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Thanks Diane. MIU - Minor Injuries Unit (eg. Walk -In Centres, Comunity Hospital etc;-) We were at the RCN A&E meeting last November and Minor Injuries (and illness) is figuring high on the clinical agenda - there are now even MI Nurse Consultants now - things have changed somewhat since my days in A&E which is not all that long ago! First Aid to first-aiders - hmmm! and shipping off to A&E - perhaps I am looking from a secondary or should I say primary care perspective? How would an Occ Health feel like if presented with an emergency situation - collapsed patient whether from cardiac arrest or hypovolaemia - admittedly this is not the original area I raised but - surely as the local expert OHPs would not wish to lose essential skills. We (M&K) have been providing training courses for over 12 years, and the last 5 or so have seen massive changes in the way things are done. First Contact may not be just the realm of hospital or NHS organisations, or I could be reading too much into the recent public health role that the DoH is pushing? What we are developing is something which (admittedly we hope) will appeal to OH, in addition to A&E, private treatment centres, prison, military and related areas. As you are no doubt aware, OH nurses have a CPD requirement, as with all RN's they sign a Notification of Practice (NOP1) declaration every 3 years. M&K are also looking at developing 'pro-active' courses covering screening and surveillance. If you get a chance do take a look at our portfolio at www.mkupdate.co.uk Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. Visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives