EDGE Services Winter 2022 Newsletter

EDGE services 

Winter 2022 

NEWS 

LETTER 

We deliver Public Training Courses 

for the benefit of individuals and organisations 

requiring one or a small number of places 

Our NEW Dementia Awareness Key Trainers Certificate course will 

provide you with the understanding, knowledge, and effective strategies to train 

staff working with people with Dementia, to reduce the impact of the challenges 

faced upon the individual and the carers and improve the quality of life of those 

with dementia. 

Dementia Awareness Key Trainers Certificate 

York 26th – 27th January 2023 

We continue to train at a number of UK locations throughout the 

year. Additional dates and locations can be viewed and booked via our 

website www.edgeservices.co.uk/courses 

www.edgeservices.co.uk 

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EDGE NEWS 

This time last year my company 

RAH Group had newly invested 

in one of the largest ‘People 

Handling’ training companies in 

the UK. It didn’t take long before 

I was getting out and about 

with our team, an important 

and valuable exercise keeping 

in touch with both trainers and 

delegates and ensuring as a 

company we continue to provide 

the best possible training for 

each of our clients. It is great to 

see our courses in full flow and 

fantastic to see our delegates 

enjoying the training. 

We currently deliver courses from eleven venues located 

throughout the UK, including London, York, Birmingham, Cardiff, 

Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh and with more venues 

planned during 2023 including Middlesbrough, it’s exciting times 

ahead. 

During 2022 the company made a commitment to research and 

invest in the field of Dementia, developing new courses and 

workshops that benefit not only those working within the health 

and care sector but the wider public, working in everyday jobs. 

The aim is to create awareness and inclusion for everybody. 

Our one-day awareness workshop ‘Working Effectively with 

Dementia’ launched in October this year and is aimed at 

delivering key knowledge to both companies and employees in 

all working environments, giving key information to help raise 

awareness of Dementia within the workplace. 

Whilst our ‘Dementia Awareness Key Trainers’ certificate which 

launches January 2023 in York, is specifically aimed towards 

the health and care sector and the professionals working 

within that profession. Both we are hugely proud of and going 

forward we look forward to seeing the positive impact these 

courses will potentially make within the workplace and the wider 

communities. 

None of what we look to achieve as a company is possible 

without the dedication and professionalism of our staff, a team 

who continue to push boundaries and deliver results in a field 

they are all hugely passionate about. The aim throughout the 

company.......to keep developing, creating, and delivering the 

best methods of training available, to all our existing and future 

clients. 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 

from the team at EDGE Services. 

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Xmas Presence 

EDGE Services are delighted to 

continue supporting ‘Xmas Presence’. 

This wonderful community project in York helps 

to alleviate the sadness of older people who 

find themselves alone at Christmas time, by 

providing transport, a roast dinner & refreshments, 

entertainment, presents & good company for 40 on 

Christmas Day. 

This Christmas Day they are bringing together older 

people who live alone to their XMAS PRESENCE 

party at Lord Deramores school. They will also be 

delivering Christmas dinners and hampers to older 

people’s homes and those living with dementia who 

aren’t able to attend a party. 

The Xmas Presence team do this completely free of 

charge via donations and volunteers and they need 

help to make it work. 

They are looking for kind donations for their 

homemade hamper gifts – baked, pickled, knitted, 

crocheted, sewn – in addition to decorations for the 

tables on Christmas Day. 

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Winter 2022 Newsletter 3 

Ambulance Crew Strikes 

The UK Government has said that elderly people who suffer 

falls may not be able to get an ambulance on the upcoming 

strike days later this month. 

NHS ambulance crews will strike on two separate, 

non-consecutive days in December, either side of Christmas, 

with around 10,000 employees across three separate trade 

unions taking part across England and Wales. 

Unite, Unison and GMB union members across nine English 

and Welsh health trusts will strike on 21 and 28 December. 

