Online Course | Paediatric Admission Avoidance and Timely Discharge

Discharge Paediatrics

Mon 28 Sep 2026 09:00-15:20

Online Course, 5 CPD Hours

Practical strategies to strengthen paediatric admission avoidance and safe discharge decision-making

Specially designed for paediatric emergency clinicians, children’s nurses, assessment unit teams and urgent care professionals, this interactive online workshop will explore how services can strengthen risk management approaches while safely reducing avoidable admissions and supporting timely discharge.

The day will focus on improving confidence in paediatric risk assessment, standardising decision-making and exploring practical approaches to admission avoidance, same-day discharge and reattendance management across urgent and emergency care pathways.

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Risk Management: Paediatric Admission Avoidance and Timely Discharge

Online 5 CPD hours From £249+VAT

Develop your service knowledge

Practical approaches to improving paediatric flow, discharge and risk management

This interactive online workshop will explore realistic approaches to improving paediatric assessment, reducing unnecessary admissions and supporting safer discharge decision-making across pressured services. Key learning outcomes include:

Understanding how risk aversion can contribute to avoidable paediatric admissions
Exploring approaches to safer admission avoidance and timely discharge
Examining how NICE guidance and standardised pathways can reduce variation in decision-making
Strengthening approaches to triage, front-door assessment and rapid discharge
Identifying practical strategies to improve reattendance management and discharge safety netting
Learning from innovative models supporting community-based care and admission avoidance
Exploring how organisations can prepare proactively for winter pressures and seasonal surges
Reflecting on cultural and operational barriers influencing paediatric discharge decisions

Live online learning

Interactive discussions and practical case study learning

This educational online workshop will combine presentations, facilitated discussion and practical case study learning exploring current challenges in paediatric admission avoidance and discharge management. On the day, you will have the opportunity to:

Join online with paediatric clinicians and urgent care professionals from across the UK
Take part in interactive benchmarking discussions exploring risk management and admission decision-making
Ask questions and gain practical insight from Nathan Griffiths, Consultant Nurse – Paediatric Emergency Medicine Governance Lead
Explore real-world examples of triage redesign, same-day discharge and community-supported care
Reflect on challenges within your own organisation and identify practical improvements you can implement immediately

This course is available for in-house training

9:00	Joining, technical support and workshop instructions
9:30	Workshop leaders’ introduction and workshop objectives Why risk management remains central to admission avoidance and safe discharge Nathan Griffiths, Consultant Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Medicine Governance Lead, Panda Unit, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Managing Risk and Variation
9:40	Managing risk and reducing unnecessary admissions in paediatrics Understanding how risk aversion influences admission decisions Common drivers of avoidable admissions: febrile children, bronchiolitis, dehydration and reattendance concerns Supporting evidence-based decision-making through NICE guidance and standardised pathways Balancing patient safety, parental reassurance and operational pressures
10:10	Questions and answers with Nathan Griffiths
10:20	Interactive discussion: benchmarking how risk influences decision-making What factors most commonly lead to precautionary admission in your setting? How consistent is paediatric risk assessment across departments and clinicians? Where do teams feel least confident in discharging children safely? What role does organisational culture play in admission avoidance?
10:40	Screen break
Early Decision-Making
10:50	Strengthening triage, assessment and front-door decision-making New approaches to standardized initial assessment and triage Supporting primary care confidence to reduce unnecessary attendances Using established pathways and NICE-based tools to improve consistency Learning from front-door discharge and streaming models developed during the pandemic
11:20	Questions and answers with Nathan Griffiths
11:30	Interactive discussion: benchmarking approaches to same-day discharge and community support How are organisations approaching rapid discharge from paediatric services? What community nursing or virtual ward support is available locally? What barriers limit early supported discharge in paediatrics? How are services managing winter pressures and seasonal surges?
11:50	Case study insights: innovative models supporting admission avoidance Nurse-led triage pathways and direct discharge from assessment Using NHS 111 and pathway-based assessment tools to support decision-making Managing minor illness and injury without unnecessary ED attendance Reducing waiting room pressures while maintaining safe outcomes
12:20	Questions and answers with Nathan Griffiths
12:30	Lunch break
Safe Discharge and Reattendance Management
1:00	Managing reattendance: understanding the impact of safety netting and discharge risk Why reattendance often results in default admission Strengthening discharge risk assessment and safety netting Identifying alternative approaches to managing re-attenders safely Supporting parents and carers with clear advice and escalation guidance
1:30	Building standardised cross-system pathways and supporting parents Learning from the “Healthier Together” model and shared pathway approaches Aligning primary care, paediatric and emergency services around common guidance Improving consistency in discharge advice and risk assessment Reducing parental confusion through unified messaging and support tools
2:00	Questions and answers with Nathan Griffiths
2:10	Screen break
Best Practice Pathways and Future Planning
2:20	Examining successful models for paediatric admission avoidance and discharge What defines best practice in paediatric risk management? Case study: standardized triage and initial assessment pathways Case study: rapid discharge supported by community nursing models Preparing for winter pressures: planning proactively rather than reactively
2:50	Questions and answers with workshop leaders
3:00	Interactive discussion: identifying transferable ideas for change What immediate changes could improve discharge decision-making in your setting? What longer-term cultural changes are needed to reduce avoidable admissions? Developing individual and team action plans
3:20	Close of workshop

Your expert workshop leader

Nathan Griffiths has extensive experience across paediatric emergency care, governance, triage and admission avoidance, supporting services to strengthen risk management approaches and improve safe decision-making across urgent and emergency care pathways.

Nathan Griffiths

Job Title:

Consultant Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Medicine Governance Lead, Panda Unit

Organisation

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Nathan Griffiths is a Consultant Nurse in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Governance Lead within the PANDA Unit at Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. He has extensive experience in paediatric emergency care, urgent care pathways, clinical governance, triage and service improvement.

Nathan has a particular interest in supporting safe admission avoidance, improving discharge decision-making and developing standardised approaches to paediatric assessment and risk management. He is an experienced educator and regular speaker, sharing practical learning on paediatric emergency care, patient flow and service development.

Pricing Structure

£299+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place
£249+VAT each for two NHS or Public Sector places
Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day. Please email Vanessa Jarman for further details

You or a colleague can claim the group NHS discount, for booking two or more 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 25 people or more. 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.

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.

Click here to view the specially created 5-minute video that will walk you through how to get the most out of attending your SBK Healthcare interactive online forum.

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

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

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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Who should attend?

Connect with peers improving paediatric admission avoidance and discharge pathways

This workshop offers an opportunity to connect with paediatric urgent and emergency care professionals from across the UK, share experiences and explore practical approaches to strengthening risk management, reducing avoidable admissions and improving discharge decision-making within pressured healthcare systems.

Designed for:

Paediatric Emergency Department Clinicians
Advanced Clinical Practitioners
Children’s Nurses
Paediatric Assessment Unit Teams
Paediatric Consultants
Emergency Department Leads
Urgent Care Clinicians
Community Children’s Nursing Teams

If you have a team that is 25 people or more, you can have a bespoke course delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.

Past attendee feedback

“The whole day was excellent”
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

“Really well organised. no technical glitches which often make online learning difficult”
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

“Day flowed so well, well done!”
University Hospitals Birmingham

“All topics covered extremely well. A lot to think about and take away to hopefully improve the service our patients receive”
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Why sponsor?

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Risk Management: Paediatric Admission Avoidance and Timely Discharge