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1677954

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to foster a learning culture and service improvement mindset across all career pathways in the NHS, in particular through education and training for existing staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL1143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>Individual employers are responsible for ensuring their staff are trained and competent to carry out their role, and for investing in the future of their staff through providing continuing professional development (CPD) funding.</p><p>To supplement local employer investment for CPD, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out NHS England’s commitment to continue national CPD funding for nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals. The operation of this scheme will be kept under review, to ensure subsequent funding is in line with workforce growth and inflation, well targeted and achieving the desired outcomes.</p><p>There are a variety of resources available on the NHS England E-learning for Health platform designed to enhance the training and education of the health and social care workforce.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 21/12/2023 15:17:50 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1666372

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS staff are trained to provide high-quality care for people living with (a) Parkinson’s and (b) other conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	203726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Individual employers are responsible for ensuring their staff are trained and competent to carry out their role. Regulated healthcare professionals need to meet the standards of education and training set by the relevant professional regulator. The regulators set and enforce the standards that their registrants must adhere to and are responsible for ensuring that healthcare professionals have the necessary skills and knowledge to join the register.</p><p>NHS England has published a RightCare toolkit which aims to address challenges in providing services for those with progressive neurological conditions, including Parkinson’s disease by highlighting key areas of focus and actions to take. This includes actions to ensure that services are equipped with appropriate skills to identify, assess, and manage progressive long-term neurological conditions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/10/2023 12:05:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1660797

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on the (a) Childcare Allowance (b) Parent Learning Allowance and (c) Dependent's Allowance of the NHS Bursary; and how many people have (i) made a claim and (ii) been eligible for support under that scheme in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	199571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Prior to 2017, the NHS Bursary was available to nursing, midwifery and allied health professions students as well as medical and dental students. Nursing, midwifery and allied health professions students starting courses after 2017 were transitioned on to the Student Finance loans system and the NHS Learning Support Fund.</p><p>The following table shows for the years 2018/19 to 2022/23 the number of students who received an element of NHS Bursary, together with the number of students who received available childcare components and their corresponding expenditure.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Students who Received an Element of Funding</p></td><td><p>67,748</p></td><td><p>43,470</p></td><td><p>20,147</p></td><td><p>17,289</p></td><td><p>18,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Students in Receipt of Dependants Allowance</p></td><td><p>9,178</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td><td><p>1,096</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dependants Allowance Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>19,053,850</p></td><td><p>8,344,526</p></td><td><p>1,599,887</p></td><td><p>539,752</p></td><td><p>363,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Students in Receipt of Parent Learning Allowance</p></td><td><p>9,141</p></td><td><p>5,033</p></td><td><p>1,077</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parent Learning Allowance Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>7,846,287</p></td><td><p>3,417,731</p></td><td><p>653,253</p></td><td><p>211,489</p></td><td><p>103,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Students in Receipt of Childcare Allowance</p></td><td><p>5,031</p></td><td><p>2,557</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Childcare Allowance Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>16,659,222</p></td><td><p>7,028,750</p></td><td><p>1,313,955</p></td><td><p>399,834</p></td><td><p>238,972</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p>Note: The NHS Business Services Authority moved to a new system in 2022/23. The student count is from two different IT systems with no unique identifier, with potential for duplication in the count. Financial values are unaffected.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/10/2023 11:28:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 96141 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1651009

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Whether he has plans for the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework to be incorporated in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	192969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP) sets out plans to train, retain and reform the National Health Service workforce to meet the demands facing the NHS over the next 15 years.</p><p>We will continue to build on what we know works, including the information outlined in the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework, for example by ensuring staff can work flexibly, have access to integrated occupational health and wellbeing support, and work in a team that is well-led.</p><p>In addition, to supplement local employer investment, the LTWP sets out NHS England’s commitment to continue national continuing professional development funding for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. The operation of this scheme will be kept under review, to ensure subsequent funding is in line with workforce growth and inflation, well targeted and achieving the desired outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/07/2023 15:12:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1650030

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will require the creation of the new training course for NHS staff.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	192370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out the steps the NHS and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. It will put the workforce on a sustainable footing for the long term.</p><p>The Plan sets out significant expansion of domestic education, training and recruitment. This will include more doctors and nurses alongside an expansion in a range of other professions, including more staff working in new roles.</p><p>Training will need to be reformed to support the education expansion set out in the Plan and ensure that we train the healthcare professionals of the future. Actions include improving productivity by working and training in different ways, building broader teams with flexible skills, changing education and training to deliver more staff in roles and services where they are needed most, and ensuring staff have the right skills to take advantage of new technology that frees up clinicians’ time to care, increases flexibility in deployment, and provides the care patients need more effectively and efficiently.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2023 13:50:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1650031

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening access to NHS careers by providing (a) support for mature students and (b) childcare and grants to assist with staff training.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	192371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>Widening access to NHS careers remains a key priority for Government. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023 sets out an ongoing ambition to work to widen participation in education and training, so the NHS workforce is representative of the communities we serve, and students gain the skills, knowledge and experience they need to deliver high quality care to a hugely diverse population.</p><p>The NHS Learning Support Fund provides eligible nursing, midwifery and allied health professions students with a non-repayable training grant of a minimum of £5,000 per academic year. Further funding is available depending on personal circumstances, including a non-repayable grant of £2,000 per academic year for students with one or more child dependents.</p><p>The NHS Bursary provides payment for tuition fees for students on medical and dental courses from year five of an undergraduate course, and from year two of a graduate-entry course. The NHS Bursary also provide students, where eligible, with a dependants’ allowance, parent learning allowance and childcare allowance.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2023 13:45:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1650033

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the provision of key worker housing for staff training relating to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	192372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring high-quality, affordable accommodation is available to National Health Service staff. We are working closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to explore how we can best support NHS trusts to deliver key worker accommodation where it is needed. Local organisations are ultimately responsible for determining the appropriate use of NHS estate, including for key worker accommodation. NHS staff also have access to the national First Homes scheme, established in 2021, which enables key workers to purchase homes at a discount to the market value on new housing sites, paid for by developer contributions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2023 13:44:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1644084

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to roll out NHS training and development available to doctors to all NHS staff.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	189302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of individual employers to ensure that their staff are trained and competent to carry out the role for which they are employed, and for making decisions about the ongoing professional training and development requirements. Regulated healthcare professionals will need to meet the standards of education and training set by their profession’s regulator, for example the General Medical Council or Nursing and Midwifery Council.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/06/2023 16:45:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1626768

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to deliver (a) teaching and (b) upskilling sessions to (i) community optometrists and (ii) other non-hospital staff.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	184508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>All optometrists and ophthalmic medical practitioners must be registered with their respective regulatory body and undertake continuing professional development to maintain their registration. NHS England provides the continuing education and training grant for eligible optometrists and ophthalmic medical practitioners undertaking National Health Service sight testing services.</p><p>Funding is also provided across all the devolved nations for the Directory of Continuing Education and Training platform, managed by the College of Optometrists, which provides training resources to all United Kingdom registered optometrists. Employers are also responsible for ensuring that practice staff have the training and skills required to fulfil their roles.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 17/05/2023 11:45:28 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1626173

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS-employed staff are (a) required or (b) requested to undertake unpaid training during non-work hours.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	184161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/05/2023 12:29:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi