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<p>It is the responsibility of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to set the
standards for education and training and ensure newly qualified nurses are equipped
with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide high quality patient care including
those training in learning disability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Education
England (HEE) commissions pre-registration nurse training programmes to ensure an
appropriately skilled workforce is available to meet service demand. HEE also develop
and commission a range of post graduate and supplementary training programmes to enable
qualified nurses to continue to develop and enhance their skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>HEE plans to undertake a long term piece of work to review curriculums of all
National Health Service commissioned training programmes to include recognised areas
of health including learning disability, mental illness, physical illness and physical
ill health and social support needs. HEE will work with regulatory bodies including
the NMC to agree the standards and content for education and training, this is anticipated
to be completed by April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Winterbourne View
Concordat sets out that HEE will work in partnership with system partners, Skills
for Care and Skills for Health to ensure the current and future workforce possess
skills, competencies and knowledge to provide person centred care and support that
is needs led and accessible for individuals with a learning disability, autism and
behaviour that challenges. This work is on-going.</p><p> </p>
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