Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33619
Care Workers: Qualifications
Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Question
Lola McEvoy
Labour — Darlington
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 SmythHigher 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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