Web Site: National Hospice Education Collaborative (NHEC)

The aims of this new collaborative is to support UK hospices to achieve their full potential as local education and training delivery partners. Initially the focus of the NHEC will be on building quality and capacity of vocational education delivery related to development of the health and social care workforce.  It is anticipated that economies of scale and sharing of expertise across the national hospice network will benefit all involved.  It is envisaged in time it will also include work on other educational initiatives/projects.
More information at the NHEC web site

Article: Hospices working collaboratively to improve training

In south London, adult and children’s hospices are working together to provide a range of training for their own staff and volunteers as well as other local health and social care professionals. Project manager Berit Moback explains how it was set up and talks about the benefits and challenges.

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Article: Healthcare assistant's new certificate of competence

An overview of the new care certificate implemented to ensure healthcare assistants' and support workers deliver 15 standards of effective care.  The article discusses the training, the 15 components, the supervision required and the role of nurses in assessing and supporting healthcare assistants.

Moore, A. 2015.  Working towards a new standard of care.  Nursing Standard, (March 18), 29 (29) p 22 - 24.

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Report: Working towards a hospice workforce that is fit for the future

This working paper, written with Skills for Health, details some key roles and skills that will be needed in the hospice workforce in the future.  Written from the adult hospice perspective.

Help the Hospices, 2013. Working towards a hospice workforce that is fit for the future: a working paper of the Commission into the Future of Hospice Care.

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Report: The future of hospice education and training

This report, produced with the National Association of Palliative Care Educators, explores how hospices can preserve and improve upon their vital role as educators to the end of life care sector, in a future which looks markedly different.

Help the Hospices, 2013.  The future of hospice education and training: a working paper of the Commission into the future of hospice care.

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Report: The provision of education and training to HCAs.

The recent debate about the healthcare assistant workforce within the NHS has promoted discussion about the education and training of this staff group.  This article outlines the education and training opportunities available and identifies that, with such a disparate picture nationally, further work needs to be done to ensure HCAs are sufficiently supported to undertake their role.

Kelly, M. 2013.  The provision of education and training to HCAs.  British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 7 (11) p 556 - 560.

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Education: Using action research to investigate and improve hospice staff participation in workplace education [article]

Finding ways to make good quality education available to all staff in an expanding and increasingly busy hospice organisation is a real challenge.  An action research project was undertaken to investigate the reasons for low attendance rates at learning events in one hospice. The project identified time and conflict with patient need as major issues.  As a result a virtual learning environment - ORACLE (Online Research and Care Learning Environment) - was created to augment the face-to-face sessions and provide staff with access to appropriate learning materials 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Although unique to this organisation, the authors consider ORACLE has potential application to any other work environment.

Griffith, S. Using action research to investigate and improve hospice staff participation in workplace education. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, Jun 2013, vol. 19(6), pp. 302-308.

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