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Here you can find good news and project updates about The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is an ongoing project for NHS England Workforce, Training and Education.
News, events and updates
April 2024
25/04/2024
The recording is now available for the all stakeholder webinar about The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training held on 27 March 2024.
British Sign Language versions are also available, you can watch part 1 and part 2.
02/04/2024
To mark Autism Acceptance Week, we highlight the work we deliver every week to ensure autistic people experience excellent care and support. In a recent interview with Lauren Saunders-Love, an autistic co-trainer for Oliver's Training, we understand her experience and the reasonable adjustments her employers made so she can contribute towards changing the culture in health and care for people with a learning disability and autistic people. You can read Lauren's full story here.
March 2024
15/03/2024
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training: Co-producing Tier 2 video case studies with a lived experience artists
We've launched a sneak peek trailer showcasing the video case studies included in Tier 2 of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. Co-produced with Access All Areas, Skills for Care, and other partners, Oliver’s Training includes a diverse range of videos which are tailored for health and social care staff.
To find out more about how we worked with Access All Areas, you can read an interview from Lee Philips, autistic artist and Terry Huggett, artist with a learning disability and cerebral palsy.
12/03/2024
Invite to join all stakeholder webinar: Updates on The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
On Wednesday 27 March 10am-12pm, NHS England will be hosting an online stakeholder webinar about the progress of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism.
The webinar is aimed at anyone with an interest in Oliver’s Training or involved in rolling it out across England to health and social care staff. The session will provide key updates from NHS England, DHSC, and Paula McGowan and will include items on:
- Rollout
- Accreditation
- Code of Practice
- Oliver’s Campaign from Paula McGowan OBE
If you would like to join, register your interest online.
06/03/2024
North West Yorkshire champions The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training
Senior leaders from across health and care continue to voice their support for Oliver's Training. Recent support has come from Rob Webster CBE, Chief Executive Officer at North West Yorkshire ICS. Rob strongly supports Oliver’s Training and shared as a parent of someone with a learning disability this is incredibly important to him.
February 2024
28/02/2024
FAQs updated.
13/02/2024
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust championing The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training
Senior leaders continue to champion and raise awareness of Oliver’s Training across their systems so that together we can change the culture to save the lives of autistic people and people with a learning disability. Recent support has come from Professor Joe Rafferty, Chief Executive at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Rafferty said:
“The healthcare system can't afford not to make this culture change, and we're determined to play our part in it. That's not just because it's the law. It's also because it's our duty.”
To find out more, watch all the champion videos.
12/02/2024
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training webinar: Recruiting people with a learning disability and autistic people
On 31 January, NHS England co-delivered and co-produced a webinar to share best practice in recruiting and involving experts with lived experience into the co-trainer role for Oliver's Training. To watch the recording and access the webinar resources, visit the employer resource webpage.
January 2024
24/01/2024
Senior leaders across health and care continue to champion and voice their support for Oliver's Training
Recent support has come from Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive Officer at NHS England, who has recently completed The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism with the NHS England Board, who encourages everyone in the NHS to complete Oliver's Training. To find out more visit, the champion webpage and Oliver's Training webpage.
December 2023
19/12/2023
Procurement opportunity: To accredit the delivery of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
NHS England is seeking an organisation to accredit the delivery of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. This new procurement opportunity across England is now live.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training is the government’s preferred and recommended training to meet the Health and Care Act 2022 statutory learning disability and autism training requirement and is key to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan ambition.
To find out more, visit Contracts Finder or Atamis.
November 2023
17/11/2023
FAQs updated with easy read versions.
10/11/2023
1 million people complete part 1 of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
Over 1 million people have completed The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism’s e-learning in the year since it was launched.
The e-learning is the first part of Oliver’s training and prepares staff for a second part that involves meeting and learning directly from people with a learning disability and autistic people.
To find out more, read the press notice.
October 2023
25/10/2023
New training providers for Tier 1 and Tier 2 trainer training across England until 2025
NHS England is pleased to announce the National Autistic Society and Gloucester Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust will be the new training providers who deliver further cohorts of Tier 1 and Tier 2 trainer training across England for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism until 2025.
As a result, there will be even more trainers to cascade the trainer training and increase the number of approved trainers delivering The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training to health and social care staff.
Gloucester Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust will work in partnership with Inclusion Gloucestershire to deliver the Tier 1 trainer training and the National Autistic Society will work in partnership with The Estia Centre to deliver the Tier 2 trainer training. Details of training course dates and how to book will be circulated soon.
In the meantime, employers interested in booking this training should contact their local system or regional lead.
16/10/2023
The government has now closed the consultation on the draft Oliver McGowan Code of Practice. The consultation feedback is now being anaylsed. For more information and updates, visit the gov.uk Oliver McGowan code of practice consultation webpage.
September 2023
05/09/2023
The easy read versions of the Oliver McGowan code of practice went live on 4 September 2023 live. The easy read consultation will be open for 6 weeks, closing on 16 October 2023, whilst the main consultation will close as planned on 19 September 2023.
August 2023
22/08/2023
Senior leaders from across health and care continue to voice their support for Oliver's Training. Recent support has come from Helen Ray, Chief Executive Officer at North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust and Chris Oliver, Chief Executive Officer at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. You can access the champion page or watch all of the champion videos on YouTube.
18/08/2023
On 7 August 2023, NHS England hosted a celebration event for colleagues and stakeholders across England. The event celebrated and recognised Oliver's Training rollout progress, focusing on the 'nothing about us, without us' co-production values and ensuring its future success. To catch up, visit the event webpage.
17/08/2023
South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board share how they are rolling out The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism in their area in a recent interview. To find out more, read Oliver's Training in South Yorkshire case study.
04/08/2023
A new procurement opportunity to support trainer training for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism rollout across England is now live. To find out more, visit Contracts Finder or Find A Tender webpages.
June 2023
30/6/2023
NHS England has launched a new animation about The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism, aimed at helping staff and employers across health and social care to understand Oliver’s Training and why it is so vitally important.
May 2023
31/5/2023
Updates were made to The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism FAQs.
23/5/2023
NHS England are looking to engage potential suppliers who could support training delivery for the Oliver McGowan mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism and a Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been published.
Two market engagements events will take place on 7 June and 14 June to discuss the plans and consult with parties interested in potentially bidding to lead the design, development and delivery of an accreditation process for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. To find out more, visit gov.uk contract finder webpage.
22/5/2023
The research opportunity for the longitudinal evaluation of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training is now being pre-advertised on the NIHR website - Policy Research Programme - An Evaluation of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. There will be a webinar to support the specification so prospective researchers can ask us any questions and we can talk them through the specification. This will be held on 19th June, run by NIHR and DHSC policy and analyst colleagues, and is open to any interested researchers.
5/5/2023
Meet the North West Tier 1 Trainers in recent interview piece.
March 2023
As part of Autism Acceptance Week 2023, we launched the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism champion videos. Senior leaders from across health and care voiced their support for Oliver's training. You can access the champion page or watch all of the champion videos on YouTube.
2022
Mark Radford writes an article for the Health Care Journal: 'Hope from tragedy: time to prioritise those with learning disability and autism.' Click here to read the article.
The Nursing Times release an article: 'Q&A: Everything you need to know about new Oliver McGowan training.' Click here to read the article.
At our trials celebration event we head from experts with lived experience who co-developed and co-delivered the elearning.
Blogs
Paula McGowan OBE speaks about her son Oliver and the first part of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training going live. Read the blog by clicking here.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism has positive impact on staff, study reveals. Read the blog by clicking here.
Social media
For further updates and to join in the online conversation, please use #OliversCampaign on Twitter.