Courses
Care Group Training has deep knowledge and experience delivering mental health training to the NHS, the public sector and the voluntary sector. We deliver gold standard Mental Health First Aid training, accredited by MHFA England, and ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) from Livingworks. These are vital skills which can have a real and positive effect on the mental health and wellbeing of the people in your organisation.
Our Courses
Hand Massage therapy
Hand massage is a well-established treatment which delivers mental and physical relief. Staff can enjoy twenty minutes of gentle touch to soothe sore muscles and joints. Aromatherapy oils provide additional calm and mental relaxation...
Ear Acupuncture Therapy
NADA seated ear acupuncture is an internationally established wellbeing protocol designed to alleviate stress, improve relaxation and overall wellbeing. In this group session staff can enjoy a twenty-minute treatment...
Qi Gong
Qi Gong is a holistic system integrating movement and breathing to promote wellbeing. This session will teach staff slow meditative movements and postures. Qi Gong helps to focus the mind, enhance physical health, and build confidence...
The Wheel Of Life
The Wheel of Life is a powerful coaching tool that will help staff explore different aspects of their lives. It stirs up creativity, fuels personal growth and maximises personal and professional potential...
Body Wisdom
This specially designed session will empower staff to learn restorative techniques to bring relief, reduce pain and improve function around physical postures and movement. You will learn to use self-massage and breathwork to regulate the nervous system and bring the body back into balance...
Managing Burnout
Burnout is 'hot topic' - practitioner led talks (virtual or in person) to recognise signs and how to manage. Include resilience and strengths based approach...
Introduction to trauma-informed practice
In this interactive and supportive half -day session learners will have the opportunity to explore the principles and application of trauma...
Suicide First Aid Lite
The Suicide First Aid Lite gives learners the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths. Basic skills can help someone with thoughts of suicide stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive.
Demystifying self-harm
This course will allow the space for participants to have open conversations about self-harm, including unpacking our own feelings and attitudes around self-harm
Understanding Disordered eating in adults
This training provides an introduction to eating disorders and disordered eating in adults, aiming to increase awareness, and understanding...
Youth Mental Health First Aid Aware
This introductory 4hour session raises awareness of young people’s mental health. It covers...
Youth Mental Health First Aid
This two day course qualifiesyou as a Youth Mental Health First Aider, giving you...
MHFA Refresher
This introductory four-hour session raises awareness of mental health.
Adult Mental Health First Aid Aware
This introductory four-hoursession raises awareness of mental health. Your employees will gain...
Adult Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid is a two day educational course which teaches people how to identify, understand and help a person who may be developing a mental health issue. In the same way, as we learn physical first aid...
Suicide First Aid Lite YOUTH
The Suicide First Aid Lite youth is a half day course giving learners the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths and some basic skills can help a young person with thoughts of suicide stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive...
Suicide First Aid: Understanding Suicide Intervention
The one-day course (delivered across two half-days virtually) is accredited by City & Guilds, making it the route to the UK’s only national qualification in Suicide Prevention. The programme is evidence-based, interactive, and covers both theory and practical skills.
ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (2 days)
We teach World Health Organisation (WHO) approved courses, developed by Living Works, that facilitate and promote this discussion while keeping both the care giver and the person at risk safe.
SafeTALK
safeTALK is a half-day training course that can help you make a difference if someone is suicidal by following the easy to remember TALK steps - Tell, Ask, Listen and Keep-safe. These practical steps offer immediate help to someone having thoughts of suicide.
Elevate Core
Designed to equip team, clinical, and operational leads with the core skills, knowledge, and confidence to manage people and services effectively.
Elevate Ignite
A foundational leadership programme designed to ignite leadership potential among emerging leaders...
EMIS Web for new non-clinical users
This 2-hour training aims to help reception and admin staff to navigate EMIS Web efficiently. Reception and admin staff will be shown how to manage the system and how to complete common actions.
Total Triage Training
This 2-hour training aims to help reception teams to navigate patients to the appropriate healthcare staff or services, safely and efficiently...
