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Sector · Health & Aged Care

Communication training for Health & Aged Care

Clinicians know what they need to say. What they don't always get is a safe place to find the words. We bring trained actors into your training room so your team can practise the conversations that matter — and walk back onto the ward, into the home, or up to the family with more of themselves intact.

A nurse in blue scrubs and a clinician in a white coat seated at a boardroom table with a facilitator standing beside them in a training room
Why this sector

Health work is built on conversations that hold weight a procedure cannot. Our approach rehearses them at full intensity — without risk to the patient, the family or the clinician — so the words arrive with practice behind them when it counts.

We train conversations like these

  • Breaking difficult news to a patient or family
  • End-of-life conversations and care planning
  • De-escalating an angry relative in a corridor
  • Speaking up to a senior colleague when something isn't right
  • Setting limits with a patient whose behaviour is harming the team
  • Holding a respectful conversation across cultural difference

We've worked with public hospitals, private health networks and residential aged care providers. Our work is built around the moments that don't appear in policy documents — the ones that decide whether someone feels seen or unheard, supported or dismissed.

Lisa and her team have consistently demonstrated exceptional skills in real play and communication skills. They have a proven ability to relay detailed information with sensitivity and accuracy, which greatly contributed to the success of our patient safety learning workshops. They are always willing to go the extra mile to ensure that tasks are completed efficiently and to a high standard. Their enthusiasm and commitment make them a pleasure to work with and highly valued members of our team.
Jo Perruzza, Senior Associate Facilitator, Facere Melius

Talk to us about your team

Tell us the conversation that happens in the corridors — the one your team keeps replaying after the shift ends. We'll show you what training around it actually looks like.