MAY 2015
Setting direction for the coming year
We were a key partner in the creation of the NHS Five Year Forward View, which sets out the changes our service needs
to make to meet the needs of patients and the public for quality care on a sustainable basis in the future. Consequently,
HEE has launched its Business Plan for 2015-16 that links into this work, setting out how we will continue to work with
partners, locally and nationally, to ensure the workforce changes needed to support better services are put in place.
This includes improving the
development and capability
of the healthcare support
workforce; ensuring we
educate and train the nursing
profession so it is fit for the
future; delivering a workforce
to help improve primary care;
increasing the focus on mental
health and its workforce and
supporting the changes
required to deliver the Bubb
Review recommendations
into care for those with
learning difficulties. In the
coming weeks HEEoE, will
be developing our own
local delivery plan to ensure
that what we do addresses the
needs of our local
system, whilst supporting
this national work.
Willis: Shaping
care in the east
of England
and beyond
The Shape of Caring
Review report,
commissioned by
Health Education
England (HEE) in
partnership with
the Nursing and
Midwifery Council
(NMC) has now
been published.
In the report
Lord Willis, Chair
of the review, makes 34
recommendations for the future education
and training of nurses and care assistants.
HEEoE has been running a review that has
fed into the national review, including
surveys, interviews and workshops. With
the publication of the national review, we
are now making sure that our local plans
align with those nationally. Find out more
about our work here.
We have worked closely
with our partners to set our
direction for this year, but the
process needs to be
continuous. We rely on the
strength of this ongoing
partnership to ensure that
our work reflects local needs
and delivers for our patients,
our staff, our trainees and
our students.
Caroline Corrigan, HEEoE Director
Easter eggs collection breaks HEEoE record
We are delighted that staff have again given generously as HEEoE collected
212 Easter egg donations for local paediatric wards and charities. In Cambridge
the eggs went to Addenbrooke's Hospital, whilst our Norfolk office donated
to the Norfolk and Norwich University Trust. In Essex, donations went to the
Cheviot Nursing Home in Colchester to bring a smile on the faces of some of
their elderly residents.
March Board papers online
Did you know we publish our Board papers on our website?
You can find the March papers here.
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Celebrating the NHS during
National Apprenticeships Week
Apprenticeships are a vital route to giving talented people a route into NHS
employment or developing NHS employees to fulfil their potential. As part of
National Apprenticeships Week we sent some of our apprentices out to NHS
organisations across Essex to show how great they can be.
New
apprenticeship
offers work
across Health
and Social Care
in Norfolk and
Suffolk
For the first time ever, the NHS and
Social Care in the east of England
have come together to offer
apprentices the chance to work
across both health and social care
within the same programme.
Apprenticeships improve patient care by providing opportunities and recognition for all
support staff (clinical and non-clinical), developing transferable skills and increasing
flexibility of the workforce. This year, HEEoE has funded 1609 apprenticeships in the NHS,
and we are committed to increase this number in 15/16.
Health Education East of England can offer support to any healthcare organisation that
delivers an NHS contract to establish and develop apprenticeship programmes. To find
out more, contact your local Workforce Partnership.
Physician Associate
Masters at Anglia Ruskin
University
The physician associate is a new healthcare professional who, while not a
doctor, works to the medical model, with the attitudes, skills and knowledge
base to deliver holistic care and treatment within the general medical and/or
general practice team under defined levels of supervision. This role is viewed
nationally as a potential solution to some of the gaps in the workforce,
particularly in areas such as general practice and emergency care. Two
universities in the east of England are developing programmes to train people
as physician associates - the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Anglia Ruskin
University (ARU).
The ARU Physician Associate Master's degree has recently been validated and will
have its first intake in September, and offers a mix of theory and practice designed to fill
important clinical roles. Students will complete a programme of clinical placements in
hospital wards, outpatients and general practice.