Document Management To Improve Efficiency
This 2-hour training aims to help administrators streamline the documents to appropriate team members in a timely manner...
Supporting The Preparation Of Reports
This 2-hour workshop aims to support non-clinical reception and administrative staff to prepare many of the report and letter requests that come to general practice
Becoming a Prescribing Champion
This 2-hour interactive workshop is designed to enhance participants’ understanding of medication management within primary care.
Prescribing and long-term conditions
This two-hour workshop aims to support non-clinical reception and administrative staff in improving their knowledge and understanding of prescriptions.
Giving out normal blood test results
This two-hour workshop aims to support non-clinical reception and administrative staff to confidently give out normal blood results...
Recognising the acutely ill patient
This two-hour workshop introduces non-clinical reception staff members to various acute health conditions.
Preceptorship workshop for newly qualified primary care nurses, including qualified nursing associates
Four half-day sessions to be completed within first 12 months of qualification.
Clinical Skills Workshops for Health Care Support/Care Workers in Primary Care
This nine-day programme focuses on developing practical competencies which are required within general practice at the same time a linking them to management of patients.
Vaccination and injection technique training for healthcare support workers (HCSW)
This course is developed in line with National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Vaccination Training UKHSA_National_Minimum_Standards_for_immunisation_training_2025.pdf
Annual influenza update
Essentialtraining to support the annual influenza vaccination campaign
Care Certificate conversations
The course has been developed to consolidate previous online training to support the 16 National Care Certificates prior to sign off.
Child health essentials
This relaxed, hands-on session is here to help you feel more confident and prepared. Spot and manage common childhood illnesses What to doin an emergency When to go to the doctor or hospital Simple first-aid skills to help your child feel better
Basic Life Support
Basic life support (BLS) is vital in saving lives during emergencies, and it's essential that non-medical staff feel confident in performing it...
First aid and CPR training
This session will provide immediate care and support in the critical moments before professional medical help arrives.
Basic Life Support /Automated External Defibrillator
This one hour update session provides a practical refresher on Basic Life Support skills, It ensures participants remain confident and competent in responding to cardiac emergencies...
Motivational Interviewing Group Coaching
This format can be offered to teams of six-nine learners who may work for the same organisation, who have all previously completed Foundation Motivational Interviewing (MI) or above...
Motivational Interviewing one-to-one coaching
Participants will receive one-to-one coaching from an experienced MI Practitioner in up to six 60-minute sessions over a maximum period of six months...
Motivational Interviewing Community of Practice
A facilitated bimonthly online forum for those who have completed Motivational Interviewing training and are keen to maintain and develop their MI skills in practice...
ReMInd Foundation Motivational Interviewing half-day refresher
This four-hour half-day refresher training is for participants who have completed our Motivational Interviewing Foundation level training.
Advanced Motivational Interviewing Practice
This CPD UK-accredited programme is for learners who have completed our Intermediate programme. It is aimed at deepening and adapting Motivational Interviewing (MI) practice, as well as supporting MI skills development of others...
Intermediate Motivational Interviewing Skills Development Programme
This programme is aimed at developing confidence and competency in MI practice...
Foundations in Motivational Interviewing with a focus on Vaccine hesitancy
In this lively and interactive training you will learn how to have supportive and effective conversations with others about vaccines...
Foundations in motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centered counselling style for addressing the common experience of ambivalence about change...
MECC Connect: Making Every Contact Count community of practice
For staff who have completed Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training who wish to refresh and update their knowledge and skills and network with other learners. The length and duration of each session can be flexible.
Making Every Contact Count with a focus on loneliness and social isolation
Learners explore how to have brief supportive conversation for residents / service users experiencing social isolation and loneliness, using the Making Every ContactCount (MECC) framework...
Making Every Contact Count
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach that supports all frontline staff to use everyday interactions to promote healthier lifestyles with service users and residents through brief person-centred health promotion conversations...
Motivational Interviewing Group Coaching
This format can be offered to teams of six-nine learners who may work for the same organisation, who have all previously completed Foundation Motivational Interviewing (MI) or above...
