Protected Learning Time (PLT)

Training Hub PLT Sessions

C&P Training Hub recognise that some focused learning opportunities could be helpful for practices and PCNs during Protected Learning Time sessions. We will therefore be providing interactive learning sessions aimed at the whole practice team and developed for MDT learning from September.

Each of the Training Hub PLT sessions includes a live webinar, hosted by local topic specialists and associated resources.

The sessions are designed to be accessed live and will also be recorded and available afterwards to support practices and PCNs who may already have plans for the scheduled dates. However we advise viewing these webinars by our local topic experts to introduce the topic and give local guidance and advice, prior to further multi-disciplinary learning within your practice teams.

 

Upcoming PLT Sessions

(PLT) Supporting Families Through Healthy Childhoods: Practical Approaches to Childhood Challenges and Presentations

Facilitator: Dr Gillian Mitchell

Live webinar via zoom: Thursday 15th January 2026, 14:30-16:00

Join us for an informative and practical webinar designed for GPs and practice staff, focusing on how to support families through the presentations and challenges in childhood.

The session will be delivered by Dr Gillian Mitchell, an experienced Community Paediatrician with a specialist interest in neurodiversity. Throughout the webinar, Dr Mitchell will explore a range of issues that arise in primary care, including sleep difficulties, selective eating, toileting problems, and supporting neurodiverse children. These topics will be covered alongside other important areas such as early intervention and guidance on how and when to access specialist support.

This is an opportunity to gain practical strategies, clinical insights, and signposting tips to help you guide families confidently and effectively.

To book, please click here.

 

(PLT) Palliative Care

Facilitator: Stephen Barclay

Live webinar via zoom: Tuesday 17th February 2026, 14:30-16:30

Join us for a PLT session with palliative care expert Professor Stephen Barclay. Designed for GPs and wider GP practice staff, this webinar delivers clear, up-to-date and local guidance to support high-quality, compassionate care for patients nearing the end of life.

To book, please click here.

(PLT) Quality Improvement Webinar Series

General Practice is busier than ever, with each practice employing varying systems and processes to deliver patient care. It can be difficult to identify how to make and show improvements in quality of care, efficiency and patient or staff satisfaction.

This series of webinars will ensure that general practice staff have access to the knowledge, tools and confidence to lead and participate in quality improvement initiatives while supporting and developing collaboration within the practice team and wider.

Leading Quality Improvement and Fostering a Culture of Improvement – 17th February 2026, 14:30-15:30

Facilitator: Dr Kinnary Martin

By the end of this webinar, practice staff will:

  • Identify roles and responsibilities for practice-based projects
  • Describe first steps for building a culture of continuous improvement in practice
  • Explore leadership to build a strong QI culture

To book, please click here

Collaborating for Impact – Quality Improvement Across Teams and Systems – 18th March 2026, 14:30-15:30

Facilitator: Dr Kinnary Martin

By the end of this webinar, practice staff will:

  • Explore collaboration across practices and PCNs.
  • Understand how to align with wider system goals and funding opportunities.
  • Describe how to sustain momentum for continuous improvement

To book, please click here

Confirmed dates for PLT sessions from October 2025 to March 2026.

Thursday 15 January 2026
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Wednesday 18 March 2026

You can find suggestions for other training and events happening on PLT dates in our Training Calendar.

If you have any questions, please email us at candptraininghub@nhs.net

Previous PLT sessions:

Live webinar via zoom: Wednesday 19th November 2025, 14:30-16:45

An informative session aimed at the whole General Practice MDT supporting improving confidence and knowledge around fit notes. With insights from a GP with a specialist interest in occupational health, a representative from the WorkWell scheme, and a speaker from the DWP, we’ll explore the challenges GPs and practice teams face, what happens after a fit note is issued, and how wider support systems can help our patients stay in or return to work and how to access these.

Recording, Slides and Resources for this PLT session are available here

Live Webinar and Q&A: 19th November 2025, 14:30-15:30

Facilitator: Dr Kinnary Martin

By the end of this webinar, practice staff will:

  • Understand the fundamentals of QI and why it matters in General Practice
  • Determine the challenges and opportunities for QI in General Practice
  • Understand how to use QI tools to facilitate improvement
  • Identify 3 possible areas for change in their own practices

Recording, Slides and Resources for this PLT session are available here

Facilitator: Dr Liz Woodroffe and Amanda Warburton 

Live webinar via zoom: Thursday 18th September 2025, 14:00-16:15

During this detailed session, delegates will come to understand about Self-Neglect and Hoarding- A Primary Care Perspective and Domestic Abuse. This update session can be used as part of your annual ‘engaging in safeguarding learning and reflection’ in accordance with Level 3 safeguarding training and standards (RCGP October 2024)

Recording, Slides and Resources for this PLT session are available here

Facilitator: Dr Kinnary Martin

Live webinar via zoom: Wednesday 16th July 2025, 14:30-15:30

General Practice is busier than ever, with each practice employing varying systems and processes to deliver patient care. It can be difficult to identify how to make and show improvements in quality of care, efficiency and patient or staff satisfaction.

This webinar will cover the essentials of delivering Quality Improvement in practice, with the aim of providing an easy-to-follow framework for delivering change that results in improvement and positive impact. We will discuss shared purpose, what data is the right data for change, how to know whether your change is an improvement and much more. This will be an interactive session that is designed to enthuse and motivate practice staff to explore QI in their own practices using a real life case study.

