Education & Training
Regular Teaching
Listing of training opportunities available to all our network colleagues.
ACHD Education: Clinical Cases Series
Last Tuesday of every month, 08:00-09:00 on MS Teams
Hosted by: ACHD Department at GSTT
Endorsed by: BSE with 0.5 points per session for BSE Members
Suitable for: Everyone in the ACHD Network
Cost: Free
Upcoming sessions
28/04/26: Ebstein’s Assessment in CHD. Gill Riley, Great Ormond Street Hospital
26/05/26: Fontan Circulation – What to Assess. Liam Corbett, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
30/06/26: Atrial Switch and the baffles, not the waffles. Jo Lim, Oxford University Hospital
28/07/26: ccTGA – How to avoid the confusion. Stephen Qadir, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
29/09/26: Tetralogy of Fallot – What to look for on echo. Liam Batchelor, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
27/10/26: Ventricular Septal Defect – Time for revision. Jenny Chan, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals
24/11/26: End-stage Congenital Heart Disease – How echocardiography can help. Speaker tbc
26/01/27: Left heart obstructions in Congenital Heart Disease. Ruben Sousa & Nada Al-Sakini, Birmingham Hospitals
23/02/27: What can go wrong with the aorta in CHD? Speaker tbc
30/03/27: Sinus Venosus – Is it really an ASD? Saleha Kabir, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Paediatric CHD Teaching
Tues, Weds & Thurs only, 08:00-08:30 on MS Teams or ELCH Level 1 Walrus.
General schedule
Tues: General cardiology topics, including surgery/MRI-CT imaging/fetal/catheter
Weds: ECG teaching
Thurs: Echocardiography
Hosted by: Paediatric CHD Teaching Team at ELCH/RBH
Suitable for: Physiologists, Clinical Fellows, Paediatric Cardiologists, Network PECs, Cardiac Nurse Specialists and all healthcare staff who are interested in CHD.
Cost: Free
For further details, contact: a.spanaki@nhs.net
Monthly PEC Education Course on MS Teams (RCPCH Endorsed)
3rd Wednesday of every month 17:05-18:00 (unless otherwise stated)
Faculty:
- Dr Owen Miller: Consultant in Paediatric & Fetal Cardiology, Deputy Medical Director and Director of International Services (Evelina London)
- Alex Savis: Senior Chief Cardiac Physiologist & Physiologist Lead in Research, Education and Training (Evelina London)
- Dr Adam Carter: Paediatrician with Expertise in Cardiology, Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Intended audience: Network PECs, Cardiac Physiologists and Registrars within the Lifelong CHD Network only
Cost: Free Contact: gstt.chdnetwork@nhs.net
Please let us know which echo machine(s) you use by completing this short questionnaire: https://forms.office.com/e/ch4SpmXJhX
Upcoming Sessions
13/05/2026: Ventricular Function, Alex Savis
17/06/2026: Coronary Arteries, Alex Savis
15/07/2026: Common PEC Referrals – Screening echoes, Alex Savis
No session in August 2026
Formal Echo Teaching
Mondays 12:30-13:30 on MS Teams
The sessions will be based around a case with discussions around the finer details of assessment with echo.
Organised by: Senior echocardiography colleagues from the Royal Brompton
Suitable for: Anyone who is learning echo or would like refreshers within the Lifelong CHD Network
Cost: Free
As a PEC of the Lifelong CHD Network, you should already have received the MS Teams link. However if this is not the case or you need further details, please get in touch with helen.macgloin@nhs.net and ask to be added to the list.
Calendar Listing
In addition to training from within our CHD Network, we signpost any training we are aware of from other CHD Networks, and conferences from around the world. As we do not manage all of these, please always refer to the contact details listed.
Paediatric ECG Course
Date: Friday 1st May 2026 09:00 – 16:45
Venue: Camley Street Natural Park, London N1C 4PW
A one-day, in-person course focusing on the interpretation of ECGs in neonates, infants and children. Basic ECG knowledge is required to gain the most from this day. The course is limited to 60 participants.
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Contact: info@paediatricecgcourse.com
Heart 2 Heart- Paediatric Cardiac Study Day
Date: Monday 11 May 2026 09:00 – 17:00
Venue: East Surrey Hospital, Canada Avenue, Redhill RH1 5RH
Join us in person for Heart 2 Heart, a fun and insightful paediatric cardiac study day! This is aimed at registered nurses. FREE
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Fundamentals of Paediatric ECMO
Dates: Thursday 4th June 08:30 – Friday 5th June 16:30
Organised by: Newcastle Hospital Skills Academy
Exploring the history of ECMO and ELSO with an overview of ECMO circuit components and function and then our experts will cover situations commonly encountered in clinical practice.
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Effective Prenatal Screening of CHD
Date: 04-06 June 2026 09:30
Meeting point:
Reception, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6LY
Venue:
The Royal Marsden Hospital Conference Centre off Fulham Road, London and Royal Brompton Hospital
Contact:
Mrs Christine Saddington Tel: 07875 109251 E-mail: gstt.fetalecho@nhs.net
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NeoHeart Europe 2026
Date: Thursday 9-Friday 10 July 2026
With a pre-conference workshop day on Wednesday 8 July BMA House, London
Venue: BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP
This inaugural European event brings together leaders across medicine, neonatology, paediatric cardiology, cardiac intensive care and cardiac surgery.
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Contact: events.gla@gosh.nhs.uk
