Latest News
Read our spring newsletterNewsletter 9 A5.pdf
New Course in PALLIATIVE CARE - Would this course be useful to you?
Due to popular demand we are developing a new course on Palliative Care.
The course will cover areas including, Acceptance of loss, Supporting individuals with life limiting conditions, and Spiritual needs. Would this course be useful to you? Please let us know
your thoughts. Call Jo 01603 861612
February 2012
First Aid Suspension Training is now available as a one hour bolt-on to any of the first
aid courses we deliver. A request must be made at the point of booking. Do contact us for further details. More
January 2012 - Nutrition Training
We are pleased to be launching a nutrition course in 2012 entitled Nutrition and the Older Person.The aims of the half day are to highlight some of the nutritional factors which put older people at risk of malnutrition. The course will highlight consequences of malnutrition in the older person, teach how to identify which factors put older people at risk of malnutrition and how to identify and assess patients at risk of malnutrition, as well as teaching how to provide nutrition support for older people. On 25th April we will be holding our first study day at Drayton Old Lodge. The idea of the event is to build on the half day course and include:
Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
Explanation of Dysphagia - DYS (difficulty) PHAGIA (to eat)
There will be a chef on hand to demonstrate the effective use of liquid foods formed into an attractive meal using moulds. Please contact us if you are interested.
Read our winter newsletter
Newsletter 8 A5.pdf
December 2011 - First Aid for New Parents
Free course - held in Impington Pavilion Cambridge - 11 January 2012
Come and join us for a new parent and baby first aid advice session over tea, coffee and biscuits.
We are pleased to be holding a free first aid session for new parents. We plan to hold three sessions in the day, each of two hours in length.
The following format for the first session of the day will be repeated for each session.
10:00 - 10:15 Introduction
Fill in forms to state specific concerns – these are dealt with in the second part of the session.
10:15 - 11:15 Formal training
Baby resuscitation
Baby choking
Febrile convulsions
Burns/scalds
Bleeding
11:15 - 12:00 Tea and Coffee
Informal Q and A
Discussion of concerns written down earlier, general discussion.
Places are limited - call Andy or Jo to book. 01603 861612
December 2011 - A message from Wendy Powles
Moving and Handling Courses
"We are please to announce that, due to demand, we are now planning to run open courses in Moving and Handling every month in 2012."
First Aid Courses
"Our open courses in first aid proved to be very popular this year with many courses selling out. In order to meet the needs of our clients we are planning to increase the number of open courses we run in 2012. We plan to alternate between holding an Emergency First Aid at Work course and a First Aid at Work course one month and a three day First Aid at Work every other month. We will continue to run First Aid courses at our sites in King’s Lynn and Cambridge as these have both proved to be highly popular."
Courses launched this year
"This year we launched Tissue Viability, Phlebotomy and our highly popular Care Home Induction course as open courses. I am pleased to confirm that we will continue to run theses sessions throughout 2012."
Autumn 2011
“We are delighted to bring you information about a new Fitness for All class for care homes. Reducing falls and increasing confidence is a bonus.” Wendy Powles
Fitness for All
Classes are available for care homes wishing to offer their residents chair and balance based exercise sessions. Sessions are taken by Paul, a qualified PersonalTrainer with specific experience of exercise classes for older adults. Sessions include strength based exercise using resistance bands, balance exercises and stretching and flexibility work. Benefits of sessions are:- Improved strength
- Improved balance
- Increased muscle supplenes
Classes are available in and around the Cambridge area.
To book call Jo on 01603 861612 or jo.powles@norvictraining.co.uk
October 2011- A message from Wendy Powles
"Norvic has responded to the importance of tissue viability assessments of new service-users highlighted by the CQC. Due to high demand will now be running open courses which teaches the promotion of skin integrity, assessing and managing wounds and supports practitioners in developing competences in evidence-based care and interventions. The NHS spends £4 billion on the treatment of pressure sores and the cost increases every year. However, 95 % of pressure sores are preventable. If these sores do develop it can be regarded as a clinical incident and is reportable to the Care Quality Commission.
We are also aware that Nutrition is high on the CQC agenda and we are responding to this by working on a nutrition course that will be coming soon and will keep you updated. Over the last few months we have also launched courses on Dementia, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Deprivation Awareness. If you need advice on any of these courses or others we provide, please call us.
Community news
Buy a mask for £2.50 and 100% profits will go to our Local Community First Responders group who are raising money for a defibrillator.Norvic Training (UK) Ltd are running a campaign to raise money for a defibrillator for our local First Responders Group. They are a group of volunteers who respond to emergency calls in the area where they live or work on behalf of the East of England Ambulance Service. Their aim is to reach a potential life threatening emergency in the first vital minutes before the Ambulance crew arrive on scene.They receive no funding and have to rely solely on donations.