Motivational Interviewing one-to-one coaching
Participants will receive one-to-one coaching from an experienced MI Practitioner in up to six 60-minute sessions over a maximum period of six months...
Motivational Interviewing Community of Practice
A facilitated bimonthly online forum for those who have completed Motivational Interviewing training and are keen to maintain and develop their MI skills in practice.
ReMInd Foundation Motivational Interviewing half-day refresher
This four-hour half-day refresher training is for participants who have completed our Motivational Interviewing Foundation level training.
Advanced Motivational Interviewing Practice
This CPD UK-accredited programme is for learners who have completed our Intermediate programme. It is aimed at deepening and adapting Motivational Interviewing (MI) practice, as well as supporting MI skills development of others.
Intermediate Motivational Interviewing Skills Development Programme
This programme is aimed at developing confidence and competency in MI practice. This CPD-Accredited funded (free) programme. Each session will include a focus on a specific aspect of Motivational Interviewing covered in the Foundation level training...
Foundations in Motivational Interviewing with a focus on Vaccine hesitancy
In this lively and interactive training you will learn how to have supportive and effective conversations with others about vaccines. You will also learn about Motivational Interviewing in general which can be used in a range of situations and contexts...
Foundations in motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centered counselling style for addressing the common experience of ambivalence about change...
MECC Connect: Making Every Contact Count community of practice
For staff who have completed Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training who wish to refresh and update their knowledge and skills and network with other learners. The length and duration of each session can be flexible.
Making Every Contact Count with a focus on loneliness and social isolation
Learners explore how to have brief supportive conversation for residents / service users experiencing social isolation and loneliness, using the Making Every Contact Count (MECC) framework...
Making Every Contact Count
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach that supports all frontline staff to use everyday interactions to promote healthier lifestyles with service users and residents...
Introduction to trauma-informed practice
In this interactive and supportive half -day session learners will have the opportunity to explore the principles and application of trauma...
Managing burnout
Burnout can affect motivation, performance, and overall wellbeing – both at work and in everyday life...
Communicating with empathy
Explore how to connect with others in ways that demonstrate understanding, compassion and respect. Learn how to listen actively, acknowledge emotions, and respond with sensitivity, even in challenging situations.
Giving and receiving feedback
Learn how to give and receive feedback in a way that helps everyone to grow. We’ll cover why feedback is important, the different types, and how to use them effectively...
Active listening
Active Listening helps to improve relations between staff and enhance workplace satisfaction. It is an ability that allows individuals to engage with the speaker more effectively by paying particular attention to the conversation...
Navigating EMIS analytics and reporting
- Overview of the EMIS analytics and reporting suite
- Accessing and navigating the reporting tools within the current EMIS platform
- Running standard reports
- Building and customising searches and population reports for local needs
- Exporting and interpreting data
- Understanding data governance in reporting
Clinical safety and AI governance in primary care
- Understanding clinical safety frameworks for AI in NHS settings
- Identifying and classifying AI tools used in primary care
- Risk assessment in practice
- Accountability, liability, and the role of the clinician in AI-assisted decisions
- Regulatory landscape
- Building a culture of safe AI adoption
Ambient AI scribes in general practice: Unlocking efficiency
- What are ambient AI scribes?
- Overview of available tools
- Clinical and administrative benefits:
- Patient consent, confidentiality, and information governance considerations
- Practical implementation
- Clinical safety considerations
Total triage: Transforming access in primary care
- What is total triage?
- The patient journey under total triage
- Roles and responsibilities
- Using digital tools to support total triage
- Managing demand safely
- Overcoming common barriers
EMIS Web mastery for non-clinical staff (advanced)
- Advanced searches and reporting
- Recall and recall management
- Audit trail, access logs, and information governance compliance
- Configuring and managing appointment templates and online access settings
- Supporting clinical teams with data quality: deduplication, merging records, and accuracy checks.
