Small employers apprenticeship co-investment rate reduced to 5%
From 1st April 2019, small and medium size employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy will see their employer co-investment rate reduced to…
Arts Therapist – Approved for delivery
The Arts Therapist Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the apprenticeship standard for Arts Therapist has been approved for delivery by the Institute for…
Submissions to the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education in April 2019
Every 6 weeks Trailblazer groups make submissions of Proposals, Standards and Assessment plans to the Institute of Apprenticeships & Technical Education. The Institute then puts…
Speech and Language Therapist – Assessment Plan submitted
The Speech and Language Therapist Trailblazer is pleased to announce that the End Point Assessment Plan for Speech and Language Therapist has been submitted to the…
Dietitian – Assessment Plan submitted
The Dietitian Trailblazer is pleased to announce that the End Point Assessment Plan for Dietitian has been submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education…
Dental Nurse – Consultation open
The existing Dental Nurse standard is now due for review and the Dental trailblazer is pleased to announce that a survey has been set…
Healthcare Support Worker – Funding band update
The Department for Education asked the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education to continue reviewing the funding bands of a further 30 existing standards,…
T Level programmes
Jane Hadfield On Monday, 1st April 2019, Jane Hadfield Chair of T Level Panel (Health) attended and spoke at a special…
Registered Midwife Degree Apprenticeships
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…
Dental Technician – Integrated EPA published
The Dental Trailblazer are delighted to announce that the Dental Technician Integrated End Point Assessment Plan has now been published by the Institute for…
Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Apprenticeship Procurement
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…
Meet the Chairs – Environmental Health Practitioner Trailblazer
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 – ThinkFuture Programme
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…
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner – Approved for delivery
The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the apprenticeship standard for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner has been approved for delivery by the…
HCPC advice for degree apprenticeship training providers
The Health and Care Professions Council have helpful advice and guidance available on their website for Training Providers considering offering Degree Apprenticeships for HCPC…
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner – Standard published
The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the standard for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships…
Clinical Associate Psychologist – FAQs
As many people know a new grade of professional psychologist (Clinical Associate Psychologist) is emerging in NHS England. A document with some frequently asked…
Radiographer Apprenticeships: What? Why? How?
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…
Oral Health Practitioner – Approved for delivery
The Dental Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the apprenticeship standard for Oral Health Practitioner has been approved for delivery by the Institute for…
Associate Continuing Healthcare Practitioner – Survey results
The results of the Associate Continuing Healthcare Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard survey are now in: We had a total of 252 responses…
Nursing Associate (NMC 2018) – Standard and Assessment Plan published
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…
District Nurse – Standard published
The District Nurse Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the standard for District Nurse has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and…
National Apprenticeship Week – Infographics
We have been publishing infographics on our twitter account all week to support #NationalApprenticeshipWeek, here’s a preview of one of them. These…
Funding Band review update
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.
Meet the Chairs – Prosthetist/Orthotist Trailblazer
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…
Nursing Associate Standard – Apprenticeship funding position update
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…
Submissions to the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education in February 2019
Every 6 weeks Trailblazer groups make submissions of Proposals, Standards and Assessment plans to the Institute of Apprenticeships & Technical Education. The Institute then…
Speech and Language Therapist – Standard submitted
The Speech and Language Therapist Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the Degree Apprenticeship Standard for Speech and Language Therapist was submitted to…
Environmental Health Practitioner – Assessment plan submitted
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…
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – Standard submitted
The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the Apprenticeship Standard for Specialist Community…
Regional apprenticeship procurement – New case study published
The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Sustainability Transformation Partnership have begun to procure apprenticeship standards on a regional basis. Believed to…
Orthodontic Therapist – Standard submitted
The Dental Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the Apprenticeship Standard for Orthodontic Therapist was submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical…
New on HASO January and February 2019
Several updates on HASO recently: Standards recently approved for delivery: Assessor/Coach, Level 4, Funding Max £7,000 Bid and Proposal…
Dietitian – Standard published
The Dietitian Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the standard for Dietitian has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education. The published…
Registered Nurse (NMC 2018) – Approved for delivery
The Nursing Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the degree apprenticeship standard for Registered Nurse (NMC) has been approved for delivery by the Institute…
Pre-procurement survey for training providers
A chance for training providers to participate in a pre-procurement survey The NHS Leadership Academy is looking for training and/or apprenticeship providers…
Apprenticeships and Traineeships Statistics – January 2019
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…
Funding Bands – Updated
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…
New case studies published
Following on from last year’s Our Health Heroes Awards, we spent an afternoon talking with the apprentice winner – Adam Cramp and West London…