New approach to education and training published

Liberating the NHS: Developing the Healthcare Workforce builds on responses to earlier public consultations and the advice of the NHS Future Forum.

There are two central planks to the new system – Health Education England (HEE) and the Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs).

HEE will provide national leadership and oversight on strategic planning and development of the health and public health workforce, and allocate education and training resources.  HEE will promote high quality education and training that is responsive to the changing needs of patients and local communities – including responsibility for ensuring the effective delivery of important national functions, such as medical trainee recruitment.  Once the new education and training system is fully established, HEE will be able to consider to what extent they can be devolved.

The LETBs will be the vehicle for providers and professionals to work with HEE to improve the quality of education and training outcomes so that they meet the needs of service providers, patients and the public.

Published: 16 May 2012