Conferences and workshops

The NCT offers a range of conferences and workshops for health professionals involved in maternity, neonatal and postnatal services.

Our conferences bring together key speakers who are experts in their fields as well as experienced chairs and facilitators to ensure each conference is packed full of interesting topics and the very latest research and users' experiences. With delegates coming from all aspects of women's and children's services, these multidisciplinary conferences offer stimulating debate and lively discussion and are always sold out.

Our workshops:

Are tailor-made to suit specific training needs and can be delivered on an in-house, hosted, or delegate basis across the UK
Are designed with clearly defined aims and learning outcomes
Are run by tutors with many years of experience as antenatal educators and breastfeeding tutors
Offer health professionals the opportunity to discuss differing experiences and to learn from peers and workshop facilitator, in an interactive environment with lots of delegate participation
Help you feel more confident in running your antenatal and postnatal classes, leading groups and working one-to-one.
Are designed to enhance consultancy and partnership, and work towards service improvement for NHS Trusts, PCTs, PCGs, Sure Start projects, service teams, universities and other educational bodies.

In-house workshops

Workshops can be developed on a tailored, in-house basis. Attendance can be restricted to your own staff and colleagues, or can include invited delegates from other healthcare organisations. We will work with you to develop a programme which sets out the aims and objectives you are trying to achieve.

We offer professional workshops on:

Running effective antenatal classes/ running effective antenatal classes for young parents
Teaching and using optimal positions and movement for birth, and overcoming the obstacles
Breastfeeding works and how!
Leading a dynamic breastfeeding session
Breastfeeding peer support training
Enabling mothers to breastfeed for six months - meeting the Department of Health's Exclusive Breastfeeding Guidelines
Postnatal groups - meeting social and emotional needs
Informed choice - myth or reality
Teaching men - is there a difference?
Group work skills
The pelvic floor - very important or not worth bothering about?
Baby calming with author Caroline Deacon - research based strategies for health visitors and nursery nurses
Postnatal depression/ postnatal depression in young parents

Our most popular course is Running Effective Antenatal Classes for young parents. These classes are also offered on an individual delegate basis.

Hosting a workshop

To host a workshop, all you need is to be able to provide a suitable training room which holds up to 20 people comfortably and has access to a flipchart and video. We will offer you one free place on the workshop in exchange. All advertising, refreshments and other costs of the workshop will be paid by the NCT. The only cost to you, therefore, is for any further participants.

VOICES workshop

NCT’s VOICES workshops are designed for members of MSLCs, Labour Ward Forums and Breastfeeding Support Groups. They are designed to help you:

Understand how to operate as a member of the group and improve committee skills
Increase confidence building and problem solving
Appreciate the perspectives of all those involved in healthcare
Learn how the health services works
Explore effective partnership working
Access and understand policy documents.

Our tailored VOICES workshops can be delivered on a half day or full day basis.

Further information

Please feel free to contact us on 0844 243 6000 ext 2416 or by emailing professional@nct.org.uk for more information about our workshops. For more information about our conferences please contact us on 0844 243 6000 ext 2311 or email conferences@nct.org.uk