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HEE announces training places for over 2,000 Nursing Associates
12 October 2016
Over 1,000 Nursing Associates will begin training this year in a new role that will sit alongside existing nursing care support workers and fully-qualified registered nurses to deliver hands-on care for patients.
Health Education England (HEE) has also announced today that there will be a second wave of a further 1,000 Nursing Associate trainees following huge interest in the role and high demand from providers wanting to offer training places.
Eleven sites have been chosen to deliver the first wave of training that will start in December and run over a two year period in this exciting new role which will help to transform the nursing and care workforce.
The sites bring together a wide range of organisations including educational institutions, care homes, acute, community and mental health trusts and hospices, representing the variety of places where Nursing Associates will provide care for patients.
The role will bridge the gap between health and care support workers, who have a care certificate, and graduate registered nurses and offers opportunities for health care assistants to progress into nursing roles.
Professor Ian Cumming, Chief Executive, HEE, said:
We are at a pivotal point in determining what the future nursing and care workforce needs to look like for now and in the years to come. I passionately believe that this new role will help build the capacity and capability of the health and social care workforce and allow high quality care to be delivered to a diverse and ageing population. Over the last few months we’ve seen widespread support for such a role – we will now move swiftly to make this role a reality and a success.
Professor Lisa Bayliss Pratt, Director of Nursing and Deputy Director of Education and Quality, HEE, said:
I am delighted with the high level of interest and the quality of the applications received. It shows that there is a real appetite for helping to deliver this new role which we believe can provide a real benefit to the nursing and care workforce across a range of settings and play a key role in the delivery of patient care with safety at its heart.
I would like to express my personal thanks to everyone who has shown interest in becoming a test site.
A full list of the successful test sites which bring together a variety of health care employers and education providers can be found below.
HEE received a total of 48 applications.
Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, said:
It is important that we build a workforce to meet the changing needs of the people we care for. The new Nursing Associate role will be a part of a team built around those needs and will provide an exciting opportunity for those who want to progress their careers in the field of health and care.
The new role also has clear benefits for registered nurses, providing additional support and releasing time to provide the assessment and care they are trained to do, as well as undertake more advanced tasks. This will ensure we use the right skills in the right place and at the right time.
The introduction of Nursing Associates is a positive and welcome step forward and I look forward to following progress made as training begins.
Joanne Bosanquet, Public Health England’s Deputy Chief Nurse, said:
The nursing associate role will help ensure future nurses are prepared for the challenges of modern day healthcare, focusing on prevention and wellbeing. This will be good for individuals, helping and encouraging them to better look after their own health. I wish new trainees all the best.
Ruth May, Executive Director of Nursing at NHS Improvement, said:
The Nursing Associate role will be a key part of a contemporary multidisciplinary workforce. In my discussions with Directors of Nursing across England there is widespread support for the introduction of this role for health and care.
I’m delighted with today’s announcement and I will work with the successful organisations during their pilots.
Test sites
Lead Partner: St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This test site offers diverse mental and physical healthcare experience including working with children and adults of all ages and stages of life, with vulnerable groups such as the homeless and refugees, and with a range of community and specialist services. The area covered is South West London and Surrey and Borders
Region: London and KSS
Education Partners: 2
- Kingston University
- St George’s University of London
Employment Partners: 5
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- South West London & St George’s Mental Health Trust
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Placement Partners: 4
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Queens Court Care Home
- Eothen Homes
- Royal Star and Garter Homes
Lead Partner: Whittington Health NHS Trust
This test site partnership has a proven track record of working together and offers a very wide experience of physical and mental health, primary and secondary care, and prevention and public health. The placements will include hospices, nursing homes, prison and other setting.
Region: London and KSS
Education Partners: 1
- Middlesex University
Employment Partners: 5
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Haverstock Healthcare
- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust (BEH)
- Central London Community Healthcare Trust
Placement Partners: 11
- Haringey CEPN
- UCL Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Islington CEPN
- One Housing Group Ltd
- Barnet CEPN
- Marie Curie
- Camden CEPN
- Stacey Street Nursing Home
- Enfield CEPN
- North Middlesex University Hospital
- Noah's Ark Children's Hospital
Lead Partner: Bart’s Health NHS Trust
This well-established partnership is planning a test site that will give trainee Nursing Associates a rounded experience, including mental health, community health and acute secondary care, with a focus on public health as well as illness.
Region: London and KSS
Education Partners: 3
- London South Bank University
- City University
- London
Employment Partners: 4
- Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Barking Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- East London Foundation NHS Trust
- North East London Foundation NHS Trust
Placement Partners: 0
Lead Partner: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
A large and diverse area with a population of 4.5 million is covered by this test site, covering Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire and Rutland. The large partnership will enable a considerable variety of experience, including health care and social care, adult mental health, offender health, public health and more, in primary, community and acute settings, including hospices and care homes.
