Talent Hidden in Plain Sight: Recognising the Skills We Already Have

Years ago, while working in a large London NHS teaching hospital, I was involved in developing clinical skills education and training capacity. One of the challenges we faced was how to support learners in phlebotomy without placing additional pressure on an already busy clinical service.

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VeinTrain learning booklets and boxed training resources

Supporting Vascular Access Training in Somaliland (Horn of Africa): Thank You, Dahabshil Bank International

VeinTrain would like to thank Dahabshil Bank International for its support for vascular-access training in Somaliland (Horn of Africa), alongside Edna Adan University & Hospital.

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VeinTrain learning resources and simulation trainer ready for use

HALO Centres: working towards self-sustaining training

Greater local independence is an aim of the HALO approach. Building towards it means matching learning resources, people and support to the work an organisation wants to deliver.

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Building Sustainable Training Pathways

A HALO route for diaspora-led and refugee-support organisations to turn clinical skill and experience into recognised, paid training capacity.

 

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Cross-Pollination: What Cardiff and Somaliland Are Building Together

There's a word Dr Edna Adan used in her interview on the Wales, Africa and the World podcast that stuck with me: cross-pollination. It's exactly what her partnership with Cardiff University is built on.

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Edna Adan Hospital clinical training partnership with VeinTrain in Somaliland

From Goodwill to Structure: What Global Health Partnerships Need to Last

Global health partnerships often begin with goodwill. People see a need, recognise shared values and want to contribute. That commitment matters, but commitment alone rarely creates something sustainable.

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Edna Adan Hospital clinical training partnership with VeinTrain in Somaliland

Listening to Leadership: Edna Adan, Somaliland and the Context Behind Partnership

As VeinTrain prepares for the next phase of work with Edna Adan University Hospital, Founder Sarah Phillips has been taking time to listen properly to Dr Edna Adan Ismail, not just to the practical detail of training delivery, but to the wider context behind it: the history, the leadership and the system Dr Edna Adan has spent decades building.

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Airglove used to support venous access at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle (image: Airglove Medical)

Partner innovation in practice: Airglove improves venous access at the Freeman Hospital

VeinTrain's Product HALO approach brings partner innovation into real clinical settings. Our partner Airglove Medical has published an evaluation from the oncology and haematology day unit at the Freeman Hospital, where the Airglove device was adopted into routine practice. We share their findings here.

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