Question 1

County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust - The Clinical Simulation Centre

Accepted Answer

The Clinical Simulation Centre is a state of the art hi-fidelity simulation centre based at Bishop Aukland Hospital that was transformed from a ward into flexible, realistic teaching environment.

The CSC aims to:

"Provide a simulated environment for teams and individuals to learn, develop and be assessed in delivering high quality, safe, effective patient care"

The CSC is a fantastic resource that provides opportunities for multi-disciplinary education and training, it explores opportunities in which the centre can enhance staff and student learning in a simulated environment.

The CSC hosts a variety of teaching opportunities; Undergraduate Medical School examinations and assessments; Multi-professional courses from basic clinical skills training days to high fidelity team scenarios and external bookings.

Address:

Bishop Auckland Hospital
Cockton Hill Road
DL14 6AD
013884 55722

Key contacts:

Derek Randles, Clinical Lead in Simulation, Consultant Anaesthetist
derek.randles@nhs.net

John Lewandowski, Lead Nurse in Simulation
john.lewandowski@nhs.net

Craig Dores, Simulation and Immersive Technician
craig.dores1@nhs.net

Question 2

Gateshead Health NHS Trust – Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre

Accepted Answer

The Clinical Skills Centre  at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital focuses upon the provision of multi-professional clinical education in a state of the art facility which includes a three-bedded ward area, a fully equipped simulation room with attached operator/observation room and five Seminar/Tutorial teaching rooms.

The Clinical Skills Centre is a specially designed area for the teaching and training of all health professionals. This includes access to state of the art simulation technology, which facilitates human factors training and inter-professional education. This enables our users to develop and maintain competency in all aspects of medicine, nursing and healthcare, thereby promoting quality patient care.

The Clinical Skills Centre aims to
Deliver easy to use and flexible resources for staff and students
Encourage the development of integrated learning and teaching using a variety of methods including manikins, computer-based simulations, task trainers and procedural models
Promote multidisciplinary learning

All rooms include
Microsoft Office 2016
Internet and Intranet access
Free Wi-Fi access
Induction Loop for the hearing impaired in most rooms
Additional inputs for external audio, video and computer equipment

Further information is available on the website https://www.gatesheadhealth.nhs.uk/careers/working-with-us/simultation-centre/

Address:
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 6SX

Follow us on “x” @QEMedEducation
https://www.gatesheadhealth.nhs.uk/

Key Contacts

Louise Sore  - Medical Education Manager - 0191 445 2503

Victoria Bailey  - Clinical Skills Manager - 0191 4458050

Sandra Ferguson – Foundation Programme Coordinator - 0191 445 2108

Emily Helyer - Undergraduate Learning Support Assistant - 0191 4458350

Mandy Wilson – Postgraduate Support Assistant - 0191 445 3126

Drew Griffiths  - Simulation Education Technician - 01914456057

Question 3

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital's - Trust Simulation Centres

Accepted Answer

Our simulation centres offer face-to-face and online training programmes, as well as bespoke course development and technical support.

High quality simulation training has been provided by Newcastle Hospitals since 2012 and we have continued to develop our training portfolio over the years.

Our expert trainers run two purpose-built simulation centres at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital.

Our facilities offer state of the art equipment allowing us to replicate a comprehensive range of scenarios. We can introduce clinical staff to critical situations, such as the onset of severe chest pain, and teach them how to manage interventions and techniques. This means recreating realistic scenarios set in a safe and non-threatening environment. These are carefully managed in purpose built training rooms, using simulation manikins which reproduce clinical symptoms.

Non-clinical sessions can focus on team building, multi-professional working and systems leadership development using a variety of scenarios.

Each session is captured on video and can be streamed via a live feed to the adjacent training rooms or online virtual rooms, enabling a detailed evaluation of the scenario so that learning can be shared with all participants simultaneously.

It’s not only our own staff who benefit from in-house simulation training. We offer our services to colleagues in the integrated health care system across the region, including our partners in primary care, community based services, and the voluntary sector.

Addresses:

Royal Victoria Infirmary
Queen Victoria Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP

Freeman Rd,
High Heaton,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7DN

nuth.simulation@nhs.net (nuth.simulation@nhs.net)
0191 213 8129
Twitter/X: @NUTH_Sim

Question 4

Northumbria Healthcare - DASH ( Dinwoodie Assessment and Simulation Hub)

Accepted Answer

DASH at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust opened in September 2016, it is a modern and unique centre based in a hospital setting. The centre provides a simulated environment for teams and individuals to learn, develop and be assessed in delivering high quality, safe and effective patient care.

DASH is available to all healthcare professionals to utilise for clinical skills and simulation-based education, this includes undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and exams.

DASH has two 5 bedded wards with SMOTS ceiling and mobile cameras; two individual control rooms; a state-of-the-art Gener8 interactive suite and a variety of flexible teaching spaces for different sized groups. Most rooms have presentation capabilities in the form of screens and projectors. DASH also has a wet room for animal tissue preparation for surgical skills training.

We have a wide selection of part task trainers; adult and child manikins; ultrasound simulators and clinical props to make scenarios as realistic as possible.

DASH has a full-time manager and a full-time simulation technician to help facilitate and make courses run smoothly.

Address:

Wansbeck General Hospital,
Woodhorn Lane
Ashington
NE63 9JJ

Key contacts:

Nichola Jenkins, DASH Manager
Brandon Tribley, DASH Simulation Technician
DASH@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
01670 529282 / 01670 529730

http://dash.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (http://dash.northumbria.nhs.uk/)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NorthumbriaDASH (https://twitter.com/NorthumbriaDASH)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dash.atnorthumbria.1/ (https://www.facebook.com/dash.atnorthumbria.1/)

Question 5

Northumbria University - Clinical Skills Centre

Accepted Answer

The Clinical Skills Centre at Northumbria University has been established for over ten years and through a continued commitment to create and maintain a state of the art centre for clinical skills training and simulation-based education (SBE) that offers a wide range of contemporary learning environments for all healthcare practitioners.

The centre is comprised of two separate facilities on Coach Lane Campus, the Clinical Skills Centre and the Knowledge Exchange Hub. The latter has been specifically developed as an off timetable flexible simulation space that can be booked by external partners for SBE and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities. Combined they comprise of seven flexible simulation suites, each with their own control and observation room, together with a number of specialist rooms that all have full audio visual support.

These rooms include an Immersive Interactive™ suite, five consultation rooms, a six bedded ward, a peri-operative and anaesthetic suite, a community room, a large lecture theatre and a range of flexible classrooms/clinical skills rooms. In addition, the extensive range of part task trainers, patient simulators and virtual technologies enable a range of clinical contexts to be simulated, thus capturing the breadth of clinical practice.

Further information is available on the website www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/nursing-midwifery-health/facilities/ (www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/nursing-midwifery-health/facilities/)

Address:

Coach Lane Campus East
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7XA

Key contacts:

Dr Alan Platt, Associate Professor and Head of Clinical Simulation
alan.platt@northumbria.ac.uk
0191 2156677

The SimTech Team
hl.clinical.skills.centre@northumbria.ac.uk

Question 6

North Cumbria Integrated Care (NCIC) Simulation Centre

Accepted Answer

Facilities:

We have 2 simulation clinical areas – a critical care/Resus/OT room & a 3 bed bay ward area. Each has a dedicated debrief space with live streaming AV capability via SMOTS. Additionally there are several pluri-potential educational rooms at our West Cumberland Hospital Site suitable for lower fidelity simulation training.

We have a family of Laerdal manikins & multiple task trainers. Some of the latter are anatomically interactive skills trainers (e.g. chest drain trainer/LP trainer); others are more specialist such as the Orsim fibreoptic airway trainer or the Precision OS orthopaedic surgical trainer.

Training Delivery: We have a busy calendar delivering regular training to UG & PG medics , nurses, ACP’s & AHP’s . Additionally we are involved in regional training such as ACCS day & MaxilloFacial training, and deliver “Introduction to Sim faculty” training for local staff. We run the RCS Basic Surgical Skills Course 3 times a year & on occasion have provided sim training for Mountain rescue teams or school 6th Form pupils attending our Careers in Medicine event. Other examples include the Paediatric anaesthesia day, Nectar course & Training 4 transfer course.

