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
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
17/06/2026: Coronary Arteries, Alex Savis
15/07/2026: Common PEC Referrals – Screening echoes, Alex Savis
No session in August 2026
16/09/2026: Topic and Speaker tbc
21/10/2026: Topic and Speaker tbc
18/11/2026: Topic and Speaker tbc. Note – Date likely to change due to clash with BCCA
No session in December 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.
Click on the image above for more information
Scan the QR code for more information
Paediatric ECG Courses
Acute Paediatric Arrhythmia Course – 26 June 2026
A one-day in person course in London led by an expert faculty of paediatric electrophysiologists, focusing on the practical management of arrhythmias in neonates, infants and children. The faculty will work through a series of interactive real-life case scenarios, discussing the pearls and pitfalls in arrhythmia management in various settings ranging from the emergency department, intensive care unit, inpatient ward and outpatient clinic; and consolidating these with a few short lectures. Limited to 50 participants.
Audience: Aimed at Paediatric Consultants and Trainees, A&E Consultants and Trainees, PICU Consultants and Trainees, Paediatric Cardiology Trainees, and ANP / Specialist Nurses.
Further details including the registration form can be found on the course website www.paediatricecgcourse.com.
Click on the image above for more information
Scan the QR code for more information
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.
Click on the poster for more details.
Contact: events.gla@gosh.nhs.uk
ECG in Clinical Practice: From Basics to Confidence. Friday 10 July 2026
This is a clinical and problem-oriented Paediatric and Neonatal ECG & Arrhythmia course.
Time: 08:30 – 17:15
Course Director: P Venugopalan, Consultant Paediatrician with Cardiology Expertise, University Hospitals Sussex NHSFT
Course Organiser: P Patel, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford
For more information and to register, please click link https://cardiologyskills.co.uk/home/courses/from-basics-to-confidence/
ACHD Nightingale Nursing International Forum Friday 9 October 2026.
This FREE (ONLINE) aims to bring together an international community of clinicians and nurses to support collaboration, share expertise and advance patient-centred care in Adult Congenital Heart Disease.
You can find further details and registration here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-achd-nightingale-nursing-international-forum-tickets-1986207436911
Abstract Submission deadline: 15th Sep 2026
We welcome abstract submissions (250–300 words) aligned with the themes of the forum.
Submissions will be peer-reviewed and organised into the following areas:
- Innovation in ACHD Clinical Practice and Service Delivery
- Patient-Centred Care, Quality of Life and Psychosocial Health
- Transition, Lifelong Care and Ageing in ACHD
Accepted abstracts will be included in the symposium abstract booklet to support international collaboration and shared learning.
Paediatric ECG Courses
Essential Paediatric ECG Course – 16 October 2026
A one-day, in-person course in London led by an expert faculty of paediatric electrophysiologists, focusing on the interpretation of ECGs in neonates, infants and children. Through a combination of lectures and multiple small-group interactive workshops, participants will improve their skills in the interpretation of paediatric ECGs and develop a systematic approach to the recognition and management of childhood arrhythmias. Limited to 60 participants.
Audience: Aimed at Paediatric Consultants and Trainees, A&E Consultants and Trainees, PICU Consultants and Trainees, Paediatric Cardiology Trainees, and ANP / Specialist Nurses.
Further details including the registration form can be found on the course website www.paediatricecgcourse.com.