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Children's Assessment Knowledge & Examination Skills (CAKES)

Children's Assessment Knowledge & Examination Skills (CAKES)

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This event is suitable for both adults and children as it offers a comprehensive course on assessing acutely ill children, which will be of interest to parents looking to learn more about child health emergencies. Held at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital in Luton, it's an inclusive experience that caters to those who want to deepen their knowledge in pediatric care alongside their children.

This course provides a thorough and systematic approach to assessing acutely unwell children and planning their further management/referral.

IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE

Please make your booking in the name of the candidate. If not possible, please email kerry.mills@ldh.nhs.uk with name of candidate/s immediately after making payment.

As soon as payment has been made, please email kerry.mills@ldh.nhs.uk to request a candidate registration form, which will detail our refund policy.

Please only book candidates who are keen to carry out this study and have sufficient time to preare for the cousre, including reading etc send out 3 weeks prior to the course.

Thank you

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Children’s Services at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital have been successfully providing CAKES training to health professionals for over ten years.

The course involves a series of systems lectures delivered by Paediatricians and senior nursing staff followed by simulation scenarios on mannequins to consolidate the lecture learning. There is also an assessment of the sick child lecture, sepsis and safeguarding.

The course applies physiological principles to underpin your assessment and pathways to assist you in your clinical decisions. There is an assessment at the end of the course – this involves an MCQ and one practical scenario. All the scenarios are taught in a very comfortable non-threatening manner and usually are found to be quite fun!

We have taught a variety of healthcare professionals over the years – Health Visitors, School Nurses, Practice Nurses, Paramedics and GPs who are involved in assessing acutely ill children, either in hospital, primary care or a community setting. We tend to find everyone throws themselves into it, all have learned from the course and given very positive feedback.

£525.00 - 3 day course

(Inclusive of reading materials, refreshments and lunch)

This course will be delivered face to face at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital

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Children's Assessment Knowledge & Examination Skills (CAKES) takes place on Wednesday, 23 September 2026 at 08:20. The event runs until Friday, 25 September 2026.

Children's Assessment Knowledge & Examination Skills (CAKES) is held at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital in Luton (Lewsey Road, Luton, LU4 0DZ).

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