EMIS Web for non-clinical staff: Building confidence (intermediate)
- Recap of foundation skills and common queries from practice
- Managing clinical correspondence
- Task management
- Using the workflow manager and document inbox effectively
- Appointment templates, slots, and session management.
EMIS Web essentials for non-clinical staff (foundation)
- Introduction to EMIS Web
- Understanding the patient record
- Core tasks
- Safe use of the system
- Searching for patients and navigating between modules.
Document management and workflow optimisation in primary care
- Understanding the role of effective document management in improving workflow, patient safety, and operational efficiency within primary care.
- Exploring common challenges including workflow bottlenecks, duplication, coding inconsistencies, and delays in actioning clinical correspondence.
- Reviewing best-practice approaches to triage, coding, task allocation, and escalation of incoming documents and results...
Clinical coding in primary care: Accuracy, quality and impact
- Purpose and importance of high-quality clinical coding
- Overview of coding standards in NHS primary care (SNOMED CT, problem lists, structured data)
- Common coding errors and their impact on patient care, QOF, population health, and reporting...
Proactively managing high-risk and frequent patients
- Identifying high-risk and high-impact users
- Use of risk stratification tools and health inequality data
- Strategies for care coordination and personalised interventions
- MDT working and community resource linkage.
Using AI in primary care: An overview and discussion
This course explains what AI is, and provides a realistic definition for healthcare. It looks at current and emerging uses of AI in primary care, and discusses risks, limitations, and ethical considerations. Finally, there is a chance to have an open discussion on future roles and staff readiness.
Long-term condition overview
- Overview of key long-term conditions (LTCs): diabetes, hypertension, COPD, CKD
- Importance of holistic LTC management
- Using LTC dashboards effectively
- Role of personalised care and proactive reviews.
Searches and Population Health
This course covers:
- How to understand population health principles
- Practical use of clinical system searches
- Segmenting and stratifying patient populations
- Aligning searches with national and local priorities.
Digital champions training
Developing in-house experts to lead digital change. This course trains staff to support peers, troubleshoot common issues, and advocate for new technology adoption within their local team, practice or organisation.
Advanced collaboration and leadership
Learn to build and manage departmental Hubs. This course teaches site architecture, permission management, and custom list creation to turn SharePoint into a powerful document management tool...
Advanced Excel for healthcare data
Transform raw data into actionable insights. Covers Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and dashboard creation specifically designed for NHS data sets and performance tracking.
Introduction to EMIS Web reporting (basic)
Unlock the power of EMIS Web data. This session focuses on building custom searches and running complex reports.
AI Scribe Integration & Implementation
A practical guide to deploying GP Care Group’s AI Scribe technology in a clinical setting. Includes technical set-up, patient consent frameworks, and live practice sessions to reduce clinical documentation time...
Employability and career progression
A career development workshop. Covers skill-mapping, competency development, and high-impact interview techniques.
Migrating to the Cloud: A Strategic Guide for Health Leaders
This course demystifies the transition from on-premises servers to cloud environments (NHS Azure). It covers how you can embrace cloud solutions on the NHS domain for hosting your file and folder infrastructure and moves away from the traditional shared drives...
Microsoft 365 collaboration (Teams & Planner)
Optimising team productivity through task management. This course moves beyond chat, teaching teams how to use MS Planner and Teams channels to manage projects and deadlines transparently.
ECDL Level 2 intensive (BCS IT user skills)
An intermediate intensive focused on professional-grade office applications. Covers advanced word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation techniques to drive high-quality administrative output.
ECDL Level 1 intensive (BCS IT user skills)
A fast-track certification covering the essential IT skills. Focuses on computer essentials, online security, and basic document creation to ensure baseline competency across the workforce...
Fundamentals of Microsoft 365 in health
Master the core tools of Microsoft 365 (Teams, OneDrive, Outlook) within an NHS context. This course focuses on secure collaboration, cloud storage best practices, and streamlining daily digital workflows.
Python for beginners
A hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of Python programming. Learners will move from understanding basic syntax to building a functional digital product, gaining the logic needed for automation and data manipulation...




