Health Update February 2017

New Qualification – Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare

We are working with Skills for Health to develop a new qualification which will be mandatory in the new Senior Healthcare Support Worker (Level 3) apprenticeship standards. The new qualification will be called Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare and will be available for registrations from 1 November 2017.

If you would like to know more about this qualification or the new apprenticeships, please contact your account manager and/or the WBL customer service team.

SASE Apprenticeship Frameworks

The following Health SASE frameworks will no longer be available to new registrations from 1 October 2017:

• Health (Assistant Practitioner)
• Health (Clinical Healthcare Support)
• Health (Dental Nursing)
• Health (Maternity and Paediatric)
• Health (Perioperative Support)

If you have any questions about this announcement, please contact your account specialist.

SASE Apprenticeship Consultation

Skills Funding Agency are consulting on a number of SASE Apprenticeships which have been identified as potentially being withdrawn for new starts from 1 April 2018.

The following health frameworks are included in the consultation:

• Health (Emergency Care)
• Health (Healthcare Support Services)