Initially 30 places will be offered at ARU's Chelmsford campus and candidates can apply
for the course online through the website. Learn more by hearing Jade taking about
her role as a Physician Associate.
The first cohort of seven apprentices
started, aptly, during National
Apprenticeships Week, and will work
for six months in an acute hospital
setting and six months in community
care. Their training posts will enable
them to undertake a qualification
which will provide them with valuable
work placements with more than one
organisation across health and social
care settings, which could include
hospitals and community care. In this
pilot programme, the apprentices
involved will.
Coverage from BBC Look East has
already seen an increase in applications,
and if successful, it is hoped that this
will be rolled out across the region and
the wider NHS.
Ross Collett, Head of HEEoE Norfolk
and Suffolk Workforce Partnership,
said:“The aim of this new approach is
to develop a highly trained workforce
that understands patients' needs across
both health and social care services.
We have also built the new,
transferrable Care Certificate into the
programme to give our apprentices the
best possible start to their careers.”
This programme is a joint initiative
between HEEoE, the Norfolk and
Norwich University Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust, Norfolk County
Council and Norfolk and Suffolk Care
Support.
As this new health and social care
initiative develops there will be more
opportunities opening up across
Norfolk and Suffolk for apprentices to
join similar programmes.
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East of England Health Visiting Awards
On 6 March, HEEoE hosted a selection of the health visiting community for an evening to recognise the brilliant
achievements in the region, and celebrate some of the individuals that have helped make it happen.
Over the last four years, HEEoE's health visiting team has
worked in partnership with our provider organisations and five
universities to deliver the Health Visiting Call to Action and
support around 750 health visitor students to successfully qualify,
and increase the health visitor workforce across the east of
England by almost 500 WTE in that time. The east of England
programme has established a strong network within the health
visiting community through sharing best practice, commissioning
leadership development and we are the only LETB to have
embedded the development of Building Community Capacity
Skills into the preceptorship programme for all newly qualified
health visitors.
Awards were presented by Professor Viv Bennett, Director of
Nursing at the Department of Health and Public Health England.
Professor Viv Bennett opens the evening
The full list of winners is:
Practice Teachers of the Year:
Maggie Ambrose (Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust) and Sue
Burridge (North East London Foundation Trust Essex)
Mentor of the Year:
Marie Gibbons (South Essex Partnership Trust)
Preceptor of the Year:
Glenda Booth (Norfolk Community Health & Care)
Work Place Advisor of the Year:
Kate Hillman (Norfolk Community Health & Care)
For more information, contact Julia Whiting or follow
@HealthVisitors
Team of the Year (shared):
Anglia Community Enterprise Practice Teachers,
Cambridgeshire Community Services Health Visiting
Teams, Suffolk County Council Practice Teachers
and Locality Community Development Officers,
Cambridge Community Services Luton Practice
Teachers, Hertfordshire Community Trust Practice
Teachers, SEPT West Essex Practice Teachers,
Norfolk Community Health & Care Practice Teachers
Programme Lead Special Recognition Awards:
Kevin O'Regan (Cambridge Community
Services Luton) & Karen Afford (Hertfordshire
Community Trust)
Kevin O'Regan and Karen Afford celebrate their awards with colleagues
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A strategic approach to workforce planning
across Cambridgeshire
On Wednesday 15 April, decision makers from the Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough (C&P) health and social care system gathered in Huntingdon
for the 2015 Strategic Workforce Planning Summit to agree the requirements
of an integrated workforce of the future.
The outcomes from the day and actions have been circulated to attendees HEEoE is
working with partners in the system to refine the strategy into genuine workforce
actions. If you would like any further information on the event or the outcomes from it,
please contact Lucy Dennis, Head of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Workforce
Partnership.
New Excellence centre
confirmed for Essex
The National Skills Academy for Health (NSA Health) is delighted to announce
that The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust will lead the development of its
Essex Excellence Centre to improve the quality and accessibility of training for
England's healthcare support workforce.