Unite has said that its healthcare members are warning the 

NHS is on “life support” and that without serious investment 

to stem the recruitment and retention crisis and save failing 

services it may not survive. 

NHS trusts included in the strike are: the South West 

Ambulance Service; South East Coast Ambulance Service; 

North West Ambulance Service; South Central Ambulance 

Service; North East Ambulance Service; East Midlands 

Ambulance Service; West Midlands Ambulance Service; Welsh 

Ambulance Service; and Yorkshire Ambulance Service. 

2022 

If you are lucky enough to be surrounded by family 

and friends at Christmas time, please help to 

share the goodness and gratitude a little further by 

donating. 

Information about how to donate or help can be 

provided by contacting the Xmas Presence team: 

E-mail: xmaspresenceuk@gmail.com 

Facebook: @yorkxmaspresence 

Now, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve 

Barclay has suggested that ambulance crews will only respond 

to “life-threatening” incidents on the strike days. 

Barclay, speaking to Sky News, explained: “They have said 

that they will cover life-threatening conditions. 

“There’s four categories of call: life-threatening, which is 

Category 1, emergency, which is Category 2. Those tend to 

be things like heart attacks and strokes. So [falls] would often 

be classed as a Category 3 or Category 4. At the moment, the 

trade unions are saying those things wouldn’t be covered.” 

It is unclear how much of an effect the strike action will have on 

social care providers and settings – for example, whether it will 

extend to nurses working in care homes. 

The Xmas Presence project has inspired other 

community groups and care businesses to run their 

own festive events for elderly people who would 

otherwise be alone on Christmas Day – and we 

hope to see its reach grow across the UK because, 

as the team say, no-one should have no-one. 


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Number of beds 

occupied by patients fit 

to be discharged rises by 

more than a quarter 

Widely reported new weekly figures from NHS 

England (27 November 2022) show the number of 

beds taken up by patients fit to be discharged is more 

than a quarter higher than the start of December 

last year. The health and care system in England is 

gridlocked with patients at risk because they cannot 

access the support they need, regulators say. 

More than 13,000 beds were filled nearly every day 

last week by patients who did not meet the criteria 

to reside in hospital – on average 13,364 up from 

13,179 over the previous seven days. The most 

recent comparable data for last year was 10,510. 

Guidance was recently issued on the Government's 

£500m Adult Social Care Discharge Fund intended to 

help free up hospital beds, which being is distributed 

via local authorities and Integrated Care Boards. The 

guidance recognises the provision of homecare as an 

effective option for discharging more people in a safe 

and timely manner. 

The Care Quality Commission's annual report warned 

the problem was creating long waits for ambulances 

and in A&E. A major factor is most patients cannot 

leave hospital when they are ready, it said, because 

of a lack of support in the community. The system 

could no longer operate effectively, the CQC said. 

"People are stuck - stuck in hospital because there 

isn't the social care support in place for them to 

leave, stuck in emergency departments waiting for a 

hospital bed to get the treatment they need and stuck 

waiting for ambulances that don't arrive because 

those same ambulances are stuck outside hospitals 

waiting to transfer patients," chief executive Ian 

Trenholm said. 

Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, 

said: 'The state of our health and care services has 

crossed a line in a way we hoped never to see.' 

The Department of Health and Social Care said: 

'The report identifies the same priorities set out by 

the Health and Social Care Secretary in our plan for 

patients... to address ambulance pressures, bust the 

backlog, support care and discharge from hospital 

and improve access to doctors and dentists.' 

Alzheimer’s 

Drug Hope 

The first drug to slow the destruction of the 

brain in Alzheimer’s has been heralded as 

momentous. 

The research breakthrough ends decades of failure and 

shows a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s - the most 

common form of dementia - is possible. 

Yet the medicine, lecanemab, has only a small effect and 

its impact on people’s daily lives is debated. 

And the drug works in the early stages of the disease, so 

most would miss out without a revolution in spotting it. 

