April 2021

Health Education England’s Apprenticeship team is very pleased to announce that funding for software to support functional skills has been extended to all social…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Rebekah Sutton, a Level 6 Podiatry (Degree) apprentice working at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. “I…

Are you, or have you previously been a healthcare apprentice mentor? Or do you know someone who is? A mentor plays a unique role in…

ESFA updates published this week includes: Incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice between 1st April 2021 and 30th September 2021 increased to £3000…

As apprenticeships are becoming implemented more widely, we have been exploring with employers and apprentices what is it like on the ground. This…

This week we are introducing to you Michelle Moore, a Level 6 Registered Nurse Degree apprentice working at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals…

The Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship standard is now due for revision and the trailblazer is pleased to announce that a survey…

The Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship standard is now due for revision and the trailblazer is pleased to announce that a survey has…

ESFA updates published this week includes: Apprenticeship Accountability Statement – The roles and responsibilities of all organisations involved in regulating…

This month we are introducing the chair and the co-chair of the Dental Trailblazer Working Groups – John Darby and Mike Wheeler. We asked them…

HEE are planning a series of 4 webinars with an associated package of support to create a community of good practice for all HEIs delivering apprenticeships to the NHS…

The Peer Worker Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that it has opened a consultation on a draft Apprenticeship Standard for Peer Worker. The consultation…

As apprenticeships are becoming implemented more widely, we have been exploring with employers and apprentices what is it like on the ground. This month we are…

It is a year since HEE first started funding access to functional skills software. If you have made use of this, HEE would love…

ESFA update 24th March 2021 includes: Incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice application window extended and incentive payments increased …

The results of the Assistant Practitioner (Health) Apprenticeship Standard (revision) survey are now in: We had a total of 271 responses from individuals working in…

In late 2020, the Chairs of the Healthcare Support Worker and Adult Care Worker Trailblazers agreed to working together to convene a Trailblazer with…