Program Overview

Haemoglobinopathies: Specialist Update

Course Overview

This one-day update is targeted at experienced practitioners (nurses, midwives, and health visitors) who have previously undertaken training through the PEGASUS course, the King’s College London Genetic Risk Assessment and Counselling module or an alternative sickle cell and thalassaemia related module. It is not suitable for non-specialists.

Course Details

• Date: 08 July 2025 - 08 July 2025
• Places: Available
• Delivery mode: In person
• Application deadline: 17 June 2025

Course Features

• The course is funded by the NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme and is free to applicants.

Entry Requirements

• Applicants must be responsible for counselling women and couples at risk of having an affected baby as part of the NHS Sickle Cell & Thalassemia Screening Programme. This includes the offer of prenatal diagnosis and/or giving results to parent(s) who have given birth to an affected child.

Further Information

Teaching Schedule

• Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Manchester - venue TBC (this session is face to face and in Manchester)
• The maximum capacity for this study day is 50

Key Information

• Credit value: Not for credit
• Duration: 1 day
• Fees & Discounts: 0

Offered by

• Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care