The NHS needs to train record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists, physiotherapists and other key healthcare staff to address the gaps it has in the current workforce and meet the challenge of a growing and aging population.
Use HASO resources to discover what apprenticeship standards are available – search by level or area.
Our standards page has a large variety of apprenticeship standards relevant to the healthcare sector. For each standard you can access the standard and assessment plan documents, links to registered training providers and end-point-assessment organisations as well as a variety of relevant resources and employer guides.
Our Job Families section can also help you. This section lists apprenticeship standards by areas such as Nursing, Healthcare Sciences or the People Professions (HR & OD). Each page in this section covers a different area, you can view apprenticeship standards from level 2 to level 7 relevant to that area. If you know you are looking for apprenticeships in Leadership and Management visit that page and learn more about what’s available!
Our Job Families section also has handy guides, resources and case studies to help you on your way.
Our Apprenticeship Standards Factsheets also show the variety of apprenticeships available in occupations such as Nursing, Ambulance Services, Allied Health Professions, Radiography and Healthcare Science. Click on the below links to find out more about a particular area. Our Pathways Tool also shows the variety of apprenticeships available in each of these areas. You may also find IfATE’s Occupational Maps useful.
Not all Apprenticeship Standards include a mandatory qualification. This is because the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education sets some very strict criteria around when qualifications can be included in standards.
If no qualification is mandated, the employer is free to choose training packages that meet their needs. Additional guidance may be available from the Trailblazer group to assist employers with this. Where available, employer guides can be downloaded from the pop-up for each standard in the standards directory.
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As well as containing information on programme training and assessment, all apprenticeship standards must contain an end-point assessment. Employers will use the register to select an organisation to undertake end-point assessment for them.
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