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The following apprenticeship standards have been updated: (more…)

We are putting together information packs to help employers and potential apprentices navigate apprenticeships. Today we are publishing the Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship information pack,…

To support the national uptake of the Community Health & Wellbeing Worker apprenticeship, HEE will run a national procurement to source providers. To enable this, HEE…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Kate Farrington, a Level 5 Assistant Practitioner (Health) apprentice working at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust…

HEE facilitates an ESOL Practice Group of practitioners working in health and social care. It exists to share ways of working on the strategic importance…

The employer group met again last week to discuss the MPharm Degree Apprenticeship Standard for Pharmacist. There has been a long break between…

As part of the Assistant Practitioner standard consultation survey, some specific questions about the inclusion of mandatory qualifications were asked. The results of the survey…

Today we are launching our new series ‘Meet the Mentor’ in collaboration with Skills for Health. A mentor plays a unique…

We are always very happy to hear about hard working colleagues being recognised for their contribution to the sector. So we were thrilled when we…

The results of the Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Standard survey are now in: We had a total of 114 responses from individuals working in a…

The results of the Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Standard survey are now in: We had a total of 142 responses from individuals working in…

Covid-19 has required many of us to work remotely and in a more flexible and agile way to meet new demands. No…

The Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the apprenticeship standard for Enhanced Clinical Practitioner has been approved for delivery by the Institute…

Further to the announcement of the 6 fully integrated EPAs published, the funding bands were reviewed and, as a result,…

Health Education England in partnership with NHS England and NHS Improvement Estates and Facilities National Team, are hosting an event on Monday 12th July…

As part of our series ‘What is it like to be an Apprenticeship Lead’, this month we are introducing to you Lisa…

We are putting together information packs to help employers and potential apprentices navigate apprenticeships. Today we are publishing the Operating Department Practitioner (Degree)…

The results of the Peer Worker Apprenticeship Standard survey are now in: We had a total of 97 responses from individuals working in a wide…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Melanie Lovering, a Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprentice working at North Devon District Hospital…

A new manual, co-authored by employers and providers within the sector and Government, has today been published to set out how flexibilities in apprenticeships…

ESFA have published new guidance for providers on how to join the RoATP. The service for the new application criteria went live on 17th May…

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…

Following the recent publication of the Enhanced Clinical Practitioner standard and end-point assessment plan, we are introducing the chair and the co-chair who lead…

HEE funded software provider bksb is holding a series of webinars to improve English, maths and digital skills provision. There is no cost to…

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

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Chris Brown, a Level 6 Registered Nurse (Degree) apprentice working at Sirona Care & Health. “I…

Guidance from the government has been published on how the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education should carry out its functions for the 2021…

The Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Trailblazer group are delighted to announce that the Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Standard and End Point Assessment Plan have now been…

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…