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This essential session shows health and wellbeing coaches, care coordinators, and social prescribers how to harness supervision as a powerful tool for developing communication competence, managing challenging patient relationships, and building confidence in your unique healthcare role.

The MECC elearning programme is designed to support learners in developing an understanding of public health and the factors that impact on a person’s health and wellbeing. It focuses on how asking questions and listening effectively to people is a vital role for us all.

Good communication develops your knowledge and understanding about individuals and the part played by other workers so that the best care and support possible can be provided. It helps build working relationships where each person’s views are valued and taken into account.

The adult or child you're caring for may find it difficult to communicate because of a physical health problem – such as a hearing difficulty, a problem with their eyesight or a developmental disorder – or because of a disorder affecting their brain, such as Alzheimer's disease or stroke.

Webinar with Dr Kinnary Martin covering covers 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.

Designed to support clinicians caring for people seeking asylum and refugees in primary care.

Many men experience a gradual decline in bioavailable testosterone with age. It is associated with osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease, depression and cognitive decline. This session provides an overview of investigation and management. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in March 2020.

Slide deck from the Conference on 15th May 2025.

This session explains what gender affirmation means and why it matters. It outlines the pathways for attaining gender affirmation in the NHS and gives an overview of some of the surgical techniques used. It also discusses breast cancer incidence in the trans and gender-diverse population and reinforces the importance of breast cancer screening.

Most would agree that regular, constructive and developmental feedback to colleagues is a healthy part of the culture of any business or organisation. Yet sometimes feedback needs to be more direct especially when challenging undesirable or simply unacceptable behaviours of colleagues. Although these conversations are at times needed, they are continuously at risk of getting postponed or deemed as just too difficult and therefore avoided altogether.

Training in the use of the Joy Digital Platform does not need to be a one-off event.  The online foundational training helps new staff become confident using the digital platform and it is also useful for those staff who require a Refresher Course to build on their learning. 

Ardens Academy is our free online learning platform designed to help you improve your knowledge and get the most out of your Ardens tools.

Our course content covers all areas of Ardens resources, as well as general primary care knowledge. Learn at your own pace and in a way that suits your role, with a range of bitesize courses, videos and learning paths.