Programme for 2026

May 2026

Delegation in Children's Nursing: more than a task, it's a judgement 
​Date and time:  21st May 2026, 16.00-17.00 (UK time)
Discussion Leads:  Dr Jean Davies, Chair ABPN and Kath Evans, Deputy Chair ABPN 
​Question:
If you teach someone a skill ...are you delegrating? In the care of babies, children and young people, delegration isn't straightforward. It sits at the intersection of safety, trust, safeguarding, and system pressure and the answers are rarely black and white. Join us for a candid, practice-based conversation exploring what safe delegration really looks likeacross acute, community, education, and family-led, care settings. Expect real scenarios, honest discussion, and space to challenge assumptions.
​Brief Overview
Delegration in children's nursing is uniquely complex. Children are not small adults, care is shaped by developmental vulnerability, reliance on others to recognise deterioration, and layered safeguarding responsibilities. At the same time children's nurses are increasingly working across systems, supporting care delivered by unregulated staff, education professionals and families.

This webinar moves beyond policy into practice. Together, we will explore the nuanced boundary between teaching and delegration, unpack what it means to be a 'safe practitioner', and examine how accountability, competence and risk shift across different contexts.

We will also surface the realities clinicians face:
-Delegating in under pressure systems
-Navigating safeguarding alongside skill-sharing
-Supporting care in homes, schools, and community settings
Working within evolving models where 'delegation' may not always feel like the right word. This is not about perfect answers, its about strengthening professional judgement.

Do we need children's nurses today? "Are Children's Nurses Future-Proof?"
Date and time:  28th May 2026, 16.00-17.00 (UK time)
​Discussion Leads:  Dr Jean Davies, Chair ABPN and Kath Evans, Deputy Chair ABPN
​Question: Brief overview
This interactive webinar will explore a timely and important question: do we still need registered children’s nurses in the future health system?
Brief overview
As services evolve and workforce models shift, there is increasing discussion around generic roles and skill-sharing across professional groups. This session will create a space to critically explore what is at stake — asking whether children’s nursing remains essential, and if so, why.
 
Together, we will examine the distinct knowledge, skills and approaches that children’s nurses bring to the care of babies, children and young people, including:
  • delivering developmentally appropriate, child-centred care
  • working in partnership with families
  • recognising and responding to risk, vulnerability and safeguarding needs
  • navigating complexity across physical, mental health and social care systems
The session will also consider where children’s nurses share common ground with the wider nursing workforce, and how we articulate a clear, evidence-based case for specialist practice in the context of ongoing debates about role genericism.
Through discussion and shared insight, participants will contribute to shaping a strong, collective narrative about the future of children’s nursing and its critical role in delivering safe, high-quality care.