Lecanemab attacks the sticky gunge - called beta 

amyloid - that builds up in the brains of people with 

Alzheimer’s. 

For a medical field littered with duds, despair and 

disappointment, some see these trial results as a 

triumphant turning point. 

Alzheimer’s Research UK said the findings were 

“momentous”. 

One of the world’s leading researchers behind the whole 

idea of targeting amyloid 30 years ago, Prof John Hardy, 

said it was “historic” and was optimistic “we’re seeing the 

beginning of Alzheimer’s therapies”. Prof Tara Spires- 

Jones, from the University of Edinburgh, said the results 

were “a big deal because we’ve had a 100% failure rate 

for a long time”. 

Currently, people with Alzheimer’s are given other drugs 

to help manage their symptoms, but none change the 

course of the disease. 

Lecanemab is an antibody - like those the body makes to 

attack viruses or bacteria - that has been engineered to 

tell the immune system to clear amyloid from the brain. 

Amyloid is a protein that clumps together in the spaces 

between neurons in the brain and forms distinctive 

plaques that are one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s. 

Kate Lee, chief executive of Alzheimer’s Society charity, 

called for a 10-year government strategy on dementia 

to deal with what she called the “biggest health crisis we 

face in the UK”. 

She also said Lecanemab would not have a “huge 

impact” on those who already live with dementia. But 

she added it should “make a big difference” for future 

generations. 


Social Isolation Identified as 

Dementia Risk Factor 

New research shows changes in 

the brain structures associated with 

memory and cognitive function are 

directly linked to social isolation, 

making it a clear risk factor for 

dementia. 

Researchers at the University of 

Warwick, University of Cambridge 

and Fudan University used 

neuroimaging data from more than 

30,000 participants in the UK, finding 

socially isolated individuals have 

lower grey matter volumes of brain 

regions involved in memory and 

learning. 

After adjusting for various risk factors 

– including socio-economic factors, 

chronic illness, lifestyle, depression 

and APOE genotype – socially 

isolated individuals were shown to 

have a 26% increased likelihood of 

developing dementia. 

Loneliness was also associated with 

later dementia, but that association 

was not significant after adjusting 

for depression, which explained 

75% of the relationship between 

loneliness and dementia. Therefore, 

relative to the subjective feeling of 

loneliness, objective social isolation 

is an independent risk factor for later 

dementia. 

Professor Edmund Rolls, 

neuroscientist from the University of 

Warwick Department of Computer 

Science, said: ‘There is a difference 

between social isolation, which 

is an objective state of low social 

connections, and loneliness, which is 

subjectively perceived social isolation. 

‘Both have risks to health but, 

using the extensive multi-modal 

data set from the UK Biobank, and 


working in a multidisciplinary way 

linking computational sciences and 

neuroscience, we have been able to 

show that it is social isolation, rather 

than the feeling of loneliness, which 

is an independent risk factor for 

later dementia. This means it can be 

used as a predictor or biomarker for 

dementia in the UK. 

‘With the growing prevalence of 

social isolation and loneliness over 

the past decades, this has been a 

serious yet underappreciated public 

health problem. Now, in the shadow 

of the COVID-19 pandemic there are 

implications for social relationship 

interventions and care – particularly 

in the older population.’ 

The results of the study were 

published in Neurology, the medical 

journal of the American Academy of 

Neurology. 

Legal Case 

A report has been published after the family of a woman who passed 

away in a nursing home in March 2019 raised complaints about the way 

she was cared for. 

Only weeks before the woman’s death a moving and handling error resulted 

in the fracturing of the resident’s femur. 

The report reads: “She [the complainant] described how, while the resident 

was being assisted to transfer from her bed to a chair that day, her foot 

became caught in her bedrail, and she sustained a fracture to her right 

femur.” 

