We work with a wide variety of clients on accreditation across private and public sectors.

Our case studies provide more information on some of the recent projects we have accredited.

 

  The British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA) is an organisation which promotes excellence in the pharmaceutical care of patients with cancer. BOPA is passionate about the role of the pharmacy profession to deliver excellent care to patients with cancer and is delighted that the RSPH has joined us to support our vision. Community pharmacy has a huge potential to act as a resource for patients to access services and could support a range of initiatives, from earlier diagnosis to holistic advice around managing symptoms or the effects of treatment. 

Their free RSPH accredited “Let’s Communicate Cancer” e-learning programme provides pharmacy staff with an understanding of the signs and symptoms of cancer, the lifestyle factors that influence the risk of developing cancer, cancer treatments and appropriate referrals for patients with suspected or confirmed malignancy.
 
Central England Co-operative

 

 

Central England Co-operative is one of the largest independent retailers in the UK, with over 400 trading outlets. They are independent from The Co-operative Group, but part of the wider co-operative movement. Their vision is to be the UK’s best consumer co-operative by making a real difference to their members and communities.

RSPH accredits their Level 2 Food Safety e-learning programme, designed to support the learning of their colleagues and help ensure they work to the highest standards in food safety.

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HENRY is a national charity, founded in 2006, working to make sure babies and young children have a healthy start in life. We know that parents want the best for their children, but in today’s busy, fast-food society, a healthy family lifestyle isn’t always easy.

Its Healthy Families: Tackling Child Obesity with HENRY programme provides health and early years practitioners with the skills they need to support families of babies and young children develop a healthy lifestyle and in so doing reduce child obesity.

Holroyd Howe

 

 

Holroyd Howe is one of the UK's leading contract caterers, providing outstanding food services to independent schools and colleges. As a Founder-led business, they are passionate about food, nurturing their people and building long-lasting relationships. They specialise in providing freshly prepared nutritious food, crafted to match the unique culture and individual needs of their schools and colleges.

Their Food Allergen e-learning programmes form a key part of their staff training. They provide team members with knowledge about the key factors relating to food allergens, as well as Holroyd Howe’s own food allergen management processes and procedures.  

Jamie's Ministry of Food  

The Jamie Oliver organisation believes it is important to build an individual's confidence to cook good, affordable, nutritious meals for themselves and their families. Their five-day Train the Trainer programme gives people the knowledge and confidence to deliver their 8 week (12 hour) Ministry of Food and Learn to Cook cooking and nutrition skills programmes in communities throughout the UK.

Delegates learn about key nutrition messages delivering cookery demonstrations, supporting others to learn to cook and adapting course content for different diets and different communities.

Leeds city council

 

 

Leeds City Council’s Public Health Department is committed to investing in the development and capacity building of the wider public health workforce through high quality training and recognises that a broad range of people and organisations make a valuable contribution to improve the health & wellbeing of the people in the city to support the Councils ambition that “Leeds will be the best City for Health and Wellbeing”.

The Health and Wellbeing Leeds Training Programme runs over eight months and provides a series of sessions designed to build on and enhance existing practice in tackling health inequalities and improving health and wellbeing of the people of Leeds.

Delegates consistently comment on the benefits of learning with colleagues from all sectors and that the networking opportunities are extremely valuable to better understand and deliver the challenging public health agenda. The programme is delivered by public health specialists whose knowledge and skills ensures evidence based practice is at the core of the programme.

Live well Dorset

 

 

LiveWell Dorset is a service providing information and advice for adults in Dorset who want to take action to improve their wellbeing. The associated workforce development training programmes support those working with the community to develop the skills needed to promote health and wellbeing for themselves, co-workers and service users.

The programmes provide a background in key health messages, motivating people to make lifestyle changes and raising awareness of the LiveWell Dorset programme for local residents. The sessions develop the skills of the workforce in Dorset and also help the trainees improve their own personal resilience.

 

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England courses aim to give people the skills and confidence to spot signs of a range of mental health issues and offer first aid support. MHFA England courses are part of an international movement of training which provides people with skills such as non-judgemental listening and knowledge to guide someone to appropriate sources of support for recovery. 

RSPH accredits the online and face to face Instructor Training programmes, which train MHFA England instructors to deliver the Adult, Youth, and Armed Forces MHFA courses.

