Built in the UK: Scaling the Infrastructure Behind VeinTrain's Training

For most of VeinTrain's history, scale meant more courses, more trainers, more dates in the diary, logisitcs. That changed when we created the VeinTrainer. A recent visit to the UK press that manufactures VeinTrain's vein simulation products, Midland Regional Printers (MRP) in Nottingham, marked something more significant than a single production run: proof that VeinTrain can now manufacture training products in the UK, at volume, to a consistent standard.

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Implementation Support for the NHS Cannula Framework (partner preview)

The new NHS cannula framework is coming. The real work starts after the award.

NHS Supply Chain has confirmed a new Intravenous Cannula and Associated Products framework starting 1 April 2027 (Important Customer Notice ICN 3485, 22 September 2026), with increased supplier and product choice and a first supplier event on 15 October 2026. A framework award changes what can be bought. It does not, by itself, change clinical practice.

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AI Blood Tests and Cancer Referrals: Reading the PinPoint Evidence Carefully

AI-assisted blood tests may help services prioritise cancer referrals. The PinPoint study provides evidence about risk prediction, while leaving questions about the effect on patient care.

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E-Learning and Practical Clinical Training: Plan the Learning Activities

When planning clinical skills training, start with what learners need to do. Knowledge preparation, physical rehearsal, feedback and workplace assessment are different activities, even when they sit within one programme.

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What Is Train the Trainer in Healthcare?

Train the Trainer describes development for people who will support other people’s learning. In healthcare, choosing a programme means looking at both the clinical subject and the teaching responsibilities the person is expected to take on.

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Venepuncture Competency Assessment: Planning the Assessment

Planning an assessment means agreeing, before anyone is observed, what will be assessed, against which standard, how it will be observed, what evidence is required, who has the authority to assess, how the decision will be recorded and what happens next.

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Five Checks When a Training Record Cannot Be Found

When a training record cannot be found, start by checking how it arrived and where it should have been recorded. These five checks can help a training coordinator locate evidence without assuming it has been lost.

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Peripheral IV Access and Device Safety: Three WoCoVA 2026 Perspectives

Three WoCoVA 2026 presentations offer different perspectives on peripheral IV access: device design, insertion practice and securement. Read together, they provide questions for further evidence review, rather than a single product or practice recommendation.

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