Recognising a Deteriorating Patient
Including RESTORE2 Mini, NEWS2, and SBAR
📅 Duration: 3 hours (half-day)
🎓 Accreditation: ✅ CPD Accredited
👩⚕️ Audience: All healthcare professionals in a range of settings looking to obtain a new skill or update their existing knowledge
🏥 Format: Available live online or face-to-face at your organisation
👥 Group Size: Up to 10 delegates
Recognising and Supporting a Deteriorating Patient
Course Details:
Designed for healthcare professionals across residential, community, and clinical settings, this practical course focuses on developing the skills needed to identify early signs of deterioration with confidence. Learners explore evidence‑based tools such as RESTORE2, RESTORE2 Mini, NEWS2, Is My Resident Well?, and SBAR, alongside practical scenarios that support sound clinical judgement.
By the end of the session, delegates will be equipped to recognise subtle changes, escalate concerns appropriately, and communicate clearly within their team to ensure safe, effective decision‑making. Early recognition and timely intervention are essential in preventing avoidable harm.
Whether you’re building new skills or refreshing existing knowledge, our CPD‑accredited training prepares you to respond quickly and confidently when a patient or resident appears “not quite right.”
Learning Outcomes – Recognising a Deteriorating Patient Training
By the end of this CPD-accredited course, participants will be able to:
- Understand what ‘deterioration’ means. Changes in a resident’s physical, emotional, or mental health.
- Learn how ‘recognition’ helps spot early warning signs.
- Apply a practical tool to support decision making (e.g. is my resident well, RESTORE2, RESTORE2 Mini, NEWS2, and SBAR.) to support your instincts when something feels “not quite right” with the patient.
- Utilise the tool to make timely and appropriate decisions, including when to escalate concerns.
- Working together, using clear communication to ensure best practice and resident care.
- Understand how early action can help prevent hospital admissions and improve outcomes for patients.
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Why Choose Hickby?
👩⚕️ Nurse-led expertise
Delivered by experienced Clinical Nurse Educators with real-world practice.
🎓 CPD accredited
Assurance that training meets national professional standards.
📖 Evidence-based
Aligned with NICE, RCN, and NMC guidance for safe, effective care.
"The trainer was very good she delivered the training very well, did not complicate things, made it easy to understand and very clear."
Senior carer
For a nursing home
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