Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33619

Care Workers: Qualifications

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Lola McEvoy

LabourDarlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support social care workers to use their career experience to support their qualifications as NHS workers.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Higher education institutions (HEIs) have institutional autonomy to set their own admissions criteria to healthcare profession qualifying courses. Some HEIs accredit prior experiential learning (APEL), including from working in social care, which helps re...

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