Developing health and clinical skills

Offering the academic equivalent of three A Levels, this Access to Higher Education Diploma for Health Professions provides a direct pathway to pursuing your dreams of becoming a nurse, midwife, paramedic, or other health professions. Gain up to 144 UCAS points and open the door to university study, all without the inconvenience of traditional exams.

This course is suitable for care professionals and nurses who assess staff competence to administer medication. Through guided practice, you will learn how to observe staff administering different dosage forms and evaluate their performance using structured competence assessment checklists. The course is delivered online across two sessions, each lasting two hours.

This free course supports healthcare professionals to confidently monitor, assess and interpret key physiological markers, and respond appropriately to the results.

This one-year BSc (Hons) Integrated Health, Social Care and Wellbeing (Top-Up) is designed for anyone who has previously studied a relevant / related subject, up to Level 5. The course is designed to expands upon your current knowledge and understanding of the health, social care, and wellbeing sector, by now considering the industry from a different perspective. The modules are designed for you to reflect on your own leadership styles and qualities and review your current practice. Explore international healthcare and consider how we could implement positive changes in your own area of practice. This final year will prepare you to adapt to the ongoing changes happening in this dynamic sector.

This guide sets out the necessary steps to support care/support workers and personal assistants in carrying out delegated healthcare activities in adult social care.

This guide sets out the necessary steps to support Social Care Providers/Organisations employing care workers in carrying out delegated healthcare activities in adult social care.

Resources to develop health and clinical skills including:

• Workshops and webinars
• Other online courses, including Spirometry
• Diploma level (Level 5) modules
• Degree level (Level 6) modules
• Postgraduate level (Level 7) modules

In subjects such as Enhancing Asthma Care in Professional Practicice and Transforming Dementia Care

The objective of this course is to equip healthcare professionals with all the information and skills they require to provide expert, compassionate care to patients who are in the final stages of their life.

Some key areas that this course covers includes:

• End of life healthcare standards, legislation, and guidelines.
• Person-centred end of life care plans.
• How to recognise when someone is entering the last stages of their life.
• Symptoms and pain relief during the last stages of life.
• After death care and support available for family members.
• Verification and certification of death.
• Providing sensitive and compassionate care to patients and their families.

Once you have completed this short training course you will receive a certificate that formally recognises your competence in providing specialist end of life care and death verification to nationally recognised standards.

Person-centred approaches to care will be at the centre of this Frailty as a Long Term Condition Level 7 module‘s content. Successful students will develop as leaders in the delivery of person-centred care, and progress their skills and knowledge in relation to the complexity of living with frailty. It will enhance your knowledge, understanding, skills and attributes in relation to current treatment, management and risk avoidance of different aspects and challenges of frailty.

The National Wound Care Strategy Programme (NWCSP) commissioned the development of this core capabilities framework for health and care staff involved in wound care in England. The framework describes the required skills, knowledge and behaviours to improve wound care in three clinical areas (Pressure Ulcers, Lower Limb and Surgical Wounds).

React To is a series of training resources designed for care home staff and other healthcare professionals. It includes React To Deterioration, a dedicated resource focused on recognising and managing deterioration in care homes, covering frailty, Advance Care Planning, ‘soft signs’ of deterioration, and improving communication using the SBARD tool.

Recorded on 18th September 2025, this webinar focuses on recognising early signs of deterioration and responding effectively to suspected sepsis. Featuring expert input from the UK Sepsis Trust, South East Coast Ambulance Service, a Community Matron, and a patient story, it offers practical learning relevant to providers across Sussex.

This edition of the MILE newsletter focuses on recognising deterioration, trusting professional judgement, and feeling confident to escalate concerns clearly and effectively. It brings together training and practical resources to support care home staff and managers in spotting changes early, communicating concerns well, and ensuring residents receive the right care at the right time.

Resuscitation Council UK launched this e-learning course to help health and social care professionals confidently use the ReSPECT process. Designed for staff working in hospitals, care homes and primary care, the course supports consistent, person-centred conversations about emergency care and treatment, sets a national standard for best practice, and includes three short interactive modules with a certificate of completion.

This resource pack brings together the key materials from the Sussex Care Homes: The Deteriorating Resident webinar and includes links to the full recording, broken into short, practical sections on YouTube.

The Sussex Training Hub supports the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement in GP practices by ensuring the primary care workforce of today and tomorrow are trained in the right numbers, have the necessary skills at the right time and in the right place. 

This elearning programme aims to support the health and care workforce in developing the knowledge and skills required to enable appropriate wound care to be delivered to people in any setting.