Contact us 01228 814693 alyson.ritchie@ncic.nhs.uk or laura.littler@ncic.nhs.uk

Alyson Ritchie

Lead Simulation trainer

James George Education Centre

Cumberland Infirmary,

Carlisle

CA2 7HY

Question 7

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT

Accepted Answer

Our simulation centres on North Tees site include our high fidelity simulation suite and also our community simulation suite. The community suite is set up as a living room and allows training for community scenarios and community facing staff. We have been successfully running high quality simulation training for over a decade, with the continued expansion of courses covering a wide variety of specialties, disciplines and learners. We also have an active portfolio of simulation in situ with regular sessions happening across both hospital sites in the Trust.

We have new equipment and a range of high fidelity equipment from baby and junior, to adult and older person, to our birthing simulator. We have a number of task trainers that can be used in addition to enhance and complement training. We utilise SMOTs camera system for live stream viewing, and create a safe space for debriefing with our trained team of educators and technicians. We run a variety of courses covering various training curricula requirements, and are able to form part of the response to safety events or alerts. Training covers clinical and technical skills as well as professional capabilities skills training and inter-professional learning. Our simulation team have skill in debriefing and human factors. We have an active diary of faculty training opportunities, and welcome any requests to come and get involved!

Addresses:
Simulation Suite
Floor 1
South Wing
North Tees Hospital
Hardwick Road
Stockton on Tees
TS19 8PE
Community Simulation Suite
Everley House
North Tees Hospital
Hardwick Road
Stockton on Tees
TS19 8PE

Contacts:

Simulation Tutor – Dr Sophie Wilcox Sophie.wilcox1@nhs.net
Simulation and Resuscitation Lead – Cheryl Camilleri cheryl.camilleri@nhs.net

Enquiries and bookings
nth-tr.simulation@nhs.net

Question 8

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - STRIVE

Accepted Answer

STRIVE at South Tees Hospitals has been offering a range of simulation education establishing a dedicated simulation team in 2019. STRIVE centres at both Middlesbrough and Northallerton sites offer 4 immersive simulation suites with SMOTS ceiling, mobile cameras and immersive interactive screens. We have a wide family of simulation manikins and a plethora of task trainers and VR headsets to assist in education delivery. STRIVE at Middlesbrough offers a wet lab and surgical skills suite which allows for animal tissue preparation and surgical skills practice!

STRIVE has an active and dynamic portfolio of simulation delivery and faculty development. We deliver to all healthcare professionals and across many various curricula including undergraduate teaching and exams, postgraduate curricula for resident doctors including additional courses such as PACES, ACCS and the European Trauma Course. We also deliver bespoke courses for International Medical Graduates and Locally Employed Doctors. We provide simulation to support curricula delivery to nurses, paramedics and AHPs. At STRIVE we actively encourage interprofessional learning. Alongside our hospital staff we are growing our community services at our Friarage site. Over weekends, we are proud to support and deliver Careers in Medicine Events for sixth form pupils and View Medicine Events for school children.

In 2024, the simulation team ran over 400 in-situ clinical simulations across a wide breadth of clinical areas and specialities including maternity and paediatrics. All of the above are delivered by a dedicated, trained simulation faculty who are skilled in de-briefing and non-technical skills. Our two simulation technicians facilitate smooth, immersive course delivery. Robust feedback mechanisms ensure that simulations are responsive to learner feedback in a timely manner.

Addresses:

James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS24 3BW

The Friarage Hospital
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL6 1JG

Contacts:
To contact the simulation team for enquires and bookings, please email stees.simulation@nhs.net

Question 9

South Tyneside and Sunderland Simulation Centre

Accepted Answer

Our simulation centres offer face-to-face, as well as bespoke course development in a safe and none threatening environment with full time technical support. We are based in a ward environment with two 3G SimMen, a SimBaby and a single control room. We live stream the scenarios to a teaching / debriefing room and can record video of the scenarios to enhance debriefing.

We provide simulation training to multi-disciplinary staff within the trust, undergraduates from both Sunderland and Newcastle medical schools, and introductory to Sim workshops. We have also provided in-situ SIM and bespoke courses for international graduates.
The obstetricians regularly provided multidisciplinary simulation training, following PROMPT training material, using a dedicated SimMom. The intensivists also run in-situ sim sessions within a dedicated room on ICCU. Both at Sunderland Royal Hospital
Address:
SIM Lab
South Tyneside District Hospital
Harton Lane
South Shields
NE34 0PL

Contact: Stsft.simulationteaminbox@nhs.net
Sim Lead
Dr D Hobday David.hobday3@nh.net

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