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Practice Plus Standards:- 

  • Organisation actively promotes and supports leadership and management development at all levels
  • Developing a culture of empowered learning
  • All staff have equal access to career progression and personal development
  • Demonstrable numbers of staff without a professional qualification benefiting from NHS Learning
  • Accounts (NHS LAs) and/or NVQ training/assessment, apprenticeships and Foundation degrees
  • Improvements in literacy and numeracy
  • Staff have equal access to training and development opportunities and are encouraged to develop new skills in line with skills escalator principles
  • Plans in place for the implementation of the Knowledge and Skills Framework in staff appraisal processes
  • The organisation demonstrates a learning environment that provides formal and informal learning opportunities for staff with protected learning time
  • Appropriate availability of educators, mentors and assessors, skilled in workplace learning and assessment with Board and line manager commitment to their ongoing support
  • Lifelong learning opportunities pro-actively promoted
  • Practice placements (including Primary Care) are provided with appropriate recognition of the preparation and roles of assessors, mentors and trainer support

The PCT is currently working with colleagues in acute health and in social care to develop a learning strategy across health and social care.  In doing so, we want to link with colleagues in the local authority and with education providers to help us develop a strategy that can really make a difference for health and social care professionals working in Bolton.

Summary of findings from 2nd Self Assessment - March 2005