Meet the Chair – Paramedic Trailblazer
This month we are introducing the Chair of the Paramedic Trailblazer group – Carol Offer. We asked her what it was like to lead a…
Healthcare Science Apprenticeships Survey
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Healthcare Science Apprenticeship survey which is now closed. We received over 200 responses from a…
Submissions to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in March 2021
Every 6 weeks Trailblazer groups make submissions of Proposals, Standards and Assessment plans to the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education. The Institute then puts…
What is it like to be an Apprenticeship Lead
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…
Dietitian – Integrated Assessment Plan submitted
The Dietitian Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the Integrated End-Point Assessment Plan for Dietitian has been submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships &…
Mammography Associate Apprenticeship Guidance
Mammography Associates work within multi-disciplinary teams within a hospital or in a community setting (e.g. mobile breast screening units, medical centres), undertaking…
National Healthcare Science Week
During National Healthcare Science Week we will be showcasing Healthcare Science Apprenticeships and highlighting how they have contributed to the…
IFATE – Revisions status report
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has published a status report showing which apprenticeships are being revised, a brief overview of the revisions…
HCPC Apprenticeships EPA update
During 2021/ 22 there will be some changes made to the end point assessment plans in use for the HCPC regulated occupations. Below are some…
Midwifery Apprenticeship update
Many employers and Approved Education Institutions (AEIs) are preparing their programmes for midwife apprentices. The current standard and assessment plan can be found
Free webinar series – English, maths and digital skills in training and apprenticeships
There is an opportunity to join a live webinar series exclusively for Training and Apprenticeship providers. These will be run by Jai Atwal and…
HEE funded Functional Skills Exams pilot
From 1st February – 31st March 2021, HEE are running a pilot project to fund access to functional skills exams, through awarding body Open…
Senior Healthcare Support Worker (Theatre Support option) – Call for volunteers
We are currently looking for a handful of volunteers to join the sub-group revising the Theatre Support option in the Senior Healthcare Support Worker…
EPA revisions – 6 fully integrated EPAs published
Further to the announcement in October that IFATE is simplifying how end-point assessment (EPA) is carried out for regulated occupations, a range of EPA…
Community Health & Wellbeing Worker – Call out for training providers
Public Health England (PHE) are working with a Trailblazer Group of employers to develop a Community Health & Wellbeing Worker apprenticeship standard at level…
Meet the Chairs – Midwife Trailblazer
This month we are introducing the Chairs of the Midwife Trailblazer group – Gloria Rowland and Sally Ashton-May. We asked them what it was like…
Health and Care Support Worker Trailblazer call for adult care employer representatives
The Health and Care Support Worker Trailblazer is delighted to announce that it has met for the first time to consider ways to take forward the recommendation to develop…
Care Certificate
Many apprenticeships include the completion of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate materials have recently moved location on the Skills for Health website so please use…
RoATP – Reapplication from May 2021 for all providers
The ESFA have confirmed that they will be implementing a series of changes to the register of apprenticeship training provider, this includes existing RoATP…
National Apprenticeship Week Resources
Last week was National Apprenticeship Week, and to celebrate it we published case studies and resources on our HASO Twitter account. The case studies featured…
HEE Skills for Life Progress Review Report
HEE commissioned the Skills for Life in Health and Care research with the aim of leading the UK in upskilling the workforce in essential…
Apprenticeship Tips – 5 resource packs published
To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week this year, we have put together 5 resource packs for managers to use with their staff/apprentices. Download below:
Supporting ESOL colleagues?
As part of HEE’s continued work to support colleagues for whom English is an additional language, they are forming an ESOL practice group of…
Higher Development Award – Meet Holly Leech
This week we are introducing to you Holly Leech a Nursing Associate Apprentice at Harefield Hospital part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS…
Assistant Practitioner (Health) – Consultation open
The Assistant Practitioner apprenticeship standard is now due for revision and the trailblazer is pleased to announce that a survey has been set up…
From Care Certificate to Apprenticeship – Meet Clare Fowler
This week we are introducing to you Clare Fowler a Registered Nurse Degree apprentice at West Middlesex University Hospital (WMUH) who has completed…
Association of Apprentices
The Association of Apprentices (AoA) is a UK-wide membership organisation that supports apprentices by creating a community that helps them…
Healthcare Science Apprenticeships Survey
A survey has been developed by the Healthcare Science Trailblazer group to explore if the current healthcare science apprenticeships: meet employer needs support career…
Functional Skills Webinars
Please join us to find out how to access support for functional skills learners – both online learning support and funded access to exams….
New EPAOs live
The following apprenticeship standards have new End Point Assessment Organisations registered to offer end point assessment: (more…)
From Care Certificate to Apprenticeship
This week we are introducing to you Annamaria Horvath a Trainee Nursing Associate at St Georges Hospital who has completed the Care Certificate and…
Supporting ESOL learners
Improving confidence in any language is gained through a combination of formal and informal learning. Click here for some simple…
Skills for jobs – Lifelong learning for opportunity and growth
Skills for jobs white paper has been published setting out reforms to post-16 technical education and training to support people to develop the skills…
Higher Development Award
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…
Our Health Heroes Awards Finalists Announced
A record number of votes are expected, as voting got underway this week to crown the 5th Our Health Heroes Awards national winners, recognising the…
Submissions to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in January 2021
Every 6 weeks Trailblazer groups make submissions of Proposals, Standards and Assessment plans to the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education. The Institute then puts…
Specialist Clinical Practitioner – Standard and EPA submitted
The Specialist Clinical Practitioner Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the Apprenticeship Standard, End Point Assessment Plan and rationale supporting a…
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education – Apprenticeship flexibilities update
The Institute has announced that they are prolonging special measures allowing for the completion of apprenticeships through the pandemic. It will mean that no…
Looking back 2020
This year has been like no other, but despite all the challenges we have faced there have also been many things worth celebrating and…
Apprenticeship Guidance for wider primary and community healthcare teams in Dental, Pharmacy and Optometry – Published
We can often think that primary care apprenticeships are only employed in GP practices, however there are a wider array of apprenticeships being used…