Is it Too Late for an NHS SKills Passport?
August 23, 2010 in Leading and Managing Results, Public Services, Workforce Management
The Sector Skills Council for UK Healthcare – Skills for Health has recently published the results of pilot work it was undertaking over a year with seven NHS Trusts on a ‘skills passport’.
The system, built by Skillsprofile based on work it has done withing other industries, allows workers to create an online record of their skills, qualifications and experience, verified by qualified line managers, enabling prospective or existing employers to save duplicating training where it is not needed – especially stautory mandatory training if staff move between employers.
Skills for Health endorsed the work delivered by the organisations, stressing the potential to reduce administrative costs associated with taking on new staff and a range of other benefits for employers and employees.
David Foster, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for England has spoken favourably about the pilot, suggesting it had ” …confirmed the case for a skills passport, … also highlighted a range of potential additional benefits for employers, health workers throughout the UK, universities and, most importantly, those who use health services. But is this initiative too late? Read the rest of this entry →
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