HEEoE worked with the trust on the application, part of a first phase pilot programme cofunded by the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS).
Each Excellence Centre will act as a regional hub to develop strong collaborations
between education and training providers and healthcare employers from the public,
independent and voluntary sectors.
Together the organisations making up each Centre will design and deliver new learning
resources for healthcare support staff, share training expertise and make best use of skills
development facilities.
For more information, contact Karen Olney.
Talent for Care launched
Decision makers from across the NHS, social care and partner organisations
gathered in London on 4 March to officially launch the Talent for Care and
Widening Participation Frameworks and pledge to ensure they are delivered
across their organisations.
The Talent for Care is a national project that has been lead by HEEoE, and the project
team is now working with national partners, LETBs and local organisations to deliver the
ten strategic intentions, and are building a network of champions who have pledged
their support and commitment.
The Talent for Care strategic framework is available to download here, along with many
other helpful materials for local use here.
Want to know more about the Talent for Care? Watch the video here.
Essex GP
Practices
Education
Event brings
together the
primary care
community
A cross section of the Essex
primary care community came
together on 15 April as the
North East Essex CCG held a
successful half-yearly GP
Practices Education Event in
Colchester.
Staff from local practices, including
GPs, nurses, practice managers and
others came together to develop
ideas around the sustainability of
primary care, including the new
Essex Primary Care InterProfessional Centre for Workforce
Development (EPIC WD), in a
session facilitated by GP Primary
Choice (GPCC).
Attendees heard from Concordia
Health about their new (interim)
local dermatology service and from
the CCG about their plans for
financial recovery, the Care Closer
to Home project and proposed
improvements to urgent care
facilities. Colchester Hospital gave a
presentation on the latest
techniques and statistics on AAA
(Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm).
Nicole Smith from our Essex
Workforce Partnership spoke about
the range of workforce solutions
being developed to support Primary
Care in Essex including training and
mentoring for Practice Nurses,
apprenticeships and the new
Physician Associate role.
You can also sign the pledge and become
a Talent for Care Champion here.
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Health education
community
celebrates
educators at
awards ceremony
The health and education
community from across Norfolk
and Suffolk joined us to recognise
some of the brilliant work being
done in our region at an awards
night in Norfolk.
The Norfolk and Suffolk Workforce
Partnership Practice Education and
Learning Support Awards provided an
opportunity to celebrate excellence in
practice education and learning support,
recognising individuals and teams that
have made an outstanding contribution
to the overall growth, development and
education of pre-registration healthcare
students and other learners.
All learners within the practice/workplace
environment are supported by an
individual who teaches, encourages,
motivates, and facilitates their learning,
whilst assessing their knowledge and
skills.This support is crucial to supporting
learners' progression and the development
of the future NHS workforce.
Ross Collett, Head of HEEoE's Norfolk and
Suffolk Workforce Partnership, said:
“It's so important that we celebrate the
people and teams that are making a huge
difference in those learning environments.
They allow us to give the best learning
experiences and as a result, enable our
staff to give the best care we can.
Congratulations to all of our nominees
and winners”
For a full list of winners, click here. Photos
from the evening are available here.
First Mary Seacole Graduates leading the way
On 25 March, east of England participants from the first cohort of the NHS Leadership Academy's Mary Seacole
Programme celebrated their graduation at a special event held to mark the end of the 12 month long programme. After
all their hard work, we are delighted that 99 NHS colleagues from 38 organisations including trusts, community trusts,
CCGs, area teams, and CSUs across the region successfully completed the programme. The Mary Seacole Programme
readies colleagues for their first recognised leadership role, and graduates receive an NHS Leadership Academy Award in
Healthcare Leadership and an Open University Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership.
