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This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Lauren Cork a Level 3 Dental Nurse (integrated) apprentice working at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

Featured in today’s ‘Meet the Mentor’ series in collaboration with Skills for Health, is apprenticeship mentor Sandra Watkins. A mentor plays a unique role in an apprentice’s…

The HASO costing calculator lets you quickly calculate the estimated cost to the organisation of having an apprentice. The tool is an easy…

The Level 6 Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (ECP) apprenticeship was approved for delivery in May 2021. You can access the apprenticeship standard here. The…

Encouraging best practice in apprenticeships this National Apprenticeship Week, we have created a printable that clearly shows the roles and responsibilities of the apprentice, employer…

The 15th annual National Apprenticeship Week is taking place this week. National Apprenticeship Week is a great way to showcase how apprenticeships have…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is James Carlyle, a Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprentice working at University Hospitals…

This week is National Apprenticeship Week where a week-long celebration of apprenticeships takes place. HASO has been searching the internet to find and highlight the great…

Acknowledging all the great work that is happening, this National Apprenticeship Week we are sharing some case studies. Laura Jones is a Level 3 Team Leader/Supervisor…

In honour of National Apprenticeship Week this year, we have put together five printables which show the variety of apprenticeship…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Sarah Tanton, a Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprentice working at North Devon…

Last year National Apprenticeship Week was held from 9th to 13th February 2021. To celebrate this week we published case studies and resources from…

T Levels are a Level 3 technical education route that provide an alternative to A-levels for 16-19 years olds. One…

A proposal is currently being developed for apprenticeship standards in Public Service Commissioning at Level 4 and Level 6. The Trailblazer Group, Chaired by Martin…

The new fully integrated end point assessment plans (EPAs) for the majority of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) regulated occupations are now published and…

The Healthcare Science Apprenticeships were some of the first apprenticeship standards developed by employers. Since their development over 1400 apprentices have started on a Healthcare…

The results of the Healthcare Science Assistant and Healthcare Science Associate Consultation survey are now in: We had a total of 110 responses from individuals working…

The Higher Development Award (HDA) is a personal development programme for Support Workers that enables Clinical and Non-Clinical Support Workers from all sectors to “Be…

The 15th annual National Apprenticeship Week is taking place from 7th to 13th February 2022. National Apprenticeship Week is a great way to showcase how…

We are putting together information packs to help employers and potential apprentices navigate apprenticeships. Today we are publishing the Registered Nurse (Degree) apprenticeship information pack…

The standard for Associate Project Manager has been approved for delivery for just under 5 ½ years and as part of their apprenticeship, apprentices…

The Level 7 Arts Therapist (Degree) Apprenticeship Standard covering Art Therapy/Art Psychotherapy, Music Therapy and Dramatherapy professions was approved in 2019. This standard is linked…

Featured in today’s ‘Meet the Mentor’ series in collaboration with Skills for Health, is apprenticeship mentor Denise Wills. A mentor plays a unique role in an apprentice’s…

We are putting together information packs to help employers and potential apprentices navigate apprenticeships. Today we are publishing the Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner apprenticeship information pack…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Leona Renshaw a Level 7 Accountancy/Taxation Professional apprentice working at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The Healthcare Science Assistant and Healthcare Science Associate Trailblazer Groups have opened a consultation on the draft apprenticeship standards for Level 2 Healthcare…

Featured in today’s ‘Meet the Mentor’ series in collaboration with Skills for Health, is apprenticeship mentor Karen Taylor. A mentor plays a unique role in an apprentice’s…

The finalists for Skills for Health’s Our Health Heroes Awards 2022 have been revealed and voting is now open! You…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Faith Cox a Level 6 Podiatry apprentice working at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS…

We understand that many organisations around the country are under huge pressure at the moment and as such, education programmes are coming under pressure too….

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has published a report on the responses to its degree apprenticeship consultation. This consultation was…

There will be a Public Health apprenticeship webinar on Wednesday 9th February from 10:00 – 12:00. This session will provide an overview of the family of…

The Level 3 Peer Worker apprenticeship standard is currently in development and it is anticipated to be approved for delivery in early 2022. The apprenticeship…

The Trailblazer is seeking your help to ensure that the apprenticeship standard attracts the best possible funding band. Revisions made to the apprenticeship to align the…

The Trailblazer is seeking your help to ensure that the revised apprenticeship standard attracts the best possible funding band. Revisions made to the standard and end-point…

It has been another year full of challenges for the health sector and it’s been a busy year at Skills for Health and Health Education…

The standard for Research Scientist has been approved for delivery for just over 2 ½ years and as part of their apprenticeship, apprentices will have…

Following the announcement of the Government to move to Plan B, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has updated its plans for…

The Higher Development Award programme, which originated in London, is now being adopted by many regions across England. It is a programme which forms part of…

The Integrated Care System in Somerset and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have taken on Registered Nurse Degree Apprentices recently. They are leading…