Education and Training Standards

The organisation maintains and publishes up-to-date standards for education and training that prioritise public protection, prepare learners to work safely and effectively and meet the needs of diverse populations.

So that the public and employers can be assured that education and training providers are equipping those working in health and care with the right knowledge, skills and behaviours to provide safe and effective care. If you are receiving treatment from someone who is learning, you can be assured their practice is appropriately supervised.

• The outcomes that learners must achieve, and the standards used to assess education and assessment providers and education programmes, are kept up to date.
• The outcomes that learners must achieve link to the professional standards for practitioners and prepare learners to work safely and effectively, prioritise public protection, and meet the needs of diverse populations.
• The standards used to assess education and assessment providers and education programmes prioritise public protection. They support learners to achieve the education outcomes.

The organisation is effective in assuring itself that education and assessment providers are delivering learners who meet the education outcomes and other relevant registration requirements, and provide a safe environment for learning.

Organisations set standards for education and training in health and care professions. In order to ensure that these standards are met, organisations need to have effective quality assurance processes in place. This will mean that education and training providers are equipping those who will deliver health and care with the right knowledge, skills and behaviours. Quality assurance of the learning environment will mean that people who are receiving treatment from someone who is learning, can be assured their practice is appropriately supervised.

• The quality assurance processes for education and assessment providers and programmes are proportionate, avoid unnecessary duplication with other organisations and take into account risk.
• The quality assurance processes are transparent and robust and ensure that education and training deliver learners who have achieved the education outcomes.
• Action is taken where concerns are identified about education and training and where there are wider safety issues for patients and service users.
• Information on the outcomes of quality assurance activity are published (for the regulators) or transparent (for the Accredited Registers) and easy to access.