Training for new starters

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.

1. Register with NHSE elfh Hub
2. From link above click on ‘browse’ to view the eLearning training catalogue
3. Select ‘Wound Care Education for the Health and Care Workforce’
4. 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)