Protected Learning Time
“Creating opportunities for professional learning and development”
Protected Learning Time (PLT) events are peer-led sessions for GPs, Registered Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Allied Health Professionals and Physician Associates from across the Vale of York.
PLT provides an opportunity for healthcare professionals to learn about new clinical developments, updates to national guidance, and best practice whilst also sharing their own experience and knowledge with their peers.
Fundamentally PLT is about improving patient care by providing a dedicated learning time for healthcare professionals away from their busy day-to-day primary care work.
These events takes place four times a year, and will evolve and be tailored to the needs of clinicians. It is delivered in partnership with NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group and the Academy of Primary Care, part of the Hull and York Medical School.
Upcoming PLT Events
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Time |
Location |
| 15 September 2022 | TBC | Face to face |
| 30 November 2022 | TBC | Virtual |
| 8 March 2023 | TBC | Face to face |
Previous PLT Events
Click on the dates to go to a page containing presentations and information from each of the events.
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Time |
Location |
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2.00 - 5.30pm |
Virtual |
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2.00 - 5.30pm |
Virtual |
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23 April 2021 |
2.00 - 5.30pm |
In Primary Care Networks |
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1:30 - 5:45pm |
Virtual |
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1.30 - 5.00 pm |
Virtual (Zoom) |
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Event Cancelled |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
What topics have we covered?
The first PLT session was held in January 2019, and since then the events have hosted 8 keynote speakers and 57 different workshops, led by clinicians covering various areas of work in primary care.
In recognition of the difficult winter delivering vaccinations and coping with covid, in April 2021 the PLT was devolved to the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to focus on staff wellbeing and resilience.
Keynote speakers
- Sepsis – looking into the seeds of time to say which fevers will grow and which will not, Dr Donald Richardson, Consultant Renal Physician and Associate Medical Director.
- Addressing Childhood Adversity (ACEs) in Professional Practice, Dr Warren Larkin, Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
- Palliative and end of life care, Dr Dan Cottingham.
- Arts and health for wellbeing: community resilience, Dr Nicola Gill.
- Back to Better, Professor Rebecca Malby.
- Living with dementia - Damian Murphy and the Mind and Voices group
- What Dementia can teach us about love, Nicci Gerarrd - Novelist
- Myron Rogers, Leadership of Living Systems: Changing the Way We Change.
Clinical areas of focus
To date workshops have covered areas such as:
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Adverse Childhood Experiences |
Faecal Immunochemical Test |
Perinatal mental health |
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Antibiotic prescribing |
Fertility problems and IVF |
Planetary health |
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Arts for health and wellbeing |
Healthy Child Programme |
Polypharmacy |
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Avoiding burnout |
IAPT and health anxieties |
Prescribing safety |
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Back pain management |
Liver function tests |
Primary care workforce |
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Breast cancer |
Lower GI 2 week wait |
Reducing opiate usage |
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Cancer screening |
Managing weightloss |
Resilient practice |
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Cancer waits and recovery |
Maternal mental health |
Safeguarding |
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CAMHs |
Memory assessment services |
Self-care: OTC meds |
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Colorectal pathway and anaemia |
Menopause |
Sexual health |
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Creative arts for health |
Mindfulness |
Smoking cessation |
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Dementia pathway |
New roles in primary care |
Suicide prevention |
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Dementia diagnosis and support |
Nimbuscare – GP providers |
Surviving and thriving |
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Deprescribing |
Nursing innovation |
Tips from the coroner |
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Diabetes |
Nursing recruitment |
Urinary Tract Infections |
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Digital engagement |
Online consultations |
Wound care |
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End of Life Care |
Paediatrics |
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It is important to us that these events are peer-led to ensure that they are clinically relevant to healthcare professionals and enables them to share their knowledge and experiences for the benefits of patients across the Vale of York.
Feedback
We have received very positive feedback from attendees across all of our PLT events. At our October PLT 90% of respondents rated the workshops and opening session as either good or very good.
