NHS NICU Online Course | Neonatal Post Mortems

Online forums Neonatal Palliative care

Mon 15 Jul 2024 09:30-15:50

Online Course

Created for NICU Bereavement, Neonatal, Perinatal and Palliative Care Specialist Nurses this timely online course will enhance your understanding of perinatal post mortems and enable you to sensitively support parents and carers. National Lead for Neonatal Palliative Care, Alex Mancini will lead you through the latest national update; understanding the process; assessing the choices; and communicating with families.

5 hours Continuing Professional Development: what you will learn

Would you like to become confident and proficient in the new perinatal post mortem guidelines? If yes, this is the study day for you! Book your place to focus on:

Assessing current advice and implementing new national guidance in perinatal post mortems
Increasing your understanding of the process of perinatal post mortems
Identifying and supporting families on the types of post mortem examinations available
Understanding and implementing perinatal consent training in your service
Addressing and overcoming challenges in communicating effectively and sensitively with families

Developed with convenience in mind: join this NHS online course remotely

With an enhanced emphasis on networking, interactive discussion and idea sharing, this forum will provide you with all the elements you need to deliver change through:

This course is available for in-house training

9:30	Join, technical support and instructions
10:00	Chair’s opening remarks Alex Mancini, National Lead Nurse in Neonatal Palliative Care
Introducing new national guidance
10:10	Introducing new national perinatal post mortem guidance Highlighting the changes: comparing current and updated recommendations Implementing the guidelines: how to apply the new national guidance Evaluating the impact of change on perinatal post mortem examinations
10:40	Questions and answers with your course leader
10:50	Interactive discussion: Embracing the new guidance in your service Sharing your thoughts on implementing change to current practice & procedures What are your next steps for successfully introducing the updated guidance within your teams?
11:10	Screen break
11:20	Feedback from interactive discussion: Embracing the new guidance in your service
Increasing your understanding of the process
11:30	Understanding the practical process of perinatal post mortems by supporting compassionate and open conversations with families Developing your knowledge on the process of a post mortem to improve how you support parents and families Accessing elfh training & educational resources Criteria guidance: providing accurate information and guidance for accessing pathology services Identifying the roles of those involved to create a seamless and transparent process
12:00	Questions and answers with your course leader
12:10	Interactive discussion: Optimising your current approach to the practice Explore your current approach to perinatal post mortems Which areas of the perinatal post mortem process would you like to improve your understanding of? Which resources have you accessed to help support your understanding?
12:30	Lunch time screen break
1:00	Feedback from interactive discussion: Optimising your current approach to the practice
Assessing the options
1:10	Exploring and understanding the types of post mortem examinations available Supporting parents’ decisions about a post mortem examination Case study: examining the different choices and the impact of each option for families Parental consent: understanding and implementing consent training within your service
1:40	Questions and answers with your course leader
1:50	Interactive discussion: Improving your approach to consent training Describe your current understanding of the different post mortem choices What is your team’s approach to post mortem consent training?
2:10	Screen break
2:20	Feedback from interactive discussion: Improving your approach to consent training
Communicating sensitively with families
2:30	Increasing confidence: effectively communicating the process of a perinatal post mortem Exploring the perinatal post mortem pathway for families Supporting families: introducing the possibility of post mortem and what to expect Increasing confidence in sensitive conversations: addressing challenges in communicating effectively and sensitively
3:00	Questions and answers with your course leader
3:10	Interactive discussion: Future steps for your team Share your experience in discussing the post mortem process with families. What were the positive aspects? How did you overcome any challenges? Describe the next steps for your team and any changes you may have identified What have been your main insights from today?
3:30	Feedback from interactive discussion: Future steps for your team
3:40	Leader’s closing remarks
3:50	Close of day

Share in first-hand experience

Alex Mancini

Job Title:

