Advanced Communication Skills Course: Individual bookings

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About the course

This advanced communication skills course is an intensive course, designed around individual experiential and reflective learning. We will ask you to consider a communication challenge you face in clinical practice and bring this along with you to the course. For some people, the challenge might be about having a highly emotional conversation with a patient, advanced care planning, managing anger and/or distress, or having a difficult conversation with a colleague.

Course structure

  • Evidence based experiential learning course
  • Application and practice of skills
  • Supportive feedback from peers
  • Resources

What will you learn?

  • You will identify your individual learning needs, and we will enable you to explore your particular challenge that you would like to work on.
  • You will be able to practice communication skills and strategy, if required in a safe and supportive learning environment. You will learn through reflective and experiential learning.
  • Ultimately, you will apply these skills/strategies when communicating with patients, colleagues and the wider public at work.

Who can attend?

The course is ideally for senior healthcare professionals and social care staff (Band 6 or above), but we will accept non-senior personnel, who wish to develop their advanced communication skills.

Why should you attend this course?

Our team at Healthcare Communication Matters brings over 20 years of experience training and working with healthcare professionals to develop their communication skills, confidence, and knowledge. We’ve adapted our course from the CONNECTED programme, which many of us helped to deliver. We know communication skills training can be transformational and significantly enhance a person's ability to provide person-centred care. We centre our courses around you, so we work with your agenda to support your learning and professional development.

Booking Terms & Conditions

  • Your place will only be confirmed when Healthcare Communication Matters receives payment or we received an official purchase order number from your organisation. Please DO NOT book a place unless you have permission from your manager and confirmation that your trust are willing to pay the delegate fee, unless you are paying for the course yourself.
  • Your place will not be guaranteed until payment has been received and confirmed.
  • We reserve the right to cancel a booking in the case of a non-receipt of payment.
  • Once your place is confirmed we will contact you via email and supply you with course documentation. PLEASE ensure that we have a valid email address and telephone number for us to contact you on.
  • In the even of a cancellation: A charge of: 25% of the course fee will be made for cancellations up to 6 weeks prior to the course date. 50% of the course fee will be made between 4-6 weeks prior to the course date. No refund will be given for cancellations within 4 weeks of the course date.
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We can also provide this course to organisations.

Please get in touch to discuss.

 

Testimonials

The advanced communication course has stood out as one of the most beneficial and transformative courses I have attended during my career. I was able to apply the insight I gained throughout the two days almost immediately and have noticed huge improvements with my communication and conversations with patients. The simple yet hugely effective changes I’ve made have helped me establish more meaningful discussions at work, and I’ve also applied the tools to other areas of my life. Aspects of communication such as prolonged silences, which once felt uncomfortable, now feel like second nature and have allowed patients to open up and share far more. I’ve grown in confidence and now understand I don’t have to fix every issue — by listening and empathising, I’m meeting patients’ needs and fulfilling my duty as a nurse. I feel that all healthcare professionals, and anyone in people-facing roles, would benefit from this valuable course. Thank you Lyn and Simon, this really has been a game changer!  (Cancer nurse, 2025)

  • Date

    21st October 2025
  • Location

    Stafford, Staffordshire
  • Cost

    £750.00
  • Details

    Enhance your communication skills in just 2 days - confident conversations, clearer messages, stronger connections and active listening skills.
    Course date: 21st and 22nd Oct 2025. 8.45am - 4.30pm

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