Safeguarding Essentials – Level 3 For GPs, AHPs & GPNs

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Safeguarding Essentials - Level 3 For GPs, AHPs & GPNs

Event Summary

This Essentials of Safeguarding is for anyone new to Level 3 for Adult and Child Safeguarding. The training will include teaching on Children in Care and Domestic Abuse.

Wednesday, 14 October 2026
13:00 - 16:30
Zoom Online Event

Main Contact

Lead Team
02380 253874
This training course is accessible for wheelchair users.
If you have any communication or mobility needs that the event organisers need to be aware of please contact them in advance of the course to let them know.

Event Speakers & Trainers

Dr Michelle Sharma
Dr Michelle Sharma
Speaker/Trainer
This training will be run over TEAMS. To participate you will need to install Microsoft TEAMS on your device, and ensure it is has a microphone, speaker, and camera. Please Note: Some trainers will no longer allow you to stay on the call if you do not have your camera operating, without good reason. If this is the case you will not be reimbursed for the course.

Log into Zoom 12:45 session runs 13:00 to 16:30 

Introduction

This Essentials of Safeguarding is for anyone new to Level 3 for Adult and Child Safeguarding. The training will include teaching on Children in Care and Domestic Abuse.

Aims & Objectives

  • Learn about the different types of abuse
  • Learn about the threshold documents available to help determine whether a safeguarding referral is required, including how to use these documents
  • How to make a referral
  • Learn about what happens after the referral is made and where general practice fits into these processes. 

Content

During this session we will cover:

  • Key Updates on Child Safeguarding
    • Latest legislative changes and statutory guidance
    • Best practices for identifying and reporting child safeguarding concerns
  • Key Updates on Adult Safeguarding
    • Overview of the Care Act 2014 and updates on adult safeguarding
    • Recognising abuse and neglect in adults at risk
  • Closing Reflections & Next Steps
    • Key takeaways from the session
    • Signposting to additional resources and training

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Event Speakers & Trainers

Dr Michelle Sharma
Dr Michelle Sharma
GP Safeguarding Co-Lead & Safeguarding Trainer, Amethyst Connections

Michelle is an actively practising portfolio GP. Her clinical practice is primarily as one of the Senior Clinical Leads in the Gloucestershire Out of Hours service. Michelle's main employments are in Safeguarding, with three different Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), where she is the Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children (Gloucestershire), the Designated Doctor for Looked After Children (Buckinghamshire) and the Named GP for Safeguarding Adults (Swindon). She is also the Safeguarding Lead for a Hampshire surgery.  

Price List 

Name

Description

Price (Inc VAT)

All GPs and members of staff working within GP practices in Wessex LMCs’ catchment area

This option is for everyone working in a GP practice in Wessex LMC's catchment area, that does not fit into one of the other options on offer.

£105.00

Non Members

This is the cost if you are not working in a practice in the Wessex LMCs' catchment area. £210.00

Waiting List

Please be advised there are spaces available on this course unless it states otherwise. If a course is full you will be given the option to book on the waiting list. If you are on the waiting list and a place becomes available, you will be notified automatically via email, you do NOT need to contact Wessex LMCs. 

Refunds

All delegate fees are non-refundable, however, if it has been agreed that a refund is possible, it will be subject to an administration charge of £5 for delegate fees of £100 or less, or £10 for delegate fees more than £100.

Attendance Details

In certain circumstances, we will share details of attendance or non-attendance with the person who booked and/or funded this course for the delegate. If you have any objection to your attendance status being shared, please can you contact Louise Greenwood (Wessex LMCs Director of Education & Training) at least 48 hours before the start of the training at louise.greenwood@wessexlmcs.org.uk

Sponsorship

This event may be sponsored so companies have the opportunity to promote their product(s) at the start of the meeting. No sponsors have been involved in the selection of speakers, agenda items, or any other matters relating to this training. Your name and practice will be shared with the sponsor representative, but not your email address.

Further Dates

No Further Dates.