Courses
Pilgrims Hospices is a highly-regarded provider of education and training courses in end-of-life care.
Discover the current range of training courses we offer for local health and social care professionals.
Gold Standards Framework
A Quality Improvement training programme that aims to improve the supportive care for all care home residents as they near the end of their lives.
Advanced communications skills training
Through discussions, exercises and the extensive use of roleplay, this course gives delegates the opportunity to develop, practice and consolidate their clinical communication skills.
Compassion awareness
All compassion awareness courses are fully booked; more dates will be added soon.
Supporting bereaved children and young people
A one-day course is for teachers at Primary or Secondary level who may have worked, or may need to work, with a child who has experienced the death of a loved one.
Verification of Expected Death
The aim of this course is for nurses to have the knowledge, confidence and skills to be able to verify an expected death.
Touch therapy: Hand massage
A half-day course suitable for anyone who wants to learn how to soothe people by hand massage.
Syringe driver training – McKinley T34
A two-hour workshop aimed at enabling Registered Nurses to familiarise themselves in the handling and setting up of McKinley T34 syringe drivers.
SAGE & THYME
This 3-hour workshop teaches you how to talk to someone who is worried or distressed.
Principles and practice of end of life care for registered health and social care staff
A six-day course for registered health and social care staff designed to enhance knowledge and confidence in the principles and practices of end-of-life care.
Principles and practice of end of life care for non-registered health and social care staff
A five-day course for non-registered health and social care staff designed to enhance knowledge and confidence in the principles and practices of end-of-life care.