HSJ Education Roundtable
Health Service Journal (HSJ) hosted a roundtable in January on the government's restructuring of the NHS education and training system.
The roundtable brought together leading figures in healthcare education including Christine Outram, SRO for Health Education England (HEE) and current Managing Director of MEE and Kate Lampard, Chair of the steering group for HEE.
Reflecting on the role of HEE at the heart of the proposed changes Chris said, "The first aim of this must be to be responsive to changes in society and changes in need, including public health needs." She also stressed the importance of cross-professional working and incentivising quality. To read more of Chris's comments and for a write up from the roundtable please dowload the pdf.
Academy for Healthcare Science recruiting non-executive directors
The Academy for Healthcare Science is recruiting three non-executive directors to sit on its new Management Board, which is due to come into being in March/April 2012.The deadline for applications is the 31st January 2012. more >>
Consultation on Good Scientific Practice
It is proposed that the Academy for Healthcare Science adopts Good Scientific Practice as non-statutory guidance setting out the expectations for professional practice for the healthcare science workforce. The Academy is therefore consulting prior to adoption to gather the views of affected parties.
The consultation will be open for 12 weeks and will close on 13 March 2012. more >>
NHS Future Forum report
The NHS Future Forum has given its second set of reports to Health
Secretary Andrew Lansley. Lansley has announced that the government has accepted the latest recommendations and has published its detailed response Liberating the NHS: Developing the Healthcare Workforce.
MEE widely welcomes the two reports as related to education and training and have issued a news release.
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