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SUMMARY:Managing allergies with confidence in boarding school settings
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline  \nThis webinar equips boarding school staff with the knowledge and skills to manage food allergies safely in residential settings. It covers allergen awareness\, safe food provision\, emergency response\, and inclusive practices to support student wellbeing. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nFood allergy basics: allergens\, risks\, prevalence in young people\nUK allergen legislation (Food Information Regulations & Natasha’s Law)\nSafe food provision and prevention of cross-contamination\nRecord keeping\, communication\, and policy implementation\nEmergency recognition and response protocols\nSupporting inclusion and wellbeing in boarding school life\n\nLearning outcomes: \nBy the end of the session\, participants will be able to: \n\nUnderstand UK food allergen regulations and their responsibilities in a boarding school context\nRecognise common allergens and associated risks.\nReduce cross-contamination in kitchens and dining areas.\nCommunicate effectively with students\, parents\, and colleagues.\nRespond appropriately to allergic reactions\, including the use of adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs).\nPromote a safe\, inclusive environment for students with allergies.\n\n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Hieda CPD and events\, please click here. \nBook now \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n\nSpeakers:  \nTess Warnes\, Registered Dietitian\, allmanhall \nTess oversees Dietetics at allmanhall\, specialists in food procurement for education settings\, particularly boarding schools. A registered Dietitian with the HCPC\, she holds a BSc (Hons) in Nutrition and Dietetics and has nearly two decades of experience\, including roles in major London teaching hospitals and leading a nutrition consultancy. With allmanhall for over eight years\, Tess delivers bespoke training on nutrition\, hydration\, allergens\, and healthy eating\, while supporting schools with menu reviews and compliance. She is a member of the British Dietetic Association Sustainability Group\, helping clients integrate sustainability into menus alongside meeting nutritional standards. \n 
URL:https://www.hieda.org.uk/event/allergen-management/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This webinar will be recorded
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260120T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260120T154500
DTSTAMP:20260107T142303Z
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SUMMARY:Certificate in Professional Practice for School Nurses – January
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £750-1\,450\n🎧 School medical staff\n📍 Online \n\nWe offer a self-funding route for all courses.  We can arrange payment plans for manageable monthly amounts to make training accessible and affordable.  To find out more\, please e-mail Liz McDonald at liz.mcdonald@bsagroup.org.uk \n\nContext: \nSchool nurses form a key part of the safeguarding and pastoral care framework within our schools however staff CPD opportunities seldom focus on the key areas to support their professional development. As part of a refocus of the training available through the BSA\, we can now offer a standalone Professional Practice Certificate for school medical staff. \nThis course will link professional practice with current research and best practice to provide a unique opportunity for school nurses\, whether working in relative isolation or as part of the medical team\, to development their knowledge\, skills and practice across a wide range of the key current themes/topics most relevant to their role. In addition\, there will be a linked research project which will provide the chance to focus on a specific aspect in more detail. \nCourse Outline: \nThe course is tutor led and will consist of 4 separate live online study days spread over a full academic year. The sessions on each study day will be a mixture of presentations often with an external expert\, and group discussions. \nBSA – HIEDA Certificate in Professional Practice for School Nurses \nStudy Days for this module are: \n\nDay 1 –  January 20th\, 2026\nDay 2 –  February 26th\, 2026\nDay 3 –  May 7th\, 2026\nDay 4 –  June 4th\, 2026\n\nAll study Days will be held online via Zoom. \nTimings: 10:00 – 15:30 GMT/BST \nTO BEGIN YOUR QUALIFICATION IN JANUARY\, CLICK HERE \n\nThe role of the Nurse in a school setting\nThe medical centre in the wider context: inspection planning\, managing medicines\nWhere to now: progression and development within the medical centre: auditing/department development plans\nWorking with children with ASD and ADHD\nTravel Health and immunisations\nManaging a critical incident\nDrug misuse and screening\, Guest Speaker\, Dave Parvin\, Drugsense UK\nDelivering health education in a school setting\nWorking with young people with disordered eating\nMental health risk assessment/working with a mental health lead/pastoral team\nlegal issues\nPolicy writing\nSexual health\, contraception and screening\nManaging children from overseas with medical conditions\nSupervision/revalidation and clinical supervision\nWorking with external agencies\nCourse Assignment & Reflection\n\nCourse Assignment: \nThe course assignment provides course students with an opportunity to focus on a specific area of particular relevance to their school/role. This can range from ‘supporting a student with a complex medical condition; a review of the nursing provision in the school; the development of a new appraisal system; the management of medical records across a whole school; health promotion models; to a student guide to accessing specific support for an emotional health issue. \nThe assignment will take the form of a 2000 – 3000 word written project which can be an essay or a report which must be submitted by August 2025. These will be assessed by the course tutor and the results published/certificates issued in the early Autumn. \n\nCourse Tutor \nSinead O’Grady\, Lead Nurse\, Harrow School \nSinead is an Advanced nurse practitioner with over 15 years of nursing experience across hepatology\, haematology and emergency medicine. She now specialises in school medicine and is the lead nurse at Harrow school medical centre. \nSinead’s aim is to improve the health literacy of her pupils and empower them to utilise the variety of health and wellbeing services available to them. She has a passion for health promotion which involves reactively and proactively engaging and educating her pupils during face to face consultations and through pupil-led committees\, awareness campaigns and anonymous school health forums. \nTO BEGIN YOUR QUALIFICATION IN JANUARY\, CLICK HERE \nAll study Days will be held online via Zoom. \n\nThis event will be held jointly with:
