesday 10 August.

For further information about the application process and to apply

Two webinars will also take place (13 July and 25 July) providing information on HEE recruitment process of test site partnerships – please do join and share your thoughts and insights.