CPSC Academy Event: Having Healthier Conversations (part 2)

Written by admin on Tuesday 30th October 2018

CPSC is delighted to be able to offer all contractors in Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth the opportunity to participate in our third CPSC Academy event. Read more to see the agenda and how to book in.


In these challenging times, it has never been more important for community pharmacy and those involved in healthcare service provision to develop their capabilities and ensure they can be the best they can be.

The Community Pharmacy South Central Academy organises development events for pharmacy professionals on behalf of CPSC. Its aims, purpose and what you can expect from the events is explained on the following website linked page:

CPSC Academy explained

Look out for the dates throughout the year in the CPSC Academy Events calendar and book in now to fully benefit from this development opportunity. We do hope that you enjoy attending Academy events and that they facilitate you being able to work at the top of your profession more of the time.

Academy Event 3: 'Having Healthier Conversations - Making Every Contact Count (part 2)'

This is part 2 of the Making Every Contact Count training for those who attended the September Academy series however, please do come along if you did not manage to attend the previous event , as there is still much that will be helpful and learn.

We also encourage you to bring a colleague along too - the more that attend the more fun the event is.

These events are free to attend and include a two course hot meal and refreshments on top!

In our November Academy series, we will provide you with the second part of the healthy conversation skills training for the Making Every Contact Count (MECC) programme. Local award-winning training company Pharmacy Complete, will be leading the events as MECC accredited trainers.

So much of what we do now, and even more so in the future, is helping people make a change. This might be changing a lifestyle behaviour that is negatively impacting their health, being more compliant to their medicines or simply changing something that will help them manage their long-term condition more effectively. And whilst we spend a lot of time talking to people about their health, we frequently feel awkward, embarrassed and don’t know what to say.
We are very used to advising people what to do and yet we know from the evidence that telling people what to do is not the most effective way to help them to change.


MECC is supports behavioural change in obesity, smoking, activity, mental wellbeing and alcohol and at this meeting we will be putting a focus on obesity. Many of our September attendees have highlighted this area as particularly challenging to engage someone in a conversation and yet it is becoming a huge issue and impacts the physical and mental health of many.
Please join us to make more of a difference and receive the following benefits:

  • Achieve your RSPH MECC accreditation [for those who attended in September and completed the e-learning modules]
  • A certificate of attendance will be available for those who have not undertaken the first module [we recommend you complete the e-learning modules prior to attending]
  • Complete a Revalidation CPD entry; this learning is a great topic for Revalidation and we will guide you through how to do this
  • Further consolidate your learning, developing skills in asking Open Discovery Questions to help move the conversation on so that an individual is more likely to implement a change.

The meeting will commence with hot food at 6:30pm, for a 7:15pm start. We will finish at 9:30pm.

Bookings are through Eventbrite at the following venues on the dates shown below:

Please ensure you all book in on Eventbrite

Our Academy series is being provided by Hampshire-based pharmacy training specialists, Pharmacy Complete

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