The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training

[Paulamc007]

I wanted to share #Oliverscampaign and the resulting Oliver McGowan Mandatory training on learning disability and autism for Health and Social Care Staff which has now passed into law. #Autism
https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/learning-disability/current-projects/oliver-mcgowan-mandatory-training-learning-disability-autism

I should also add it mandatory at the trust I work for.

Have you also done the important Tier 2 face to face part of Oliver’s Training
You should not have to repeat doing Oliver's training when you move employers. You should be given a certificate to prove you have done it. It should have the official logos on it

Thank you for sharing this. I have just watched the intro film you linked to and tomorrow I am going to research where I can do this training. I do not work in health or social care but I am sure it will benefit me in work and life and help others where I can.

My son is learning disabled and he’s just been accepted to co-deliver this course. He’s thrilled to be offered the opportunity of paid work and to make a difference.
Thank you

I work in a university with student nurses and health and social care workers. This training has been so well received.

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and improving outcomes for others 💚

Ah, hi Oliver's mum!
I am a midwife and health visitor. We were talking about Oliver in my office earlier this week as one of my colleagues was completing her training.
You've achieved incredible things, I'm just so sorry for your loss.

Hi Paula, thank you for this fantastic training tool. I work for the NHS and have completed the online learning and the face to face. Very inspiring,

I work in the NHS and did this training recently. I have been hounding every member of staff on my ward to do it too (especially some of the doctors)

What happened to your son and how he and you were so utterly failed brought me to tears, and I'm really not a crier.

I'm so sorry for your loss but you are a force to be reckoned with and you have done such amazing things. Oliver won't be forgotten and his legacy will improve outcomes for so many, though I'm sure that is cold comfort

Thank you for sharing Oliver, for providing such an amazing tribute and platform for change. I am so sorry for your loss 💐

Powerful training here. Thank you for pushing and sharing Oliver's (and your) story to upskill caregivers and identify potential issues around understanding autism. You've done an amazing job.

Touching as it's a true story and I have close relatives living with autism.

Mandated training in our NHS Trust for all staff, though only clinical staff are required to attend the face to face training, in which there have been problems around the availability of courses.

That is fantastic

Thanks Whereismydaughter The condition he had is called catatonia but looks very like a coma. You can get it milder and if you think your DD might have that more mildly this is was they use to score it, Bush-Francis catatonia scale

https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/10239/bush-francis-catatonia-rating-scale

It can be caused by anti-psychotics and can be fatal when severe. I saw your other thread and so sorry you and your DD are going through that. My DS is now home and thankfully as he won't consent to meds he's off meds with best interest voting against covert. Like your DD he just had similar to autistic burnout or anxiety and depression (I had cancer/chemo at the time and school said he could not go there anymore) and then sectioned and force medicated, taken in handcuffs and held down by 4 security guards. I still have nightmares about it most nights and I am sure he does to. Such a gentle sweet boy. Just needed some kindness. And we are left with a disabled child for life with no lessons learnt, no education, and just reliant on begging for benefits. Disgusting. I am ashamed to live in this country. And the sexual abuse that goes on that's covered up, that's why he was released to home but nothing done.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you for your courage and passionate commitment to supporting staff to prevent future families from going through similar harrowing trauma.

I’m already experienced/received training in working with children young people with learning disabilities/difficulties.

I think this is so so important! While awareness has improved over the 20 years i’ve been in the NHS. it needs to be more and there are those that will need this. I really hope it helps those patients/families experiences because even on this thread it shows how shocking they can be and makes those professionals that could be involved sit up and think. It should be just the start…..

Hello Paula,

Another Nurse here, I have just done Oliver’s Mandatory training this morning and came to MN to search for his name to see if there had ever been a thread raising awareness about what happened to him.

I am so sorry for that happened to your lovely boy, I found myself in tears and had to go for a wander to compose myself. I am always amazed by the families who can still find it in themselves to teach us all in the face of such pain. Since the first time I watched Martin Bromily’s video about his wife Elaine and his talk on Human Factors I have never forgotten them, and I will never forget Oliver and what happened to him either.

In my organisation I run a noticeboard/display where I put up information monthly about rare and unusual diagnoses/conditions and those that might unexpectedly blindside us (this is a special interest of mine), staff can submit them or I choose them and then make a display. I will add Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome to the list and cover this soon, I’ll make reference to Oliver and his mandatory training when I cover NMS, if that’s okay with you?

All the best x

Thank you so much. Are you aware that you will be expected to do Tier 2 which is a full day classroom based part of the training x

Our Trust has FINALLY put on the day 2 training. I have been hollering for months "WE HAVENT COMPLETED THE TRAINING WITHOUT DAY TWO".

Hi Paula

I have done this training twice now (for different employers) and it’s brilliant, so thank you so much for bringing this issue into the light and raising awareness. It’s so very important.

Although I never met or knew Oliver I will never forget him. I often think of him when doing my job (I’m an independent advocate.)

All best wishes to you.

Fully trained now and booked in as a cofacilitator in the new year.

Thank you for giving us all a voice, and we'll use that voice to tell them about Oliver