12.09.13
Health support workforce Academy launches
The National Skills Academy for Health will be launched today by skills minister Matthew Hancock.
The new organisation will provide employers with a national partner to improve skills and help to develop workforce strategies. Covering the healthcare support workforce in England, NSA Health is an employer-led organisation that seeks to strengthen the skills and training provision, and standardise access to this education.
NSA Health will work with the sector skills council, Skills for Health, as well as Health Education England, the National Apprenticeship Service and local providers and commissioners.
Director of the NSA Health, Candace Miller, said: “The launch of NSA Health will be a timely opportunity to ensure greater access to high quality training for the support workforce, especially in light of the recent Cavendish Review findings. This new Academy will enable us to offer advice to managers and employers, as well as continuing to champion the critical role played by the healthcare support workforce.
“We are also aware that we have a potential new and young workforce with great enthusiasm and a real interest in joining the healthcare sector across the UK. We have a responsibility to encourage them and to steer them in the right direction, whether through apprenticeships, appropriate training, e-learning and skills development. It is only by doing this that we can ensure a strong, well-trained and patient-centred workforce for the future.”
For more detail on the NSA Health, see the Sept/Oct edition of National Health Executive, where we speak to Candace Miller and Matthew Hancock MP.
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