New: Paediatric Pre-Assessment Practitioner Course

August 6, 2024

PPOC (Paediatric Perioperative Care)

Paediatric Pre-Assessment Practitioner course

The preoperative association is proud to be working in collaboration with PPOC to support training in paediatric preoperative assessment. Please follow the link below for more details on this free training course.


The competency-based Paediatric Pre-Assessment Practitioner course is based on the APAGBI national guidance. The course enables nurses to acquire the required knowledge, experience and skills to assess children and escalate concerns as required, prior to elective surgery. The course is delivered at no cost, by a faculty of paediatric anaesthetists, specialist nurses, legal advisors, safeguarding teams, and educators. Please follow the link for individual ODN contact information


Please follow the link for individual ODN contact information.

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