June 2026

After death- Care of the child and family 
Date and time: 4th June 2026, 16.00-17.00 (UK time)
Presenter: Rachel Cooke, EN(G) RSCN, Bereavement service manager
Summary of webinar presentation: 
  • Care after death - personal care, communication with family, changes to the body visiting ( viewing), environment, impact of grief
  • Bereavement Key worker role – Legal aspects , death certification (coronial  & medical examiner) / signposting  /  child death review process ( Eng & Wales) Resources
  • Self-care – Debriefs, supervision
“Is this my decision to make, or is it theirs?” How parents navigate and negotiate decision-making with healthcare professionals when their child has cancer
Date and time: 18th June 2026, 16.00-17.00 (UK time)
Presenter: Dr Elizabeth Jestico, Dr Liz Jestico (RN (Child), PhD)
Liz is a children’s nurse with a clinical background in children’s cancer nursing. She now works as a Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at Oxford Brookes University and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol. Her PhD explored how parents may be supported by friends and family members with decision-making when their child has cancer. 
Summary of webinar presentation: 
During the first interview of her PhD study, Liz asked a parent about the decisions that they had faced and the response was “we haven’t made any decisions, we’ve just done what we were told”. Similar perspectives were shared by other participants which raised important questions around how agency and control in decision-making is negotiated between parents and healthcare professionals within the context of children’s cancer care. By sharing parents’ stories and Liz’s evolving reflections, this webinar hopes to provoke discussion and thought about these fundamental issues that lie at the heart of children’s nursing. 
July 2026
Clinical observations – nicety or necessity and for whom?
Date and time: 9th July 2026 10.30-11.30 (UK time)
Presenter: Norman Long, ABPN Fellow
Summary of webinar presentation:
  • Where, when and by whom should / are clinical observations be completed?
  • How accurate and timely are clinical observations?
  • How do we ensure carers sufficiently skilled to complete and understand significance of clinical observations?
  • How do we ensure Children’s Nurses interpret and react in timely manner?
  • When are recorded observations shared?
  • Common concerns related to clinical observations.
Kentown Model of Integrated Children's Community Palliative Care
Date and time:  30th July 2026, 16.00-17.00 (UK time) 
Presenter: Dr Helena Dunbar, Chief Executive Officer, Kentown support and Dr. Katherine Knighting, Reader in Palliative and Supportive Care (Associate Professor), Medical School, Edge Hill University.
Summary of webinar presentation: 
The Kentown programme was a three-year pilot initiative in Northwest England which offered an integrated approach to the delivery of children’s palliative care bringing together nursing, family support and service navigation. Following the success of the pilot Kentown Support children’s charity was established to continue to grow and build the model of community children’s palliative care cross the UK.
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The webinar will report on the findings of the longitudinal, multi-method process and impact evaluation undertaken by Edge Hill University, and share the vision and next steps for Kentown Support.
September 2026
The iSupport standards: improving childen's experiences of procedures 
Date and time: 17th September 2026, 16.00-17.00 (UK time)
​Presenter: Dr Lucy Bray, RN (child), BA (Hons), MSc, PhD, Professor of Child Health Literacy, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University
Summary of webinar presentation: 
Join Lucy Bray, Children’s Nurse and Professor of Child Health Literacy at Edge Hill University, as she explores how the international iSupport rights-based standards can support health professionals in improving children’s experiences of care. This session will introduce the iSupport standards and resources and demonstrate how these can be used in real clinical settings to reduce distress, support communication, and deliver truly child-centred care. 
Webinar title to be confirmed
Date and time:  22nd September 2026, 16.00-17.00 (UK time) 
Presenter: Rebecca Daniels
Summary of webinar presentation: tbc
October 2026
Webinar title to be confirmed
Date and time:  7th October 2026, 16.00-17.00 (UK time) 
Presenter: Dr Debbie Fallon
Summary of webinar presentation: tbc
Webinar title to be confirmed
Date and time:  15th October 2026, 16.00-17.00 (UK time) 
Presenter: Anna Collett
Summary of webinar presentation: tbc​
ABPN members can access past webinar information in the member area of the website
Membership application forms can be located on the Membership page, along with a contact form for enquiries
Past webinars include:
  • From Small Beginnings to Big Discussions: Simple Conversations, The Foundation of Transition in Hospice Care
  • ​From Clinic with Love
  • Physiology of Bullying - developing trauma-preventative leadership in Children and Young People’s Nursing
  • What is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Care? 
  • The Child Protection Information System (CPIS)
  • Growing the Children's Nursing Workforce: The role and preparation of Associate Nurses/Nursing Associates in children’s services in the UK
  • Supporting Children with Complex Disabilities: A 24-Hour Postural Care Approach Postural care 
  • Paediatric Urgent Care Module: Supporting Staff to Care for Children Safely in primary and secondary care settings 
  • Different roles, one focus - Promoting children's wellbeing
  • 'Creativity in Nursing'
  • Children's Nursing in the Age of AI
  • Why family centred care matters 
  • Preparing, educating and developing the children's nursing workforce for the future
  • Pain in Young People: A New Treatment Model​
  • Playing Well: Implementing the Play Well toolkit for children's play in health care
  • "It's the best job in the world": 60 years of stories of nursing children 
  • "Immunisations: A Safety Essential for Every Newborn and Child" 
  • Advanced Practice 
  • Living with Long COVID
  • Care of the child with allergic conditions: a practical guide for Children's Nurses, Health Visitors and School Nurses
  • After death- Care of the child and family 
  • ​Sex, Intimacy and Living with Life Shortening  Conditions
  • Supporting Children with Complex Disabilities: A 24-Hour Postural Care Approach
  • ​Laying the Foundations for the Future
  • Enhancing Paediatric Nursing: A webinar focusing on the critical aspects of recognizing signs and symptoms of clinical deterioration in paediatric patients
  • Supporting the family with a child who needs complex care 
  • Fit4CYP Project
  • Children's Palliative Care Frameworks: An interactive workshop for nurses
  • Writing for Publication
  • An ABPN member’s reflection of partnership working across the UK and Europe
  • Do we really need Community Children’s Nurses? ​
  • Policy into Practice
  • ​Global, regional and local issues: opportunities for children's nurses​
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