The NHS Pathways License for NHS 111 providers requires that call handlers/health advisors receive 10 weeks\u2019 training, comprising a mix of classroom-based learning, supervised practice and four weeks\u2019 consolidated practice. Additionally, clinicians operating NHS Pathways are expected to receive 14 weeks\u2019 training, including additional learning, along with supervised and consolidated practice as a clinician. Staff must successfully pass through several competency gateways in their progression to independent practice. These include written and practical assessments as well as call audits during supervised practice.<\/p>
Once call handlers and clinicians start practising independently, they are then subject to on-going performance management and professional development. As all calls are recorded they are routinely audited as a requirement of the NHS Pathways License using standardised national performance benchmarks; with monthly feedback provided to call handlers on both positive elements and areas of improvement. <\/em><\/p>"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1003903", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
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