NHS Clinical Support Worker National Survey
A decade after the publication of a landmark review of the health and social care clinical support workforce, a new study of this…
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Looking back 2022
It has been another interesting year for health sector apprenticeships and a busy year at Skills for Health and Health Education England supporting…
Ambulance Support Worker – Information pack published
We are putting together information packs to help employers and potential apprentices navigate apprenticeships. Today we are publishing the Ambulance Support…
Spotlight on EPAOs – Ambulance Support Worker (Emergency, Urgent and Non-Urgent)
The standard for Ambulance Support Worker has been approved for delivery for over 3 1/2 years and as part of their apprenticeship, apprentices…
External Quality Assurance Transition announced
The Institute for Apprenticeships has announced that the first wave of apprenticeship end-point-assessments will change over to Ofqual as their new…
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education – April 2020 updates
The following apprenticeship standards have been updated: Ambulance Support Worker (Emergency, Urgent and Non-urgent) – Minor update to the standard and…
Emergency Care Assistance Apprenticeship Framework update
Due to the withdrawal of provision of the Level 2 Emergency Care Assistance qualification in the Emergency Care Assistance apprenticeship frameworks…
Funding band review update
Following the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education first set of funding band review, the new funding band for the standards listed below are effective from this autumn.
Looking back 2018
It has been another busy year for us at Skills for Health. Following the successful development of the Registered Nurse (Degree) and…
Funding Band Review from December 2018 – Update
Following the announcement earlier this year that the Institute for Apprenticeships has started reviewing the funding bands for 31 existing standards, it has just been announced that a further…
Apprenticeship Standard for Ambulance Support Worker – Approved for delivery
The Ambulance Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the apprenticeship for Ambulance Support Worker (Emergency, Urgent and Non-urgent) has been approved for delivery by…
Apprenticeship Standard for Ambulance Support Worker – Assessment Plan published
The Ambulance Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the Assessment Plan for Ambulance Support Worker (Emergency, Urgent and Non-urgent) has been approved and published…
Apprenticeship Standard for Ambulance Support Worker – Standard published
The Ambulance Trailblazer group is delighted to announce that the Standard for Ambulance Support Worker (Emergency, Urgent and Non-urgent) has been approved by the…
Register of End-Point Assessment Organisations
Organisations thinking about applying to the register of End-Point Assessment Organisations can download a pre-application guidance here and below is a list of healthcare standards available…
Submissions to the Institute for Apprenticeships in January 2018
Each month Trailblazer groups make submissions of Proposals, Standards and Assessment plans to the Institute of Apprenticeships. The Institute of Apprenticeships then puts them…
Apprenticeship Standard for Ambulance Support Worker – Assessment Plan submitted
The Ambulance Trailblazer is pleased to announce that the end point assessment plan for Ambulance Support Worker has been submitted to the Institute…
Submissions to the Institute for Apprenticeships in November 2017
Each month Trailblazer groups make submissions of Proposals, Standards and Assessment plans to the Institute of Apprenticeships. The Institute of Apprenticeships then puts them…
Apprenticeship Standard for Ambulance Support Worker – Standard submitted
The Ambulance Trailblazer is pleased to announce that the Standard for Ambulance Support Worker has been submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships. The standard…
Apprenticeship Standard option for Ambulance Support Worker submitted
The Senior Healthcare Support Worker and the Ambulance Trailblazers are pleased to announce that the Standard for Senior Healthcare Support…