We have been a key training partner providing tailored training programmes to many private and public ambulance services, and universities throughout the UK for over 30 years.
Our training has evolved since our initial engagement on this topic when we were approached by West Midland Ambulance Trust who had a requirement to train every member of staff on how to avoid, resolve or control conflict situations. This training was extremely successful and resulted in a 31% reduction in reported incidents relating to staff being abused, threatened, or assaulted at work in the subsequent two years.
We enable you to manage your risk by developing your people!
Why Solutions?
A successful business, established in 1994 by Paul Meek a former Operations Director of an ambulance service. Throughout Paul's career, he was exposed daily to the consequences of poorly managed risks, and this is what spurred Paul to establish Solutions Training, he wanted to bridge the visible but avoidable gaps in risk management and in particular health & safety education and the development of the equipment used to aid safer transportation of people.
Our team are all members of the “National Back Exchange” and have been contributors to various working groups on developing good practice since 1995.
We are proud to say that we have also been contributors to research into “what constitutes effective moving and handling training” performed by the Ergonomics Department at Loughborough University and in partnership developed topic-related awards at Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 which are on the regulated qualifications framework.
Being at the forefront of its specialist subjects we have designed and manufactured specialist manual handling equipment to aid moving and handling tasks, including our unique bariatric carry sheet used by ambulance trusts UK Wide, click here to view our website - https://movingandhandling.equipment/
Our Training Solutions:
Our mission is to manage your exposure to risk by developing your people, we do this by providing tightly focused training programmes to suit your individual training requirement and preferred method of delivery. We support customers with workplace risk assessments where required, enabling them to plan their training around the highlighted areas of risk.
Our solutions range from sector-specific train the trainer and trainer update/refresher programmes, video conferencing practical skills training, accessing our unique online/e-learning courses, tutor-led group-based classroom training, or through “blended learning”, a mix of both online and face-to-face training. We can deliver training at our customer's site, a mutually agreed venue, or your staff can attend one of our nationwide open courses which are attended by like-minded industry professionals.
We deliver health & safety training solutions to all industry sectors however, we are renowned to be the preferred training partner, offering bespoke solutions to the below key sectors:
Most ambulance trusts UK-wide
The fire services
The health & social care sector
Special education (SEN schools)
Transport sector
Our longevity has provided us with multiple case studies within these sectors, all of which demonstrate how our solutions and training interventions have reduced injury and absenteeism linked to work-based conflict/violence and musculoskeletal injuries.
We offer educationally accredited training qualifications ranging from Level 1, 2, 3 and 4 awards, including Moving & Handling, Conflict Resolution, Fire Warden, and First Aid, all of which are on the QNUK-regulated qualifications framework.
Our most popular training topics include (but not limited to):
Conflict Resolution & Preventing Violence Training (breakaway/disengagement/holding skills & techniques)
First Aid (resuscitation, basic life support, etc)
Fire Warden
Falls Training
Stroke Training (ASLS -Advanced Stroke Life Support)
Terrorism Training (run hide and tell)
Infection Control
We are proud to boast that our online courses for Conflict Resolution, Moving & Handling, and Advanced Stroke Life Support have been consistently rated as being ‘extremely effective’ and praised for being the most bespoke e-learning courses to the sectors they have been developed for. Each course has been designed with educational rigor by world-class instructional designers.
Interested in Giving Customer Feedback?
We are keen to gather some feedback from our customers to ensure that we meet/exceed your expectations and to enable us to continue to improve our customer's journey and training delivery when working with us. I would be extremely grateful if you would take the time to complete this short survey:
This is what Paul Jonathan Meek Chartered FCIPD founder of Solutions Training & Advisory had to say about the reason and release of our new filmed pre-hospital moving & handling techniques bespoke to the emergency service sector.
26/07/2024 -
Additional Training Resources: Many of our customers adopt our additional moving and handling resources to support the delivery of training to their internal staff.
16/04/2024 -
Emergency Services Bespoke Moving People Train the Trainer and Trainer Update Courses: We are scheduling a full Moving People train the trainer course (Level 3 moving and handling programme bespoke to the emergency services) and a 1-day update course (refreshing skills for existing emergency services moving and handling trainers) in June/July.
04/04/2024 -
NEW……Mental Health Training Programme: Providing the right training and building the capacity of the workforce to promote mental health and well-being and prevent mental illness is essential.
12/02/2024 -
Moving & Handling Equipment Sales!!!!!!! It has been a great start to the new year for sales of our moving and handling equipment (bespoke for the emergency services, special education, and health and social care sectors).
23/01/2024 -
Moving & Handling Training We deliver training depending on your unique needs, be that providing train the trainer programmes (full course for new trainers or update courses for existing trainers
22/01/2024 -
Pre-Hospital Moving & Handling Techniques We have supported customers within the ambulance and fire services with Moving & Handling Training since 1994.