URL:https://www.hieda.org.uk/event/bsa-hieda-certificate-in-professional-practice-for-school-nurses-november-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260121T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260121T123000
DTSTAMP:20251230T211350Z
CREATED:20250711T184055Z
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SUMMARY:Medication management (clinical)
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £135-270\n🎧 Pastoral Leaders\, School Nurses\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nManaging medication is a crucial responsibility – especially when it involves supporting children and young people. This webinar is designed to help school and boarding staff develop a clear understanding of how to safely and legally manage medicines within an educational setting. \nParticipants will explore the key principles behind medicines management\, including current legislation\, best practices\, different types of medication\, emergency medication\, and practical guidance. By understanding how to correctly store\, document\, and administer medications\, staff can significantly reduce the risk of poor health outcomes and ensure the safety and wellbeing of pupils. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nUnderstand the legal framework surrounding medicines management in schools\nBe able to identify and manage various types of medication\nFeel confident administering medication safely and effectively\n\n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Hieda CPD and events\, please click here. \nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nRosie McManus\, Nurse Advisor\, HIEDA \nTrained at Great Ormond Street\, Rosie made the move to the independent sector in 2006.  With an MA in Medical Ethics and Law and the Specialist Community Pubic Health Nurse qualification her passion remains promoting the Healthy Child Programme\, and promoting the visibility of school nurses in the independent sector.
URL:https://www.hieda.org.uk/event/medication-management-clinical/
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260123T093000
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SUMMARY:Contextual approaches to vaping behaviour
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Safeguarding leads\, pastoral leads\, boarding staff\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nChildren’s vaping behaviour is a key safeguarding and health concern which lends itself to contextual safeguarding as well as health education approaches.  \nThis webinar explores how contextual safeguarding approaches may support work to reduce and avoid the harm caused to children in contexts where vaping is commonplace\, encouraged\, or promoted and culturally embedded.  \nHow can contextual safeguarding approaches contribute to turning the tide of harm?  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nVaping and harm \nWhat we know about children’s vaping behaviour \nContextual safeguarding approaches \nThe contexts of children’s vaping behaviour \nFinding a way forward \n\nLearning outcomes \n\nDeepen your understanding of vaping harms and harms specific to children’s vaping behaviour \nRefresh understanding of contextual safeguarding approaches and how such approaches can support health education programmes \nSupport application of contextual safeguarding approaches to the challenge of harmful vaping behaviour in children\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nThis event will be held jointly with: \n    \n\nSpeaker: \nDave Parvin \nA former Drug Squad Officer- Dave has seen the damage and destruction first hand that  ‘drugs’ can bring to those who choose to have a life that involves the use of these substances and as such is passionate about raising the awareness of the ‘potential risks and dangers’ associated with this life style. Since leaving the police Dave over the last 17 years has delivered hundreds of Drug Awareness Sessions to Schools and Colleges all over the country engaging with all parties (Students/Staff and Parental Sessions) to ensure his key message about raising the awareness of the real risks and dangers associated with many substances young people in particular are likely to come into contact with. He does not preach and delivers his presentations in a ‘non judgemental manner’ in his own ‘unique style’\, ensuring that his audiences engage with him from the very minute he starts to speak. He also has strong links with NAMSS (National Association for Managers of Student Services)\, the BSA (Boarding School Association) and Hieda (Health in Education) delivering bespoke Drug Awareness Training events for their staff (including work overseas with international schools).
URL:https://www.hieda.org.uk/event/contextual-approaches-to-vaping-behaviour-2/
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260129T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260129T110000
DTSTAMP:20260114T110417Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee meeting/forum
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ FOC\n🎧 HIEDA members including healthcare professionals\, mental health professionals\, medical providers and those with a responsibility for medication administration\, first aid\, mental health in an education setting or workplace \n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline \nThis coffee meeting forum gives health centre staff the opportunity to network with peers\, discuss current challenges\, and access guidance and support. Sarah Knight from The Allergy Team will join the session to share practical insights on managing allergies in schools. Drawing on her personal experience as a mother of two children with food allergies and her professional background in journalism and television production\, Sarah combines real-world perspective with evidence-based guidance to help staff feel confident in supporting students safely. \nBOOK NOW  \n\nSpeaker: \nSarah Knight\, Founder and CEO\, The Allergy Team \nSarah Knight is Founder and CEO of The Allergy Team\, which supports schools to manage food allergies. The company co-created the Department for Education backed Schools Allergy Code\, a framework for best practice\, and runs Designated Allergy Lead training as well as the Schools Allergy Register. Before setting up The Allergy Team\, Sarah was a senior TV executive working on prime-time BBC shows including Your Home Made Perfect and the flagship consumer show\, Watchdog. Sarah has two children\, both with food allergies.
URL:https://www.hieda.org.uk/event/coffee-meeting-forum-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Forum,Online
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