 

Morrisons is the UK’s fourth largest supermarket group, with more skilled staff preparing more food in-store than any other retailer.

Training is one of the foundations of the food safety culture of the organisation – all employees need to understand not only the general principles of food safety, but how these relate to their own job roles. RSPH accredits staff food safety training programmes provided in – house by Morrisons. 

 

 

RSPH accredits NHS England’s National Population Health Fellowship for healthcare staff in England. The aim of this programme is to develop and grow a workforce of professionals who will incorporate population health into their everyday roles. Delegates are placed part-time (two days per week for one year) to the fellowship, alongside their substantive post, and experience a mixture of blended and experiential learning. Fellows have been recruited from a wide range of backgrounds including nursing, pharmacy, medicine, speech and language therapy, dietetics, orthotics and physiotherapy.

 

 

 

 

The North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System is a partnership of organisations including local councils, voluntary and community services that provide health and care across the region. The RSPH accredits their MECC training programme, a half day course designed to provide a consistent approach to the training of those working in the area who have the opportunity to engage with others to support a healthy lifestyle and signpost to specialist services and resources.

 

 

 

NTH Solutions LLP is a subsidiary of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The organisation is able to provide a range of services, including Domestic cleaning, supply of medical equipment and the design and building of facilities. Any profits made by the company are reinvested back into the NHS to enhance frontline patient care and services. The RSPH accredits their training programme for cleaners, which provides a background knowledge about decontamination processes, the chemicals used and health and safety requirements in relation to the processes.

Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years  

Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) is a charity dedicated to supporting everyone working in childcare and early years to provide high quality care and early learning for children and families. They provide training, practical help and expert advice to practitioners working throughout England and Wales.

PACEY’s Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene for Early Years Settings e-learning programme is particularly suitable for those with childcaring responsibilities. The course helps the learner to understand the key concepts of food safety which they can use in their role. There is particular emphasis on the potential vulnerability of children to problems such as food poisoning, providing children with food which is safe to eat and applying food safety principles in children’s settings.       

Richmond and Wandsworth councils

 

 

Richmond and Wandsworth councils are committed to embedding a MECC (Making Every Contact Count) culture across their organisations to support the health of their residents. As a key part of this initiative, frontline staff need to have the confidence to raise health related issues with people they meet through their roles and to signpost effectively to local services. 

The councils have developed a suite of e-learning programmes to provide background knowledge in several subject area and to show how MECC principles can be used to engage individuals, overcome potential barriers to change and signpost to local assessment services and resources. The topics covered include Dementia Awareness, Loneliness and Isolation and Active Travel.

Social Marketing Gateway  

The Social Marketing Gateway (SMG) is a consultancy and training enterprise specialising in behaviour change. Its half-day MECC programme, being delivered in Camden & Islington, ensures front line staff across the public and voluntary and community sectors have the knowledge and skills to open up healthy conversations with their clients.

It builds confidence to raise awareness, motivate and signpost people to other services that support their health and wellbeing.  This training programme aims to equip people in frontline services with the ability to provide brief advice taking into account wider lifestyle issues such as shortage of money, unemployment and housing issues. 

 

Health Education England Making Every Contact Count
 

The Wessex Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training programme has been developed to support the underpinning knowledge for prevention and public health and why Making Every Contact Count is needed (via e-Learning) and then the face-to-face skills development programme, Healthy Conversation Skills, which is accredited by RSPH.

The programme (both e-learning and face-to-face training) supports individuals to build their confidence and competence to be able to deliver a very brief or a brief intervention (mapped to NICE Guidance 49 Behaviour Change: Individual Approaches) with the people they work with.

Health Education England  

West Sussex County Council has the ambition to be an “organisation which lives and breathes our values, where all our people can work in an empowered, collaborative and innovative way to make a real and positive difference for all our communities”.
RSPH has accredited the council’s MECC training programme comprising an e-learning course, face-to-face learning programme, and supporting toolkit. This enables the council to upskill and motivate local workforces to recognise and maximise appropriate opportunities within day-to-day interactions for health promotion. It also helps them to support people to consider and initiate positive health behaviour change. The programme is suitable for front-line staff as well as leaders and senior managers in a variety of settings.

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Established 25 years ago, the World Cancer Research Fund is a not for profit organisation that champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity in order to help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce their cancer risk.

It has developed cancer prevention workshops which are designed to teach people about cancer prevention through behaviour and lifestyle change.