Palliative Care Training Courses

If you are a healthcare professional with an interest in palliative care, you may benefit from training at the St Gemma’s Academic Unit of Palliative Care.

We offer a range of palliative and end of life education programmes for healthcare professionals.

Free and funded places available

We are pleased to offer a number of free training courses and funded places on some programmes. To learn more, please view the individual course details and eligibility criteria.

For further details and dates for all courses, or to enquire about education not currently in our brochure, please contact us on AUPCCourses@st-gemma.co.uk or call our Academic Unit on 0113 2185500.

Current palliative care courses and workshops running at the Academic Unit of Palliative Care

Sheffield Teaching Hospital Communication Skills Training (virtual)

Virtual

1/2 day

Tuesday 4th March 2025

½ day tele-education communication skills workshop for Sheffield Teaching Hospital staff

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Sheffield Teaching Hospital Communication Skills Training (face to face)

Sheffield Teaching Hospital

1 day

February or March 2025

An interactive full-day communications skills workshop for Sheffield Teaching Hospital staff

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Advanced Communication Skills Training

Blended Learning

2 days

A 2-day workshop for senior clinicians to help you develop advanced communication skills.

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Leeds City Council (LCC) End of Life Care Webinars

Virtual

A series of four end of life care webinars aimed at health and social care staff working with Leeds City Council.

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Leeds Community Healthcare (LCH) Advanced Communications Skills Training

St Gemma’s Academic Unit

1 day

Various dates available

Training for LCH senior clinicians to help you develop advanced communication skills.

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Leeds Community Healthcare (LCH) End of Life Communication Skills Training

Virtual

1/2 day

Various Dates Available

Training for LCH Registered Nurses and therapists to explore and practice end of life communication skills.

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Harrogate District Foundation Trust (HDFT) Difficult Conversations with Patients at the End of Life

The Harrogate Railway Centre

1/2 day

This course for HDFT staff explores key communication skills and how advance care planning preferences can be recorded and shared.

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Harrogate District Foundation Trust (HDFT) Advance Care Planning and Communication Skills Training

The Harrogate Railway Centre

1/2 day

This course for HDFT staff explores how advance care planning preferences can be recorded and shared.

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The Principles of Palliative and End of Life Care Programme

Blended Learning

12 weeks

A 12-week blended learning course to help you to gain an understanding of palliative and end of life care

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