“My investigation found a number of significant failings in the care the 

nursing home provided to the resident. I concluded that the traumatic events 

the resident experienced on 15 February 2019 and 3 March 2019, and their 

ultimate impact on the resident’s health, mobility, and independence, may well 

have led to the shortening of her life.” 

The 59-page document also added that, following the breaking of the 

resident’s femur, that no proper clinical assessment was completed, and 

failed to contact the local GP to get their medical opinion once a swelling had 

been noted on the resident’s thigh. 

Training Across the UK 

• People Handling 

• Children Handling 

• Inanimate Object Handling 

• Understanding and Managing 

Behaviour that Challenges 

• Bespoke and Advanced Skills 

In-house Training 


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The Most Highly Endorsed and Accredited Peo 

People Handling and Risk Assessment 

Key Trainer’s Certificate 

Course Accreditations: 

Level 4 Award 

Our flagship FOUR-DAY 

course has long established 

EDGE as a leading provider 

of manual handling and risk 

assessment training to the 

healthcare and social care 

sectors. 

Course Overview 

This course will provide delegates 

with the knowledge, skills and 

confidence to train others in the 

moving and handling of people and 

in the conducting of manual handling 

risk assessments. 

Certification 

This course is accredited as a Level 

4 Award by RoSPA Qualifications. 

Furthermore, it is a Royal College 

of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) 

Approved Learning Award, certified 

by the CPD Certification Service and 

aligned to the Skills for Care Core 

Skills Training Framework (CSTF). 

Upon successful completion of this 

training you will receive a certificate 

from EDGE Services and a Level 4 

Award from RoSPA Qualifications. 

Both certificates are VALID FOR 

TWO YEARS. 

Forthcoming Public Training Courses Include: 

2023 

10 - 13 January - York 

31 - 3 February - Oxford 

7 - 10 Febuary - Middlesbrough 

14 - 17 February - Exeter 

14 - 17 February - Edinburgh 

21 - 24 February - Manchester 

28 - 3 March - Birmingham 

28 - 3 March -Brighton 

7 - 10 March - Peterborough 

7 - 10 March - London 

14 - 17 March - York 

21 - 24 March - Glasgow 

28 - 31 March - Cardiff 

28 - 31 March - Oxford 

3 - 6 April - London 

11 - 14 April - Edinburgh 

18 - 21 April - Birmingham 

25 - 28 April - Manchester 

2 - 5 May - York 

9 - 12 May - Edinburgh 

16 - 19 May - Glasgow 

16 - 19 May - Exeter 

23 - 26 May - London 

23 - 26 May - Oxford 

6 -9 June - Edinburgh 

13 - 16 June - Manchester 

13 - 16 June - Peterborough 

20 - 23 June - Birmingham 

20 - 23 June - Brighton 

Availibility on some courses is limited, 

please check www.edgeservices.co.uk 

for current details. 

Course Duration: 4 Days 

Public Course Cost: 

£820+VAT per delegate, 

£955+VAT per delegate in 

London 

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Public Training Courses 

Delivered at 12 public locations across the UK. For the 

benefit of individuals and organisations requiring one or 

a small number of places. 

The cost of a public four-day course place is £820+VAT 

per delegate (£955+VAT – London). Delegate certificates 

are valid for TWO years, making the cost per delegate 

per year of certification ONLY £410+VAT (£477.50+VAT 

– London) 

The cost of a public two-day ‘Refresher/Update’ course 

place is £525+VAT per delegate (£590+VAT – London). 

Delegate certificates are valid for TWO years, making 

the cost per delegate per year of certification ONLY 

£262.50+VAT (£295+VAT – London) 

Visit our website: www.edgeservices.co.uk/courses to 

book and for the most up to date public course details. 

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ple Moving and Handling Training in the UK! 

People Handling and Risk Assessment 

Key Trainer’s Certificate (Refresher/Update) 


Advanced 

Level 4 Award 

This TWO-DAY course has 

further consolidated EDGE’s 

position as a renowned provider 

of manual handling and risk 

assessment training to the 

healthcare and social care 

sectors. 