15/01/2024 -
Moving People Train the Trainer Course QNUK Level 3 Award for Moving and Handling Trainers (Emergency Services) - Glasgow, Monday 5th - Thursday 8th of February 24.
08/01/2024 -
Moving & Handling Training If you have staff within the emergency services that require training or who have been trained on moving and handling, then our bespoke film clips would be a great asset to your training strategy.
05/01/2024 -
Solutions wish you a Happy New Year! Solutions Training and Advisory Ltd has been a leading health and safety education provider delivering effective training with tangible results for over 25 years.
19/12/2023 -
Pre Hospital Moving & Handling Techniques We are pleased to announce the release of our filmed Pre-Hospital Moving & Handling techniques bespoke to the emergency services.....
07/11/2023 -
Train the trainer course Solutions are looking forward to meeting the delegates from OnCue Transport and Suffolk Fire & Rescue Service tomorrow for the first day of their Moving People Train the Trainer course bespoke to the emergency services.
31/10/2023 -
Advanced Stroke Life Support Elearning Enabling a quicker and more detailed initial assessment without equipment in just 3 minutes using the MEND examination tool
25/10/2023 -
Moving and Handling training It's been a great week of training the student paramedics at the University of Stirling on the topic of moving and handling people/patients.
04/10/2023 -
Moving People Train the Trainer (Moving & Handling) Solutions are running an emergency services bespoke moving and handling (moving people) train the trainer course. The course is open to all industry professionals wanting to become qualified moving and handling instructors.
04/08/2023 -
New moving & handling film clips I am excited to attend our scheduled filming days to produce new moving & handling film clips to coincide with the launch of the handling people 7th edition (National Back Exchange @nbetoday and Back Care et al) which applies to all the sectors that we provide bespoke training to.
10/07/2023 -
Moving & Handling for Special Schools The role of a headteacher, teachers, and SENCOs is to protect the safety and welfare of their pupils, especially if they have unique mobility and moving & handling needs.
26/05/2023 -
Falls training delivered to staff at Craigavon Area Hospital Group Trust “Solutions have just trained 38 nurses at Craigavon Hospital in Northern Ireland on how to assess an in-patient who may have suffered a spinal injury, how to size up and apply a cervical collar then how to use a scoop stretcher to lift in a team of six from the floor to a trolley.
10/11/2022 -
Great Feedback from PHL Group – Infection Control Training Course Solutions Training are extremely proud to have received such high praise from Gemma Bond the Executive Director of Nursing & Quality at Partnering Health Ltd (PHL Group) following a recent Infection Control course delivered by our amazing trainer Dave Ellis.
07/11/2022 -
Full Moving & Handling Courses Solutions Training are running a full Moving & Handling (Moving People) train the trainer course on the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 12th (4 days) of December. And a 1 day Moving & Handling Trainer Update Course on the 13th of December at West Midlands Ambulance Trust.
03/10/2022 -
Conflict Resolution - Disengagement/Holding Skills Training: Solutions have been a key training partner providing tailored training programmes to many private and public ambulance services, and universities throughout the UK for over 30 years.
We had a need to train 43 of our staff on safe pupil moving and handling methods. Our team undertook Solutions online People Moving People course which is extremely specific to the Special School environment which was great for learner motivation and retention of information learnt, we found the E-Learning to be a flexible and cost-effective way to train! The feedback from our team was exceptional and on completion of the course Solutions require the learner to provide feedback across 16 dimensions, 98% said that the training and content was extremely relevant and applicable to their roles and 93% rated the overall course as good or above. The overall feedback was rated 91% as good or above.
We asked Solutions to assist us by providing training to a small group of our staff who required hoist training, most of which had not participated in this type of training before. We completed all the theory on how to move and handle pupils in a manner that is safe and dignified by completing the sector specific online People Moving People course which was hugely valuable and reduced the need for classroom training. We found that online training reduced our overall training costs and the need for contact training. On completion of the course, the staff attended a short practical workshop to learn the practical skills of hoisting. On completion of the course, all that attended the training felt confident and competent on how to apply the skills learnt in a wide range of circumstances within their roles. We found this blended method of training greatly beneficial and cost effective.
My team at SECAMB required our moving and handling for the ambulance community updated, the on-line Moving People course provided by Solutions Training and Advisory Limited enabled us to do that quickly and easily. The process involved many new staff spread out over several weeks which the Solutions training team set up extremely quickly, even over weekends and during the May Bank Holidays. Training in this manor had major benefits including avoiding travel by our staff during the period of lockdown and reduced face to face contact. We received weekly updates on student progress and detailed anonymously obtained feedback received from the staff which was extremely positive, giving us the ability to reach out to students requiring any help. Overall, the level of support we have received from the Solutions training team has been excellent.
By Steve Topley of South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB)
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