Welcome to our Bitesize training programme!

We are holding a range of FREE virtual Bitesize sessions.

Bitesize sessions are 1-hour and consist of a 45-minute presentation on relevant primary care topics followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.

Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

Date TBC: Reducing Suicides

This session is available for GPs and primary care staff.

Date: TBC

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

National reports following investigations into deaths in the perinatal period continue to show suicide as the leading cause of direct maternal death between 6 weeks and 12 months after birth.

 

Session includes:

  • Work we have undertaken in West Yorkshire in relation to this
  • How we all have a role in suicide reduction
Facilitator: Claire Lowe – Perinatal Mental Health Service Lead

 

Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

22/09/2026: Hypertension

This session is available for General Practice Nurses (GPN), Nursing Associates (NA), Healthcare Assistants (HCA) & Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).

Date: Wednesday 22nd September 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

What the session includes:

  • A look at the West Yorkshire Guidance vs Nice Guidance.
  • Diagnosis and Parameters .
  • What to look out for in General Practice.

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

29/09/2026: The Shingles National Immunisation Programme: Approaches to Engaging Eligible Patients

This session is available for any healthcare professional working within primary care.

Date: Tuesday 29th September 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

What the session includes:

  • Introduction
  • The Importance of Vaccination
  • Accessing Underserved Populations and Vaccine Hesitancy
  • Shingles Vaccination and Driving the Uptake of the NIP
  • Implementation and Action Planning Tips
  • Q&A

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

07/10/2026: Very Brief Advice on Smoking Cessation for Patients with Serious Mental Illness

This session is available for General Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Allied Health Professionals & any member of staff working with patients who smoke.

Date: Wednesday 7th October 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

What the session includes:

  • Increasing understanding that those with an SMI are more likely to smoke and 50% die from smoking related illnesses.
  • Asking about smoking status, advising about the best way to quit and acting on the patient’s response. These are the elements of VBA.
  • How to engage patients who are diagnosed with a serious mental illness (SMI) and have a 30 second conversation to offer support to quit or cut down.
  • Information on medications and other stop smoking aids available.
  • Information on how to refer to Yorkshire Smoke Free and other available support.

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

15/10/2026: The Shingles National Immunisation Programme: Criteria for Severely Immunocompromised Patients

This session is available for any healthcare professional working within primary care.

Date: Thursday 15th October 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

What the session includes:

  • Introductions
  • The Burden of Shingles
  • The NIP: Eligibility
  • The NIP: Prioritising eligible IC patients
  • The NIP: Tools to support implementation
  • Q&A

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

21/10/2026: Infant Mental Health

This session is available for primary care staff supporting new parents/carers.

Date: Wednesday 21st October 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

In an increasingly fast-paced and digitally distracted world,  parental and carer connection with and response to their infants during the first 1,001 days has never been more important. Ensuring babies’  emotional needs are met is essential, and how small, everyday interactions can have a lasting impact on a child’s development.  Learn about services and tools that are available in West Yorkshire.

Session includes:

  • Introduction to Ready to Relate
  • how helping babies to cope with early emotions, parents help children to develop behavioural and physiological regulation.

Session facilitator: Lisa Milne – Clinical Lead Specialist Mother and Baby Service

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

04/11/2026: Introduction to PATHS

This session is available for GPs and primary care staff who support patients who have had baby loss and/or birth trauma.

Date: Wednesday 4th November 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

What is a maternal mental health service and how have we approached developing this new service in West Yorkshire

Session includes:

  • Why are maternal mental health services needed? & how are they different to specialist Perinatal MH services?
  • Our pathways & how and who to refer
  • Our outcomes

Session facilitator: Estelle Verdi – Clinical lead for West Yorkshire Maternal Mental Health Service – PATHS

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

12/11/2026: Understanding Incretin Hormones and their role in T2 Diabetes

This session is available for any HCP interested or involved in the management of T2 Diabetes.

Date: Thursday 12th November 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Understand how incretin therapies play a part in T2 diabetes and their implication for risk management.

Session includes:

  • Risks of T2 Diabetes,
  • Physiology of Incretin Hormones and how they fit into guidelines

Facilitator: Sian Smith, Diabetes Medical Educator Eli Lilly and Diabetes Specialist Nurse

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

18/11/2026: PATHS - Baby Separation Pathway

This session is available for Primary Care Staff.

Date: Wednesday 18th November 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Population data shows a rise in the number of infants being taken into care at birth.  How do we take a trauma informed approach to supporting individuals through this process.

