Two Dental Standards submitted
The Dental Trailblazer is pleased to announce that the Standards for Clinical Dental Technician and Oral Health Practitioner have been submitted to the…
September 2017
How HEE are supporting widening participation
Health Education England is passionate about and has a commitment to widening participation in apprenticeships. Having recently become a member of the nationwide,…
Speech and Language Therapist – Proposal Submitted
We are pleased to announce that employers submitted a proposal to the Institute for Apprenticeships to develop a degree apprenticeship standard for Speech…
Skills for Health’s role in the development of standards
Many of the standards that are being developed for use in the health sector are being facilitated by Skills for Health(SfH), who are…
Apprenticeship Standard for Mammography Associate – Drafting standard
The second meeting of the Mammography Trailblazer group took place in London on 12 September. The meeting was chaired by Lyndsay Kinnear of…
Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist – Survey results
The results of the Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist surveys are in: We had a total of 657 responses for the Occupational Therapist survey, 91%…
Confused about how apprenticeship standards relate to professional standards?
Apprenticeship standards are high-level descriptions of the skills, knowledge and behaviours that an apprentice will achieve by the end of their apprenticeship. In the…
Degree Apprenticeship Standard for Operating Department Practitioner – Consultation open
The Operating Department Practitioner Trailblazer is pleased to announce that it has opened a consultation on a draft Degree Apprenticeship Standard for Operating…
Apprenticeship Standard for Nursing Associate – Standard published
The Nursing Associate Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the Standard for Nursing Associate has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships. The approved…
Submissions to the Institute for Apprenticeships in August 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…
Degree Apprenticeship Standard for Dietitian – Proposal Approved
Further to the submission of a proposal to the Institute for Apprenticeships to develop a degree apprenticeship standard for Dietitian we are delighted…