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
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Staff have equal access to training and
development opportunities and are encouraged to develop new
skills in line with skills escalator principles
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Plans in place for the implementation of
the Knowledge and Skills Framework in staff appraisal processes
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The organisation demonstrates a learning
environment that provides formal and informal learning
opportunities for staff with protected learning time
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Appropriate availability of educators,
mentors and assessors, skilled in workplace learning and
assessment with Board and line manager commitment to their
ongoing support
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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
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