National Lead Nurse in Neonatal Palliative Care

Organisation

Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Alex Mancini-Smith is a senior neonatal nurse with over 30 years' experience and is the National Lead Nurse, leading the National Neonatal Palliative Care Project in the UK, the first innovative post of its kind. The initial pilot project commenced in the London Neonatal Operational Delivery Network in 2015, with further funding in 2021 to replicate across other Neonatal ODN regions over a three-year period. This national role and project are funded by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, it’s charity CW+ and the True Colours Trust https://www.cwplus.org.uk/news/2021/03/22/innovative-neonatal-palliative-care-project-goes-national/

This is a unique role developing the training and education of staff nationally across neonatal, maternity and children’s palliative care teams. She has been instrumental in developing national and international guidelines and frameworks, including robust complex and palliative care pathways.

Alex is committed to supporting staff in their demanding and rewarding roles, and regularly provides senior peer support, reflective practice and training sessions focusing on staff supporting each other.

For the last ten years, Alex has been instrumental in developing the Annual National Neonatal Palliative and End of Life Care conference in collaboration with Child Bereavement UK (CBUK) and is a facilitator for CBUK’s national educational workshops. Alex is an expert member of a central London Clinical Ethics Committee. Alex is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences including Ireland, Italy, Greece, Argentina, Central America, Singapore, US and Spain.

Building on her educational work over previous years, Alex supports and works alongside teams in embedding palliative care within routine neonatal care by training professionals across the UK and Europe in a variety of settings. Whilst crucially strengthening working relationships with local specialist palliative care services including children’s hospices. Alex is an invited guest lecturer at Kings College, London South Bank and Kingston Universities, teaching Neonatal Palliative and End of Life Care on postgraduate courses. Due to recent events, Alex has further developed virtual training and supportive programmes for staff locally and nationally.

Alex has published widely and is the Lead Editor for the ‘Nurses Textbook in Neonatal Palliative Care’, the first textbook of its kind, published January 2020. Current work includes the national review of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine’s palliative care framework for practice, previously published in 2010.

Pricing Structure

You or a colleague can claim the group NHS discount, for booking four places across this and any other subsequent event, providing the same pricing structure applies. Click here to view the full list of up coming events.

For group bookings of five or more people, please email our delegate support team or call 01732 897788 for further details:

This course is available for in-house training

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 30+ people. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.

Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day. Please email Sarah Kemm for further details.

Reservations

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding

How this online forum will work

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

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Terms and conditions

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

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Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Expected attendees

This online course is ideal for NHS professionals working within Perinatal, Neonatal, Paediatric Palliative Care and Bereavement Support Teams. It is also informative for NICU, Neonatal Community Outreach and newborn services along with local neonatal units. This includes but is not limited to:

Past attendee feedback

This online course follows on from a history of hugely successful Neonatal and Paediatric Palliative care events. Don’t take our word for it, check out some of the feedback from our events:

“I felt the forum was well organised and a good range of relevant subject matter was covered.”
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Enhancing your Neonatal Palliative Care, February 2023

“Very well organised and kept to time. I am a neonatal nurse (band 6) in the outreach service but have an interest in palliative care and found all the content brilliant.”
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Enhancing your Neonatal Palliative Care, February 2023

“Good mix of speakers / topics covered. Breakout rooms are a good addition to be able to find out what other teams are doing across the country.”
NHS Grampian, Delivering Supportive Paediatric Palliative and End of Life Care, June 2023

“Really enjoyed the course, really given a good insight to challenges we face with palliative patients, nice to speak to others.”
East Kent Community Health Children's Community Nursing Team, Delivering Supportive Paediatric Palliative and End of Life Care, June 2023

“Very informative and engaging. Thoroughly enjoyed and have taken a lot from it.”
University Hospital Dorset NHS Trust, Advancing Palliative and End of Life Care, July 2022

“Excellent day, well planned and some really good speakers with so much knowledge.”
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Improving Paediatric Palliative and End of Life Care

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Perinatal Post Mortems: Understanding, Communication and Consent