Available Courses
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust End of Life Care Facilitators
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust End of Life Care Facilitators are a team of senior nurses who offer clinical support, education and training to staff caring for residents who are approaching the end of their life in a care home. Training can be arranged within care homes on a range of topics.
The courses are free and include:
- Verification of Expected Death
- Syringe Driver Management
- Symptom Management
- Challenging Communication at the End of Life
- Planning Ahead/Advance Care Planning
- Care in the Last Days of Life
Follow this link for further details - EoL Care Facilitators for Care Homes Training
Register your interest by email to:
eolc.facilitator@nhs.netLeeds City Council (Care Quality Team)
The Care Quality Team is part of Leeds City Council, and works with care homes and home care in Leeds, providing information, advice, guidance and support. The team will be facilitating information and quality improvement events on the following dates:
- Wednesday 10th September 14:00 to 15:30pm
- Wednesday 12th November 14:00 to 15:30pm
These events are hosted online and tickets need to be pre-booked by following the link below.
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Via TickettailorLeeds City Council
Leeds City Council and the St Gemma’s Academic Unit of Palliative Care are working together to deliver an End of Life Care training offer for Adult Social Care staff working in frontline services. This includes training for social care and support workers, Leeds City council Private and independent care home.
This training is free and includes:
- An introduction to End of life care (classroom based)
- Advance Care Planning Webinar
- Care in the Last Days of Life Webinar
- Bereavement & Loss Webinar
- Difficult Conversations Webinar
Please click here for further information.
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bsc.training.administration@leeds.gov.ukLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
A frailty education course to help professionals give older people the care they deserve. Join in person in Leeds or online to learn from expert speakers, and also to share experiences as different members of the MDT working in hospital specialties, community beds and in peoples homes.
- 2 day course
- Chargeable cost
- For multi-health professionals
Please click here for more information
Register your interest by email to:
www.leedsfrailtyeducation.co.ukSt Gemma’s Hospice
Advanced Communication Skills Training for Senior Clinicians working in Leeds Community Healthcare
Free places are available for health care staff who work in Leeds Community Healthcare Trust. The next training date is Monday 13 October 2025. Please click here for further information.
Introduction to Palliative and End of Life Care Programme
This programme is ideal for Health and Social Care Professionals who are new to palliative and end of life care or who want to refresh their knowledge. The next programme starts on Wednesday 18 September 2025. Please click here for further information.
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AUPCCourses@st-gemma.co.uke-ELCA
The End-of-life Care for All (e-ELCA) programme is an elearning library which provides free online resources to enhance the training and education of the health and social care workforce including:
- Advance care planning
- Assessment in end-of-life care
- Communications skills
- Symptom management, comfort, and wellbeing
- Integrating learning in end-of-life care
- Social care
- Bereavement care
- Spiritual care
- Specialist care
Please click here for further information about the programmes and accessing the elearning for healthcare hub.
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e-ELCA programmeHelpful Resources
Advance Care Planning - this is a discussion between an individual and their care provider(s). It is to make clear an individual's wishes and preferences about their future care and treatment.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - this webpage includes helpful resources around supporting equality, inclusion and diversity in palliative and end of life care.
Local information - local documents and information for health and social care professionals
How to prevent a fall - Advice for patients, residents and relatives on falls prevention in care settings.
Easy Read Information Leaflets
Patient information leaflets to support patients and their families or carers can be found here.
An easy read version of Preventing Falls in a Care Setting can be found here