Minor Injuries Update 7 October 2026

Date: 7 October 2026
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
CPD: 4 Hours
Live Interactive Session focused

Minor Injuries Update is designed for healthcare professionals working in primary care, urgent treatment centres, emergency departments, walk-in services and community settings who wish to refresh and enhance their assessment and management of common minor injuries.

The session provides practical, evidence-based updates aligned to current urgent care practice, with emphasis on clinical decision-making, red flag recognition, appropriate imaging, and safe management pathways.

 Who Should Attend?

• Advanced Nurse Practitioners

• Practice Nurses & GP clinicians

• Paramedics working in primary care

• Urgent Care / UTC clinicians

• Physiotherapists / AHPs managing MSK presentations

• Healthcare professionals involved in minor injury assessment

 Topics Covered

Burns Assessment & Initial Management

• Classification and depth assessment

• Immediate first aid and analgesia

• When to refer to specialist burn services

• Recognising non-accidental injury patterns

• Dressings and follow-up care

Silver Trauma – The Injured Older Adult

• Understanding frailty in trauma

• Low-mechanism injuries with high risk

• Identifying occult fractures and head injury risks

• Anticoagulation considerations

• Safeguarding and multidisciplinary pathways

Soft Tissue Injuries

• Assessment of sprains, strains and ligament injuries

• Clinical examination techniques

• Red flags requiring imaging or referral

• Acute management: RICE vs active recovery (latest thinking)

• Documentation and safety-netting advice

 Lower Limb Injuries

• Hip, knee, ankle and foot injury assessment

• Ottawa Rules and clinical decision tools

• Recognising tendon rupture and unstable injuries

• Immobilisation, strapping and referral decisions

• Return-to-activity advice

Teaching Methods

• Case-based discussions from real urgent care presentations

• Practical assessment frameworks

• Interactive clinical reasoning exercises

• Evidence updates aligned to UK urgent care guidance

• Q&A with experienced clinicians

Certification

Participants receive:

• Certificate of attendance

• 4 CPD hours

• Reflective learning summary for portfolio use