Minor Illness Course

Places on this course are being subsidised by the Federations and there are 5 places per Federation.

To see if your practice qualifies for a subsidised place:

For Greater Peterborough Network, click here.
For Cambs GP Network, click here.
For West Cambs Fed, click here.

Please click Book Now to register your interest. Your place will only be confirmed when you receive a personal e-mail from Alison Cotuk stating that you have a place. 

Places will be allocated on first-come first-serve basis and only one per surgery. 

Your tutors are Dr Gina Johnson and Dr Ian Hill-Smith, both highly experienced GP’s who wrote the standard textbook on minor illness. Over the last 22 years they have developed unique ways to make the management of this subject clear, understandable and accessible to a wide range of different health professionals. Their courses are regularly given a five-star rating.

This course at Wood Green runs from Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm, and comprises seminars on the assessment and management of minor illness, the relevant pharmacology and latest research evidence. Practical, focussed and intensive, it covers all the important guidance and explains the basic principles of pharmacology in a way that will inspire and fascinate you.

Delegates will be supplied with a copy of the Nmic Minor Illness Manual, 5th edition (worth £36), six months’ free access to the members’ section of the Nmic website (worth £15), access to a unique pre-course e-learning module on examination techniques and a USB stick loaded with handouts and resources.

Topics Covered

• Minor Illness for clinicians 
• Tips on examination 
• Sore throat, earache, cough 
• UTI, D&V and MSK pain 
• Rashes and mouth problems 
• Infections and antibiotics
• Communication & organisation 
• How drugs work 
• How drugs move 
• The perfect prescription 
• Using drugs in clinical practice 
• Evidence based practice

At the end of this course you will receive a certificate of attendance. This is not a certificate of competence; if you are planning to offer a minor illness service we strongly recommend that you continue your study to attain the Nmic Minor Illness Diploma, accredited by the RCN.
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