Region: Midlands and East
Education Partners: 6
- The University of Northampton
- The University of Lincoln
- The University of Derby
- De Montfort University
- The University of Nottingham
- Open University
Employment Partners: 18
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
- United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Foundation Trust
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust
- Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Lincolnshire Care Association
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- General Practice Rushcliffe CCG
- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group
- West Leicestershire CCG
- Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Placement Partners: 6
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- St.Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice
- LOROS Hospice
- Mansfield & Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group
- Newark & Sherwood Clinical Commissioning Group
- East Midlands Training Hubs (Nurse Leads)
Lead Partner: Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
Building on an existing partnership, this large test site provides opportunities for placements within primary and acute care, and NHS, voluntary and third sector organisations including the prison service, across an area that includes Manchester, Salford, Bolton and Ashton under Lyne
Region: North
Education Partners: 3
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- University of Bolton
- University of Salford
Employment Partners: 11
- UHSM
- Pennine Care NHS FT
- Pennine Acute Hospital NHS Trust
- Salford Royal NHS Trust
- Royal Bolton Hospital
- The Christie
- Tameside General Hospital
- Wrightington Wigan & Leigh NHS FT
- Greater Manchester West Mental Health Trust
- Stockport NHSFT
- Trafford CCGs
Placement Partners: 0
Lead Partner: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT
This experienced partnership already supports a range of relevant education programmes including Registered Nursing and Social Work. It will provide experience for the Nursing Associates across acute, community and primary care for urban, rural and coastal communities, with a strong emphasis on learning disability and mental health services
Region: North
Education Partners: 1
- University of Chester
Employment Partners: 7
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
- 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust
- East Cheshire NHS Trust
- Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust
- Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Placement Partners: 5
- North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust
- Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Partner: Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
This established partnership spans a wide area including Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall, Burton, Shrewsbury and Telford, Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent, with diverse and multi-cultural rural and urban populations. The trainee Nursing Associates will experience a wide range of traditional and non-traditional healthcare settings including a variety of specialist area.
Region: Midlands and East
Education Partners: 1
- University of Wolverhampton
Employment Partners: 9
- Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- South Staffordshire & Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation
- Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- The Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group
- Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Group
Placement Partners: 2
- Compton Hospice
- Walsall Community Education Provider Network (CEPN)
Lead Partner: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust
The smallest of the Nursing Associate test sites, this initiative focuses on children and young people and their families, and spans North, Central and East London with placements in Chelsea and Westminster: in addition, the services are accessed by children and young people nationwide
Region: London and KSS
Education Partners: 1
- London South Bank University
Employment Partners: 4
- Bart’s Health NHS Trust
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Placement Partners: 2
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Partner: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
This test site covers Leeds, Bradford and Airedale, serving inner city and urban populations and dispersed rural environments. Trainee Nursing Associates will work with neonates, children, adult and elderly patients in hospital, and will also be placed in primary and community care, in mental health services and care home.
Region: North
Education Partners: 3
- Leeds Beckett University
- University of Bradford
- University of Leeds
Employment Partners: 5
- Leeds Community Healthcare
- Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Leeds Care Association
Placement Partners: 4
- Wheatfields Hospice
- St.Gemma’s Hospice
- Bradford District Care Trust
- Leeds North CCG
Lead Partner: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Acute and community trusts are working together in this test site to provide experience across the full range of acute, primary, community, public health, mental health and integrated health and social care services, in an area that includes an affluent university city as well as other urban areas and market towns, isolated rural communities and a large migrant population.
Region: Midlands and East
Education Partners: 1
- Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)
Employment Partners: 6
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
- Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Hinchinbrook Healthcare NHS Trust
- Peterborough Care
Placement Partners: 3
- Cambridgeshire Clinical Commissioning Group
- West Cambridgeshire Community Education Provider Network (CEPN)
- Greater Peterborough Network Ltd
Lead Partner: Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
This test site brings together organisations across Devon. It is a new partnership of established NHS providers (including GP practices and the ambulance service) and care homes and social care providers, across rural and urban settings and covering many types of service
Region: South
Education Partners: 3
- Plymouth University
- South Devon College
- Petroc College
Employment Partners: 5
- Northern Devon Healthcare Trust
- Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust
- Plymouth Hospitals NHS trust
- Livewell South West Plymouth
- Cann House
Placement Partners: 5
- Hospiscare
- SWAST
- Mears Care Torbay
- Devon Partnership Trust
- Classic Care Home