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The existing Dental Nurse standard is now due for review and the Dental trailblazer is pleased to announce that a survey has been set…

The Department for Education asked the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education to continue reviewing the funding bands of a further 30 existing standards,…

Jane Hadfield On Monday, 1st April 2019, Jane Hadfield Chair of T Level Panel (Health) attended and spoke at a special…

Following a scoping exercise held last September by Health Education England, the University of Bedford (shortened programme), University of Greenwich, University of West London and University…

The Dental Trailblazer are delighted to announce that the Dental Technician Integrated End Point Assessment Plan has now been published by the Institute for…

This has now closed.  Health Education England (HEE) in partnership with Salisbury Managed Procurement Services have now initiated a national procurement offer for the Level…

This month we are introducing the co-chairs of the Environmental Health Practitioner Trailblazer group. We asked them what it was like to lead a trailblazer group from start to finish…

NHS Employers has a new campaign, the ThinkFuture programme which aims to support employers to bring more young people into their workforce. They have developed a…

The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the apprenticeship standard for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner has been approved for delivery by the…

The Health and Care Professions Council have helpful advice and guidance available on their website for Training Providers considering offering Degree Apprenticeships for HCPC…

The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the standard for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships…

As many people know a new grade of professional psychologist (Clinical Associate Psychologist) is emerging in NHS England. A document with some frequently asked…

Baz (Hazel) Roger, the Chair of the Therapeutic Radiographer Trailblazer has contributed to a blog post explaining the rationale behind developing an apprenticeship in this…

The Dental Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the apprenticeship standard for Oral Health Practitioner has been approved for delivery by the Institute for…

The results of the Associate Continuing Healthcare Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard survey are now in: We had a total of 252 responses…

The Nursing Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the Standard and Assessment Plan for Nursing Associate (NMC 2018) have been approved by the Institute for…

The District Nurse Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the standard for District Nurse has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and…

We have been publishing infographics on our twitter account all week to support #NationalApprenticeshipWeek, here’s a preview of one of them. These…

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 4th March 2019.

To download the infographic, please click here.

As part of a new series of articles which will be published throughout the year, we interviewed the co-chairs of the Prosthetist/Orthotist trailblazer group; Michael O’Byrne and Juliet Sturgess. We…

The Education and Skills Funding Agency have updated the published guidance document to reflect the Register of Apprenticeship of Training Providers rule changes. You can download the updated guidance…

Every 6 weeks Trailblazer groups make submissions of Proposals, Standards and Assessment plans to the Institute of Apprenticeships & Technical Education. The Institute then…

The Speech and Language Therapist Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the Degree Apprenticeship Standard for Speech and Language Therapist was submitted to…

The Environmental Health Practitioner Trailblazer is pleased to announce that the End Point Assessment Plan for Environmental Health Practitioner has been submitted to the Institute for…

The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the Apprenticeship Standard for Specialist Community…

The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Sustainability Transformation Partnership have begun to procure apprenticeship standards on a regional basis. Believed to…

The Dental Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the Apprenticeship Standard for Orthodontic Therapist was submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical…

Several updates on HASO recently: Standards recently approved for delivery: Assessor/Coach, Level 4, Funding Max £7,000 Bid and Proposal…

The Dietitian Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the standard for Dietitian has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education. The published…

The Nursing Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the degree apprenticeship standard for Registered Nurse (NMC) has been approved for delivery by the Institute…

A chance for training providers to participate in a pre-procurement survey  The NHS Leadership Academy is looking for training and/or apprenticeship providers…

The Department for Education (DFE) have published statistics covering apprenticeships and traineeships from August to October 2018. The report shows that Apprenticeship starts in the first…

Following on from last year’s announcement of a new 30 funding band structure, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have updated the document…

Following on from last year’s Our Health Heroes Awards, we spent an afternoon talking with the apprentice winner – Adam Cramp and West London…

All NHS employers currently on the Register of Approved Training Providers (RoATP) which allows them to deliver apprenticeships will need to reapply. The new application process is far more…

The Department for Education has launched a new apprenticeships campaign – “Fire It Up”. You can download the campaign pack through here. If…

Every 6 weeks Trailblazer groups make submissions of Proposals, Standards and Assessment plans to the Institute of Apprenticeships. The Institute of Apprenticeships then puts…

We are very pleased to announce that we are now on Twitter. Our twitter handle is @HASOEngland and you can follow us through…

The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Trailblazer is pleased to announce that the End Point Assessment Plan for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner has been submitted to the Institute for…