Course Overview 

To ensure trainers keep up-to-date 

with legislation and developments 

in manual handling, EDGE 

recommends a ‘Refresher’ at least 

every two years. This course will 

advance delegates’ professional 

development and manual handling 

skills, and provide opportunity to 

share experience with others. 

Certification 

This course is accredited as an 

Advanced Level 4 Award by RoSPA 

Qualifications. Furthermore, it is 

a Royal College of Occupational 

Therapists (RCOT) Approved 

Learning Award, certified by the CPD 

Certification Service and aligned 

to the Skills for Care Core Skills 

Training Framework (CSTF). Upon 

successful completion of this training 

you will receive a certificate from 

EDGE Services and an Advanced 

Level 4 Award from RoSPA 

Qualifications. Both certificates are 

VALID FOR TWO YEARS. 

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In-House Training Courses 

Delivered onsite, at a venue provided by and on dates 

convenient for our clients with a programme tailored to suit 

clients’ specific learning needs. 

The cost of an in-house four-day course is £4400+VAT 

for up to 10 delegates. Delegate certificates are valid for 

TWO years, if maximum numbers (10) attend the cost per 

delegate, per year of certification is ONLY £220+VAT. 

The cost of an in-house two-day ‘Refresher/Update’ course 

is £2200+VAT for up to 10 delegates. Delegate certificates 

are valid for TWO years, if maximum numbers (10) attend 

the cost per delegate, per year of certification is ONLY 

£110+VAT. 

Call: 01904 677853 or E-mail: enquiries@edgeservices. 

co.uk for more information. 

Forthcoming Public Training Courses Include: 

2023 

2 - 3 March - London 

14 - 15 March - York 

21 - 22 March - Glasgow 


28 - 29 March - Oxford 

30 - 31 March - Peterborough 

3 - 4 April - Manchester 

5 - 6 April - York 

18 - 19 April - Edinburgh 

20 - 21 April - Glasgow 

25 - 26 April - London 

11 - 12 May - London 

16 - 17 May - Glasgow 

23 - 24 May - Oxford 

25 - 26 May - Exeter 

30 - 31 May - Birmingham 

6 - 7 June - Edinburgh 

8 - 9 June - Glasgow 

20 - 21 June - Birmingham 

27 - 28 June - Manchester 

29 - 30 June - York 


Availibility on some courses is limited, 

please check www.edgeservices.co.uk for 

current details. 

Course Duration: 2 Days 

Public Course Cost: 



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Children Handling and Risk 

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Course Duration: Four Days 


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Course Duration: Two Days 

This four day course 

will provide you with the 

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confidence to train others 

in the moving and handling 

of children/young adults 

and how to conduct manual 

handling risk assessments. 

7 - 10 February - London 


9 - 12 May - Edinburgh 



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Futher dates to be added 

shortly. 

This two day Refresher/ 

Update course will further 

advance your professional 

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We can tailor-make this course to suit 

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Understanding and Managing 

Behaviour that Challenges 

Understanding and Managing 

Behaviour that Challenges (Refresher/ 

Update) 


CERTIFICATE 




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Course Duration: One Day 

This four day course 

will provide you with the 

knowledge, skills and 

confidence to train others in 

de-escalation and breakaway 

techniques, which can be 

adopted to deal with individuals 

exhibiting challenging 

behaviour. 

25 - 28 April - York 



shortly. 








This one day Refresher/Update 

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Key Points for Documenting Practical Skills 

When Improvement is Needed 

INFO 

SHEET 

There may be times, perhaps 

following a training session where 

you observed a staff member 

not fully grasping the practical 

component of a technique, or 

you received feedback that the 

staff member was not performing 

manual handling to a satisfactory standard. 

Regardless of the reason, it is likely to fall on 

your shoulders to address the concern. 

