Training for new starters
Book a place via ESR (for LCH staff) or by emailing: lch.tissueviability@nhs.net.
Lower limb assessment and management
This training is for registered staff only.
This full day training includes how to perform a lower limb assessment, performing an ABPI, choosing and apply the correct compression bandages or hosiery.
- 21 January 2025, Shine
- 4 March 2025, Shine
- 13 May 2025, Onward House
- 25 June 2025, Middleton HC
- 9 Sept 2025, Onward House
- 4 Nov 2025, Middleton HC
Wound assessment
This training is for registered staff only.
This full day training includes: completing a holistic assessment of factors affecting wound healing, how to complete a full wound assessment, choosing the correct dressing, categories of pressure ulcers, and practical scenarios.
- 17 February 2025, Shine
- 8 April 2025, Kippax
- 3 June 2025, Onward House
- 15 July 2025, Onward House
- 14th October 2025, Middleton HC
- 26 November 2025, Onward House
Refresher training
These modules will take approximately 30 to 40 minutes each.
- Register with NHSE elfh Hub
- From link above click on ‘browse’ to view the eLearning training catalogue
- Select ‘Wound Care Education for the Health and Care Workforce’
- Select Tier 1 Essentials (T1) or Tier 2 (T2)
Training modules
Pressure
- Pressure ulcer risk assessment: PURPOSE-T (T1)
- Essentials of pressure ulcer prevention (T1)
Wounds
- Essentials of wound assessment (T1)
- Nutrition and lifestyle considerations (T1)
- Essentials of surgical wounds (T1)
- Essentials of wound infection (T1)
- Dressing wounds (T2)
- Diagnosing and managing wound infection (T2)
- Diagnosing and managing surgical wound complications (T2)
- Assessment and management of surgical wounds (T2)
Lower limb
- Essentials of leg ulceration (T1)
- Choosing the right compression therapy (T2)
- Vascular disease, anatomy, physiology and assessment (T2)