Session includes:

  • How taking a trauma informed approach to supporting individuals facing child care proceedings can benefit both parents and baby

Session facilitator: Estelle Verdi – Clinical lead for West Yorkshire Maternal Mental Health Service – PATHS

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

 

 

25/11/2026: Perinatal Mental Health

This session is available for: GPs and primary care staff supporting women/birthing people in the perinatal period.

Date: Tuesday 18th August 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Up to 26% of new and expectant mothers experience perinatal mental health illness, covering a wide range of conditions. If left untreated, mental health issues can have significant and long-lasting effects on the woman, the child, and the wider family.

Session includes:

  • Prevalence
  • Presentation
  • Risk/red flags
  • Perinatal MH Services – what we offer and how to access
Facilitator: Claire Lowe – Perinatal Mental Health Service Lead

Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

09/12/2026: Neurodiversity in Practice. What can we do in 10 minutes?

This session is available for all primary care staff.

Date: Wednesday 9th December 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

This webinar explores what primary care staff can realistically do within a ten-minute consultation to better support children and families navigating school distress and behavioural differences. Through reflective discussion and practical strategies, it will encourage a shift from seeing behaviour as “difficult” to understanding it as communication. The session is grounded in lived-experience and storytelling, helping clinicians feel more confident in responding to emotional distress and unmet needs within everyday practice. 

Session Includes:

  • Awareness and understanding of neurodivergence from both sides of the consultation
  • Looking beyond what you see and how behaviour communicates needs
  • Moving away from problem solving and turning towards curiosity
  • Seeing beyond the label and walking side by side with families

Session facilitators: Dr Jess Morgan & Eliza Fricker

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

 

14/12/2026: Wound Assessment

This session is available for primary care staff who assess and treat wounds.

Date: Monday 14th December

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Session includes:

  • Describe the stages of wound healing and relate these to clinical signs
  • Understand the Importance of a structure Wound Assessment
  • Describe how Conduct a Systematic Wound Assessment
  • Identify and Describe Wound Characteristics
  • Recognise Factors Affecting Wound Healing
  • How to develop and evidence-based treatment plan

Session facilitator: Kirsten Mahoney BSc, MSc, IP, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Richardson health care, Senior Honorary Tutor – Cardiff University

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

17/12/2026: The Early-Career GP’s Financial Roadmap: Pensions, Property, Cars & Investing

This session is available for GP Registrars, Early-career GPs / Newly qualified GPs and GPs who want to understand their NHS Pension and start planning for their longer-term financial future.

Date: Thursday 17th December 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 2pm

Session includes:

  • Understand the key features of the NHS Pension Scheme and why it is an important part of a GP’s overall financial plan
  • Explore early retirement and financial independence – including how much you may need and the role of saving and investing
  • An update on the GP jobs market, including employment options, partnership and portfolio careers, and how career choices can affect finances
  • Consider the key financial factors when buying your first home, including deposit, affordability, mortgage and other associated costs
  • Understand the financial considerations when moving up the property ladder
  • Compare car finance options, including leasing, PCP and hire purchase, and understand the potential advantages and disadvantages of each
  • Explore the basics of saving and investing for the future, including emergency funds, ISAs, pensions and investment portfolios
  • Understand how to balance enjoying your income today with building long-term financial security
  • Identify some of the common financial planning pitfalls and mistakes made by doctors early in their careers
  • Leave with a practical financial checklist/framework for the next stage of your career

Session facilitator: Greg Povey, Chartered Financial Planner (Independent) Director at GPFinancial – financial advisors who specialise in giving advice to GPs around the UK.

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.

12/01/2027: Pathophysiology of Obseity

This session is available for General Practice Nurses, Nursing Associates, Allied Health Professionals, Advanced Nurse Practitioners & Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

Date: Tuesday 12th January 2027

Time: 12:30 – 1:30pm

What the session includes:

  • A session that explores the complex causes of obesity.
  • Define obesity and identify the genetic, environmental, and biological factors contributing to its development.
  • Describe the altered pathology that occurs as obesity progresses and the impact on health and wellbeing.
  • Explain the biological mechanisms involved in the homeostasis of body weight and how they hinder behavioural weight management interventions.

Session facilitator: Paidraig McQuaid – Medical Educator Eli Lilly and Dietician

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Please ensure that, when booking via MedTribe, the applicant completes the booking using their own personal profile. The account used to log in and make the booking must belong to the individual who will be attending the course.

This is necessary because MedTribe automatically generates a post-course survey and issues the completion certificate to the account used for the booking. In addition, the platform consolidates all training-related elements in one place, including invitations, reminders, surveys, and certificates, while also enabling learners to build and maintain a personal portfolio.