The aim of this three day course is to provide nurses, clinical pharmacists and paramedics working in general practice with knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of minor illness in primary care.

Course content:

  • Minor illness for non-doctors
  • Tips on clinical examination
  • Sore throat, earache, cough and conjunctivitis
  • Headache and dizziness
  • Urine infections, diarrhoea and vomiting, vaginal discharge and back pain
  • Skin rashes and mouth problems
  • Analgesics and antibiotics
  • Infections, sepsis, and fever
  • Communication and change management

Students will be provided with access to a pre-course e-learning module which explains the relevant examination techniques and they will be given a minor illness manual.

Directions

Directions

Travelling to Essex Equip By Car:

There is NO parking at the venue, but the public pay and display car park can be found on Newland Drive (CM8 2AP) about 300 yards away.  £6 for the whole day or for further tariff, please see Braintree Council Website

From the car park walk back to Collingwood Rd and then back up to the traffic lights. At the traffic lights turn left onto Newland St. (The George PH is on the corner) carry on walking until you reach the zebra crossing (outside the Public Library), cross the road and head towards the Dorothy L Sayers Statue and the Job Centre. Our entrance just at the rear of the Job Centre.

By Train

It is a 7 min walk from Witham Railway Station, head towards the town, turn left at THE AVENUE, continue walking down The Avenue to the junction with Newland Street, then turn right, carry on walking until you reach the zebra crossing (outside the Public Library), cross the road and head towards the Job Centre. Our entrance is just at the rear of the Job Centre.

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Refund Policy

Cancellations with a full refund will be accepted up to and including 15 days prior to the event.  Any refund request for places cancelled after this date will not be refunded.