The Black Country Training Hub and Health Innovation West Midlands are offering free CVD Lipid Optimisation and Heart Failure Workshops for Primary Care Staff working within the Black Country.
CVD Bitesize: Lipid Optimisation
Wednesday 26th June 2024 12:30-13:30 – via Microsoft Teams
This event is open to all healthcare professions in primary care and other sectors who are involved in cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management, which includes GPs, nurses (community, practice-based), health care assistants, pharmacists (community, ICB, practice-based), social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches, paramedics, physician associates etc.
About this event
An hour-long session aimed to provide an update for primary care teams on the national agenda for lipid optimisation and practical advice regarding cardiovascular disease risk assessment, the national lipid management pathway, treatment options, managing statin intolerance and familial hypercholesterolaemia.
Session objectives:
- Why lipid optimisation?
- How to identify patients at risk of cardiovascular disease
- How to reduce risk of cardiovascular events, with a focus on medication
- How to identify possible familial hypercholesterolaemia patients
- How to manage statin intolerance
- Medication need-to-knows
To register please click on the link: https://forms.office.com/e/ZxTTnFBnCW
CVD Workshop: Heart Failure
Wednesday 3rd July 2024 12:30- 13:30 via Microsoft Teams
This event is open to all healthcare professionals in primary care and other sectors who are involved in the diagnosis and management of Heart Failure which includes GPs, Nurses (community, practice-based), Health Care Assistants, Pharmacists (community, ICB, practice-based, PCNs), social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches, paramedics, physicians associates etc
About this event
The content of the workshop will provide an update for primary care teams on aspects of the whole heart failure pathway, including case finding, diagnosis and treatment recommendations, and the national drivers that will enable PCNs to optimise care.
At the end of this workshop, attendees will:
- Have an awareness of the recommended heart failure pathway of care.
- Understand why heart failure is important in the wider context of cardiovascular disease prevention
- Understand the evidence-based therapies available for heart failure management
- Understand the importance of case finding to support the identification of people who will benefit from heart failure therapies and/or optimisation.
To register please click on the link: https://forms.office.com/e/Cdz3dNFc48
You will receive a joining link to your chosen date via emails in the run up to the session
If you have any questions or queries please contact primarycare.