Recording, Slides and Resources for this PLT session are available here

Facilitator: Dave Sargent and Dr Liz Woodroffe

Live webinar via zoom: Tuesday 17th June 2025, 14:00-16:45

Overview: This update session can be used as part of your annual ‘engaging in safeguarding learning and reflection’ in accordance with Level 3 safeguarding training and standards (RCGP October 2024) The reflective template can be found here: RCGP Safeguarding Reflective Practice – Structured Template. 

Topics covered are Vulnerability & Exploitation (Exploitation and County Lines- The current local picture) and Recognising and Responding to Neglect of Children- A Primary Care Perspective

Recording, Slides and Resources for this PLT session are available here

Facilitator: Dr Rebecca Jones

Live webinar via zoom: Wednesday 9th April, 14:30-15:30

Overview: A Webinar aiming to provide practical advice to Primary care in the management of Children and Young people with evidence of anxiety and depression. Topics covered will include: Self-harm, Anxiety, Depression, Local support services and how to assess severity  and quantify risk  and access support when needed.

Recording, Slides and Resources for this PLT session are available here

Facilitator: Dr Fiona Head, Medical Director of the ICB, qualified Public Health Consultant and GP

Live webinar via zoom: Wednesday 19th March 2025, 14:30-15:30

Overview: This session will introduce practice teams to the concept of health inequalities and what we can do about them as a primary care team. Objectives include: Being able to describe what the concept of “health inequalities” means; Understanding the multiple causes of health inequalities and how these might interact; Knowing where to find information; Having an awareness of the current national and local policy and being aware of the role the primary health care team can play in health inequality reduction, plus identifying one action your team can take to reduce health inequalities.

Recording, Slides and Resources for this PLT session are available here

Facilitator: Alison Skea, Dementia Lead Nurse Consultant CPFT

Live webinar via zoom: Tuesday 18th February 2025, 14:30-15:30

Overview: The number of people living with dementia in the UK expected to rise from 900,000 to 1.6 million by 2040. This session will aim to help those working in primary care understand why diagnosis is helpful, navigate the obstacles to good quality dementia care within primary care, learn approaches to managing risks and safeguarding for this vulnerable cohort and understand the resources available locally to support people with dementia and their families to live well and safely.

Recording, Slides and Resources for this PLT session are available here

Facilitator: Dr Justin Markiewicz

Live webinar via zoom: Wednesday 20th November 2024, 14:30-15:30

Overview: 

The aim of the session will be to cover and discuss common presentations of substance use within Primary Care setting, focusing primarily on alcohol and opiates.  We will discuss the treatment pathways for both substances.  The session will also cover health inequalities, stigma, safeguarding and referral to other supporting services.  Learning from the webinar will be consolidated with case examples, enabling further discussion within your local team during the protected learning time

Recording, Slides and Resources for this PLT session are available here

Facilitator: Dr James Smith

Live webinar via zoom: Tuesday 19 September 2023, 14:30-15:30

Overview: In this webinar Dr James Smith will describe our environmental impacts and the clinical and non-clinical actions which can be taken to reduce these. He will also describe the NHS targets and policies as relevant to general practice. On the clinical side, prescribing, and in particular inhalers, are a key area of action while on the non clinical side buildings, travel and procurement are all important.

The video recording, discussion guide and resources for this PLT session are available here.

Facilitator: Dr Liz Woodroffe, Safeguarding Lead at Lensfield Medical Practice

Live webinar via zoom: Wednesday 22 November 2023, 14:30-15:30

Overview: A peer-led webinar aimed at all members of the Primary Care Team (clinical and non-clinical) which will examine the inputs, processes and outputs of Primary Care safeguarding systems. Through case-based learning, we will consider how we can harness the strengths of our Primary Care multi-disciplinary team.

The video recording, slides, discussion guide and resources for this PLT session are available here.

Facilitator: Dr Jessica Randall-Carrick, ICS Clinical Lead for Diabetes & Obesity & Co-Lead for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.

Live webinar via zoom: Tuesday 23 January 2024, 14:30-15:30

Overview: – How can we as a Practice best support our patients to live healthier longer lives? Although CVD & Diabetes affects so many of our patients, its management is getting increasingly complex. Offering personalised & holistic care of obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia/QRISK & diabetes will require the combined efforts across all our practice & PCN staff – both medical & non-medical (or non-traditional) providers.

The video recording, slides, discussion guide and resources for this PLT session are available here.

Facilitator: Dr Gill Shields

Live webinar via zoom: Thursday 29 February 2024, 14:30-15:30

Overview:

  • Past – To understand where we are now we have to understand how we got here
    • Finer discussion on the WHI of 2002 and where the fear came from
  • Present – Hot topics regarding progesterone, testosterone prescribing and menopause care in post breast cancer women
  • Future – What does the future of women’s health look like and how can we improve it

The slides, discussion guide, resources and video recording for this PLT session are available here.

Facilitator: Dr Susie Hunt, supported by Dr Paula Newton

Live webinar via zoom: Wednesday 27 March 2024, 14:30-15:30

Overview: As we are all too well-aware, the NHS is under unprecedented pressure and GP teams are at the frontline with escalating demand and a shrinking workforce.

  • How can we reduce the impact of this on our own wellbeing and that of our colleagues?
  • How can we support one another in our practice teams and provide an environment where wellbeing is a priority?
  • How can we identify the risk of burnout and where can we reach out to in order to get help?
  • How do we acknowledge and address conflict within our teams, thus obtaining a better understanding of individuals’ points of view to enable us to work together effectively?

This session will aim to address some of these important issues, sharing practical tips and strategies that can help both individuals and teams.

The discussion guide and resources for this PLT session are available here