Workshop Objective

Are You Struggling with Patient Demand?

You can either carry on doing what you are presently doing and hope it improves, or you can invest in empowering your patient-facing team, and help them to help your patients even more.

Whether you refer to their roles as “Care Co-ordinators”, “Services Co-ordinators”, “Care Navigators”, “Patient Advocates” or “Active Sign-posters” – the expected contribution is now so much greater than before. Empowering them with the right skills and needed safe confidence will enable them to make a real difference.

Investing in this programme will provide your team with:

  • Informed Empowerment: the workshop provides targeted training and practical tools, fostering confidence and competence in handling complex needs, while ensuring an exceptional patient experience.
  • Structured and Actionable Learning: Modules are rooted in operational practicalities. They combine the building blocks of essential knowledge with action learning sets that drive impactful real-world application.
  • Enhanced Professional Excellence: You'll unlock individuals' potential through a program that encourages shared insights, professional growth, and the delivery of outstanding Primary Care services.

Workshop Price

We can deliver our workshops virtually or face-to-face and provide supporting course materials.

The Patient Journey: Equipping Frontline Staff

This workshop provides this needed training for individuals new to these roles or can act as a refresher for those who may be more experienced. It also provides opportunities for networking, peer-to-peer learning as well as personal reflection and action planning. It is a three-session programme delivering in total 15 hours of CPD, which is equivalent to 15 CPD/ learning credits. All delegates will receive a certificate on completion of the programme.

The sessions are as follows:

Programme Workshops

Session 1- Full Day

Understanding the NHS (in your area)

Objectives

  • Local and national NHS services and structure orientation
  • Local services resources
  • Local demographics
  • Local pressures and potential “pinch points”

Learning Outcomes

  • Delegates will understand what the NHS can offer and the likely needs of patients in their locality

The Role and Its Responsibilities

Objectives

  • Understanding the stages in a patient's journey
  • Having the ability to progress and add value at each stage
  • Understanding key processes, language, and terminology
  • Awareness of capabilities and respecting boundaries

Learning Outcomes

  • Delegates will know what needs to be done and how to do it safely and well

Session 2 – Full Day

Providing Services to Patients

Objectives

  • Patients are people
  • Understanding diversity and respecting difference
  • Handling difficult conversations
  • Dealing with dissatisfied patients

Learning Outcomes

  • Delegates will appreciate how to handle both empathetic and difficult conversations

Communication & Customer Service

Objectives

  • The power of communicating with a purpose
  • How to communicate well
  • Mistakes not to make
  • Mutual respect

Learning Outcomes

  • Delegates appreciate the impact of good communication

Session 3 – Half Day

Confidentiality in General Practice

Objectives

  • Patients' expectations
  • Legal and regulatory requirements
  • Best practice
  • Personal responsibility

Learning Outcomes

  • Delegates will understand the important role of confidentiality, the need for compliance and their role in this.