The mask is used to safely deliver rescue breaths during a cardiac or respiratory arrest. It comes supplied with a key chain to ensure a life saving device can always be at hand and effectively protects the casualty and first aider against cross-contamination. the mask is easy to use with plastic one way valve. Call 01603 861612 to buy one today and help raise money for a defibrillator.
Read our autumn newsletter
Newsletter 7 A5.pdf
First Aid Skills for Children - Summer 2011
This summer Norvic were requested to run a one-day first aid course for children as young as five at a local pony club. Our trainer James, a current Duke of Edinburgh leader, ran the session; “I feel it’s great for young people to be learning a life-saving skill in addition to the academic subjects they learn at school. We started the day discussing what they consider first aid to be and what experiences of getting hurt they’d had.”
James understood the need for the session to be educational, so they went away with genuine new skills, but also fun so that they remained engaged. "The focus for small children is on getting them to call for help so we designed posters showing what information they would need to include when calling for an ambulance.”
Norvic have successfully run a number of sessions designed for young people. We are looking forward to continuing this in the new year.
Summer 2011
Read our latest summer newsletter
Newsletter 6 page 1
Newsletter 6 page 2
July 2011
Community News - Fundraising at Bilney Hall
On 31st July, Bilney Hall hosted a summer fete raising £891 to enable days out for it's residents. Norvic Training was happy to contribute to the raffle, and provided yummy chocolate biscuits and some wine for one well deserving winner.
If you have a community event, please contact us to see how we can help.
July 2011- A message from Wendy Powles
Last month we were delighted to be asked to write and deliver a training course in Sensory Deprivation Communication to a high profile client in Stansted. This month we have been commissioned to deliver a bespoke course on Epilepsy and, at the time of writing this, we are in the process of writing a more in-depth course on Awareness of Dementia. If you’re struggling to find a course that contains all the elements that you would like it to cover, do contact us and we will see what we can do. We frequently incorporate clients’ in-house policies and specific requirements into their training courses at their request.
June 2011
Challenge Norfolk 100 in 100 CampaignDuring Apprentice Week 2011the National Apprentice Service (NAS) launched their exciting Challenge Norfolk 100 in 100 campaign. The aim was to recruit 100 apprentices for local businesses in 100 days. The advantages of apprenticeships for young people include the opportunity to earn whilst learning as well as enjoying all the ancillary benefits of being an employee. They also receive the support they require to make the transition into the working world. Apprenticeships are of particular value in today’s highly competitive job market where a lack of work experience can be a real barrier to securing a position.
On hearing of the campaign we considered how an apprentice could aid us here at Norvic. As an ever-expanding company we have a real need for an administrative assistant to take on some of our daily tasks. The opportunity to support local school leavers and reap the rewards of their enthusiasm and eagerness to learn was highly appealing. In April we took on our young apprentice, Ashley, and he has already become an invaluable member of our team. Ashley’s responsibilities include answering the telephone, handling some of our bookings, setting up training rooms and preparing handouts and course materials for our trainers. We would all heartily recommend exploring how an apprentice could help your business but don’t just take our word for it; research undertaken by Populus revealed that:
• 8/10 of those who employ apprentices agree that they make the workplace more productive
• Over 8/10 consumers would prefer to use a company that employs apprentices
For further information about apprenticeships and the 100 in 100 campaign visit www.apprenticeships.org.
May 2011- A message from Wendy Powles
We have just launched a new open course starting in June for Emergency Medical Technician training. Covering 5 days training, it's aimed at training and qualifying delegates in the knowledge and skills required to deal with medical and trauma emergencies beyond the scope of basic first aid. So, if you are a person who may have to deal with trauma and medical patients using techniques and equipment beyond the scope of basic first aid, call us to reserve your place. The course is also ideal for private ambulance service personnel, fire fighters, medical response teams, on-site company ambulance staff and first aiders who wish to extend their basic skills.
April 2011
Recruiting Now. We are currently looking for trainers to deliver courses across a range of subject areas at sites in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, and Lincolnshire. If you are interested in becoming a valued member of our highly regarded team then we'd love to hear from you.
March 2011
Norvic Training offers help & support to The Hub Community Project in Wymondham
February 2011
Changes in Resuscitation Guidance
Test your knowledge with our First Aid Quiz
January 2011
Norvic Training are happy to continue to support First Responders by donating our room for free.
October 2010
New Care Home Standards - Our Three Day Induction Course
June 2010
The Importance of First Aid - Would you know what to do?
January 2010
Resuscitation Council (UK): Guidelines for safer handling during resuscitation in healthcare settings – November 2009
October 2009
Changes to Course Length Requirements: First Aid at Work