Please join us for the HCA in general Practice course on the 25th and 26th of August. Attendees should ideally attend both days.

Whats included:

• • Access to online resources and handouts
  • Competency documents
  • 2 day live zoom sessions
  • 2 audio recordings

DAY 1 26 August 2021

09h00 – 12h00 Introduction to General Practice

• • Consent, duty of care and confidentiality
  • Understanding MCA 2005 and Mental Health Act
  • New patient check
  • Health screening tests
  • Taking a smoking and alcohol history
  • Urine dipstick and recording results
  • Taking a temperature and identifying sepsis in general practice
  • Overview of NEWS2 score

13h00 – 16h00 Hypertension and CVD

• How to take a Blood pressure and heart rate
• Importance of monitoring temperature and respiration
• What is heart failure and hypertension
• Preventing falls and blood pressure monitoring.
• Completing QOF indicators
• Identifying hypertension risk factors
• Recognising normal and abnormal blood pressure parameters.