Healthcare workers’ skills training requirements are being tailored to meet the needs of each region through the launch of new academy.

The Skills for Health Academy (SfHA) has recently been launched by Skills for Health, the sector skills council for the healthcare sector. John Rogers, chief executive has called for employers and providers to work together in partnership to deliver skills solutions to meet future workforce requirements.

The Sheffield-based Core Learning Unit offers e-learning programmes for use by the healthcare sector nationally – dealing with topics such as infection control, equality and diversity and fire safety, whilst the regional hubs focus on working with employers, partners and training providers on a local basis to address the healthcare skills requirements of each area. 

Some of the ways this might be achieved include: support in developing programmes that attract new entrants to the healthcare sector; help in identifying particular training needs; careers advice and guidance for employers and/or staff; assistance in sourcing suitable training providers; support with quality assurance; free access to a range of Skills for Health resources and toolkits; and support on the use of competences to create new ways of working.

Rogers said: “Transformational change is no longer a luxury, it’s an absolute necessity. Both commissioners and providers must work together to transform the way healthcare is delivered if the NHS is to meet future needs and to work within the challenging economic environment that faces the country.

“Workforce reform is the only way we can achieve this – and the tools and techniques produced by Skills for Health, coupled with the practical advice from the Skills Academy for Health, are going to be essential to both commissioners and providers.

“I commend these resources to you and suggest you start using them as soon as you can to effect necessary workforce change for the benefit of future patient care.”

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