Key Trainers should be familiar with the People 

Handling Practical Skills Form found on the EDGE 

Services Resources Library. The form can be 

used in conjunction with workplace supervision. 

When improvement is required, the criteria for 

improvement must be based on observable 

performance. This helps to ensure the feedback is 

objective, not subjective. The supervision session 

should be encouraging and motivating. Using the 

acronym SMART will help you to write objectives 

that you want the staff member to achieve. The staff 

member should be given the opportunity to voice 

their feelings or concerns, which are then included 

within the supervision documentation. From there an 

achievable plan for improvement can be devised. 

Achievable: Do they have the experience and 

knowledge to fulfil expectations? 

The staff member will be observed, following 

completion of a repeat training session and on at 

least 2 occasions within [time frame specified], 

demonstrating safe manual handling. 

Relevant: Why? What will be the impact? 

The techniques demonstrated will identify the staff 

member has a clear understanding of how to move 

and handle clients safely and can be relied on to 

continue safe practise. 

Timely: When will it be done? 

Following supervision and subsequent half day 

training session, a full competency assessment will 

be undertaken and completed within [time frame 

specified]. 

By putting this into place it demonstrates 

compliance with the Regulations and with best 

practice. Importantly, it should also improve staff 

member’s compliance with training thereby reducing 

risks associated with moving and handling to both 

client and staff member. 

Specific: What is to be done? 

The staff member must be able to demonstrate safe 

moving and handling of a client, as identified on the 

client’s manual handling plan. 

Measurable: How will you know it meets 

expectations? 

The observed technique will meet all the 

documented skills criteria, according to the Practical 

Skills Form, for safer handling. 


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Follow as EDGE Services delve 

into the Manual Handling World 

of Conferences 2022 

This year the team at EDGE Services thoroughly enjoyed 

the opportunity to attend several conferences, after 

many virtual meetings in the past few years. The energy 

and buzz of each event was felt, and we have been 

pleased to touch base once more with friends, delegates, 

colleagues, and suppliers in the Manual Handling world. 

In September EDGE Trainer Martin Hedley attended 

National Back Exchange Conference - Moving 

Forward, Unlocking Potential and has reflected on 

his time spent there: “As usual, a very well organised 

conference. The new venue, in Harrogate was well laid 

out with very spacious rooms. The exhibition area was 

well attended with all the major manufacturers present. 

The content of the presentations appropriate for Back 

Care Advisors and Manual Handling Trainers new to 

the profession with a lot of discussion on how different 

areas had been affected by the pandemic and lessons 

learnt. It is useful to note that a few of the workshops/ 

presentations are still available to view via the National 

Back Exchange Website and act as a fantastic resource.” 

After a long three year wait to attend a conference 

again on behalf of EDGE Services, Trainer Fiona 

McKinley enjoyed two days down in Windsor at the 

Disabled Living Foundation - Moving & Handling 



People 2022 and “it didn’t disappoint. The two days had 

a good mix of informative plenary sessions and hands 

on workshops. In one of these workshops, we explored 

the possibility of certain client’s self-hoisting which was 

thought provoking. Gill Creighton shared with delegates 

her experiences of being on the receiving end of moving 

and handling which was insightful and well received by 

the audience.” 

Fiona also noted that “exhibitors were on hand to 

demonstrate their latest equipment, particularly of interest 

being the Eagle inflatable lifting device being smaller 

than the camel. Wellell UK introduced the optima turn – 

a turning mattress designed to prevent pressure injury 

and used in pressure therapy. With the ability to turn 

through 360 degrees, as well as having a quiet pump with 

reduced disturbance, it enables patients to get into all 

important deep sleep cycles. The additional lock system 

allows carers to place the mattress on static for manual 

handling activities with the reassurance that it will revert 

to the correct pressures previously set; I could see this 

being of particular use in a community setting with live-in 

carers. Overall, the two days were useful and enjoyable 

in an excellent venue.” 

