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Why is the NETS important?
The survey gathers opinions from students and trainees about their time working and training in practice placements and training posts, asking them to provide feedback on what worked well and what they think could be improved.
It asks 31 core questions focusing on NHS England’s Education Quality Framework standards for delivering high quality education and training in the practice learning environment. The questions are organised around five themes: Induction, Clinical Supervision, Facilities, Learning Opportunities and Teamwork.
Every survey response, across every profession and location, counts and helps to improve the experience of current and future students and trainees.
When?
Since an initial pilot in 2018, the NETS has opened in November 2019, November 2020, November 2021, October 2022, and October 2023.
How?
The survey was created in 2018 as a national platform to collect multi-professional learner feedback and understand the experience of students, trainees and doctors and dentists in training working and training in healthcare services across England.
The NETS is an opportunity for learners to reflect on their experience and identify what is working well and what could be improved. We triangulate the survey results with multiple education quality indicators, including other sources of learner feedback and soft intelligence, to form a comprehensive picture of the multi-professional practice learning environment. Together, this information is used to identify areas of good practice in addition to emerging and escalating concerns at a national, regional, organisational and professional level.
- NHS England Education Quality teams triangulate NETS results with multiple education quality indicators, including other sources of learner feedback and soft intelligence, to form a comprehensive picture of the multi-professional practice learning environment. Together, this information is used to identify areas of good practice in addition to emerging and escalating concerns at a national, regional, organisation and professional level.
- The NETS helps provides to measure the standards through which their delivery of education and training is assessed as part of the NHS Education Contract. It provides insights to enable a targeted approach to quality improvement, with the benefits to recruitment, retention and workforce satisfaction that this will bring.
- Recent NETS results have helped to inform our work to eliminate inequalities in education and training and how we will work with providers to mitigate emerging and escalating concerns and promote the spread and adoption of good practice. You can view the Deans' Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report 2023 by clicking here.
- The NETS results support the delivery of significant and sustainable improvements in education and training, student attrition reduction and improve the overall learner experience.