About
Our aim
The North West Pre-hospital Education Forum aims to provide education to all practitioners of pre-hospital care and those interested in the speciality. We hope to share learning and foster relationships, so that we can all develop our practice.
Our learning is primarily delivered by clinicians based in the North West, who have kindly given their time in order to educate and raise awareness of the teams they work for.
Meet the team
Meet the team behind the scenes...
Dr Jack Lyon
Chair & Founder
Jack is an Emergency Medicine Doctor, training in Greater Manchester.
With a keen interest in pre-hospital emergency medicine, Jack works in multiple other roles alongside his training job; providing medical cover at both events and motorsport. He also volunteers with North West Ambulance Service as a Community First Responder and is an ALS instructor.
Jack is one of the North West's regional representatives at the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care and has set up the North West Pre-hospital Education Forum with the aim of improving access to PHEM in the North West.
Dr Rhys Williams
Executive Advisor - NWPCCC
Rhys is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at Manchester Royal Infirmary & Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. He is also an ALS and EPALS instructor.
In addition to this, he works as a MERIT doctor for NWAS as well as a crowd doctor for Manchester’s two Premier League clubs.
Rhys joined the North West Pre-hospital Critical Care Charity (NWPCCC) team in 2022 as a volunteer responding doctor. He is now their Educational Lead.
Rhys will act as our liaison to NWPCCC.
Dr Scott Beattie
Executive Advisor - NWAA
Scott is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at Salford Royal and a Strategic Medical Advisor to North West Ambulance Service.
Scott also flies with North West Air Ambulance as a Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine consultant and volunteers with NWPCCC as responding doctor.
Scott will act as our liaison to NWAA.
Our collaborators & supporters
We cannot deliver any of our teaching without the help of our generous supporters. Please find our collaborating partners below...
North West Pre-hospital Critical Care Charity
The North West Pre-hospital Critical Care Charity (NWPCCC) provide specialist volunteer Doctors, Paramedics and Nurses to support the ambulance and rescue services. They bring advanced medical care to the communities of Cheshire, Merseyside, Manchester, Lancashire or further afield if needed.
Responding either in one of the team's two response cars or from home in their own vehicles, NWPCCC can provide enhanced pre-hospital care when required.
North West Air Ambulance
Launched in 1999, the North West Air Ambulance provides highly skilled specialist doctors and HEMS paramedics on board providing enhanced pre-hospital care and hospital transfers to patients across the entire North West.
Having attended over 24,500 jobs since its inception, NWAA operates 3 helicopters from 2 airbases - one in Barton just outside Manchester and one in Blackpool. They also run a rapid response car service when their helicopter is offline.
The charity needs to raise over £18 million a year to remain operational.
CPDme
CPDme have kindly provided us with their platform to stage and host our educational webinars. We are extremely grateful for their support.
CPDme offer a portfolio building service for individuals to build, record and maintain an accurate record of your continuing professional development.
By signing up with the link below, you help support our education forum by generating a small amount of commission.
North West Pre-hospital Education Forum CIC
The North West Pre-hospital Education Forum has been established as a 'Community Interest Company'. By definition, it will serve to benefit its community rather than to generate any private profit.
Any profit the organisation earns will either be reinvested into the organisation or donated to the charities we collaborate with.