Coming into the close of the year EDGE Services Senior 

Trainer Sharon Zens and EDGE Trainer Vanessa 

Martin attended The Occupational Therapy Show in 

Birmingham. Sharon highlighted that “it was beneficial to 

see such a wide range of exhibitors demonstrating the 

equipment and services that they provide. The workshops 

offered an opportunity to get hands-on to try out the 

equipment and learn of new and innovative uses for 

equipment that we use on a regular basis. It was also a 

great opportunity to network with Key Trainer’s, suppliers, 

and social enterprises to hear of how they are having a 

positive impact in the world of manual handling.” 

Vanessa concurred that “it was great to be back 

attending the OT Show, connecting with reps, seeing 

what’s new in the way of equipment and kit, and picking 

up new tips and information. I’m looking forward to 

disseminating them at future training.” An important 

message that has stayed with Vanessa since attending 

the OT Show is “the shock I felt at the amount of savings 

that could be made in the NHS and Social Care (billions 

of pounds saved in a matter of months) if systems were 

proactive rather than reactive in ordering equipment to 

promote safety and independence.” 

As 2022 ends, EDGE Services look forward to seeing 

a number of you next year at a host of exciting 

conferences, preparations for which are already well 

underway. 

Conferences & Events 

2023 Dates 

Friday 27th January 2023 

Falls Prevention Summit – 

Hallam Conference Centre 

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/ 

conferences-masterclasses/inpatient-falls-prevention 

Tuesday 28 March 2023 

Future of Care Conference – 

The Kings Fund, London 

https://www.futureofcare.co.uk/ 

Tuesday 18 April 2023 

The Care Roadshow – 

Hampden Park Stadium, Glasgow 

https://www.careroadshows.co.uk/ 

Thursday 18 May 2022 

Scottish Manual Handling Forum 

Study Day – 

Double Tree by Hilton, Dunblane Hydro 

http://smhf.co.uk/upcoming-study-days 

Tuesday 23 May 2023 

The Care Roadshow – 

Villa Park Stadium, Birmingham 

https://www.careroadshows.co.uk/ 


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What Makes Us 

Exceptional? 

✔ Healthcare Professionals All EDGE Services Trainers 

are nurses, occupational therapists or physiotherapists with 

at least ten years clinical experience and extensive training 

experience in this field. 

✔ Fully Accredited All our People and Children Handling 

and Risk Assessment Key Trainer’s Certificate courses are 

accredited by RoSPA Qualifications to Level 4 or Advanced 

Level 4. They are RCOT (The Royal College of Occupational 

Therapists) Approved learning Awards, certified by the CPD 

Certification Service as providing continual professional 

development and they are aligned to the Skills for Health 

Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF). 

✔ Compliance with Professional Training 

Standards All EDGE Manual Handling Key Trainer 

events comply with The National Back Exchange Training 

Standards (2010); The All Wales NHS Manual Handling 

Training Passport and Information Scheme (2010) and The 

Scottish Manual Handling Passport Scheme (2014). 

✔ Invaluable Training Resources Professionally 

produced, fully illustrated and comprehensive course 

textbook. Plus proposed documentation to assist and 

support in onward training delivery, these include: 

course agendas, hand-outs, PowerPoint, five modules 

of practical skills videos (demonstrating moving and 

handling practical techniques and tips for staff training 

and assessing). 

✔ On-Line Resources Library Our training is supported 

by an extensive and informative on-line resources library 

offering training tips and tools to develop and enhance 

onward training. 

✔ E-Learning Module Our training is supported by a 

dynamic and user-friendly e-learning module designed for 

front-line staff’s use. 

✔ Post Training Support Recognising that many 

questions from delegates happen after the training event, 

our full-time administrative team will put you in touch with 

one of our senior trainers to assist you. 

Tel: 01904 677853 

Follow Email: enquiries@edgeservices.co.uk 

us on: /EdgeServices 

Web: www.edgeservices.co.uk 

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