If you would like to know more about the programme, or would like to talk to one of our Alumni about their experience, please get in
touch: [email protected]
» Watch the graduation film
» View the graduation photo gallery
» Catch up on the day's tweets
» View and read the graduation booklet
Mary Seacole Programme
graduates celebrate success
End of life care shortlisted for
patient safety award
East of England end of life care education and training has been
shortlisted in the Patient Safety Awards 2015 End of Life category.
HEEoE has been running a wide range of multidisciplinary training
programmes to improve the quality of end of life care (EoLC) in the region
over the last three years. The courses, which cover care homes, staff in
primary and secondary care, GP practices and EoLC specialists, have been
attend¬ed by well over 7,000 staff, and the shortlisting is testament to the
great work being delivered.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Birmingham on 6 July.
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New Learning and Development Agreement (LDA) being finalised
HEEoE is currently in the process of developing the Learning and Development Agreement (LDA) with our partner
organisations for 2015/16. The LDA is an important document because it sets out the principles of our quality
improvement and performance framework as well as the funding available to organisations from Health Education
East of England to support the development of the current and future workforce.
We know, and evidence supports the fact, that organisations that have an effective education and training strategy are able to
recruit and retain high quality staff to deliver high quality patient care. The LDA outlines the responsibilities to support education
and training through quality improvement and the investment of this funding.
The new document will look different to previous versions of the LDA as we are rolling out the national standard LDA as required
by HEE. There are also significant changes to the schedules in the document based on feedback received by organisations. The
new version of the LDA is due to be issued in May 2015.
Future of Medical Education Conference 2015
3 and 4 June, Newcastle
Our colleagues in Health Education North East are holding a two day conference to explore undergraduate and
postgraduate training, whether you are a doctor, a trainer, a trainee, a lecturer, a student or just interested in this field of
work, the event is open to all those across the country with an interest in medical education.
For more information, see their web page.
Staff profile
Lucindy Acheampomaa,
Graduate Programme Support Officer
Born in Ghana but growing up
in Belgium, Lucindy knew at at a
very young age that she wanted
to help people. She planned to
study medicine, but as she got
older decided to move to the
UK and study International
Business Management at the
University of East Anglia.
However, once she had
graduated, she again aspired to
use her skills to help people, and
when her careers advisor told
her about the UEA Graduate Training Management
Scheme being pioted at HEEoE, she jumped at the
chance to join the NHS.
“you don't need to be delivering patient care to care
about the patient” Lucindy explains, “and I know that
everybody who works in the NHS somehow contributes
towards patient care, even if some don't realise it”.
Lucindy's passion and skills meant she was recruited to
the scheme and joined HEEoE's Norfolk and Suffolk
Workforce Partnership as a Programme Support Officer.
“My role involves providing support to various
programmes and leading some projects, such as coordinating the Health Ambassadors project. The project
hopes to change the preconceived idea that the NHS is all
about doctors and nurses, whilst educating young people
about the many job roles and career opportunities
available to them in the NHS. I also administrate the
Health Ambassadors website and contribute towards the
Norfolk and Suffolk quarterly newsletter.”
Having quickly settled into her role, Lucindy has started
to consider what she wants to do once she has completed
her placement:
“I feel really privileged to be working for HEEoE and the
NHS because talent is never overlooked within the
organisation and employees are constantly being
encouraged to reach their highest potential. If anyone
wants to join the NHS through apprenticeships,
traineeships, or graduate schemes, I would advise them
to go ahead and do it. Long term I would love to do a
Master's Degree in International Relations and work for
the UN, WHO or UNICEF; any of the NGOs who
contribute to making the world a better place for the less
fortunate, and I have been given the confidence to
challenge myself and see what I can achieve”.
Whilst there are currently no plans to repeat this pilot
scheme, HEEoE is committed to delivering the Talent for
Care strategy at local level, ensuring we have a regional
strategy to improve opportunities for people to begin
their careers in the NHS and continue development
throughout their professional lives.
Do you have a story for Let’s Talk?
Contact Simon Day, HEEoE Communications and Engagement Manager
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