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NHSU Skills for Life and Health
[Duration] [Aims] [ Key Partners ] [Target Group] [Resources] [Key Staff] [Contact]
Project Status: Completed
Duration of project
Start: Feb 2003
End: March 2006
Aims
The Department of Health is establishing a corporate university (the NHSU) for staff working in the NHS and social care sectors, with the overall aim of improving patient care through making learning opportunities available to these staff and to patients. In the Skills for Life and Health project NIACE is leading the development of NHSU-based learning opportunities for staff who wish to improve their literacy, numeracy and language skills and access the full range of NHSU learning and career opportunities.
Key partners
National Health Service University (NHSU)
Target Group(s)/Learners who will benefit
For staff working in the NHS and social care sectors, with the overall aim of improving patient care through making learning opportunities available to these staff and to patients.
Resources
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Further information about the NHSU is available from http://www.nhsu.nhs.uk |
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The NIACE response to the NHSU Development Plan “Learning for Everyone” |
Key NIACE Staff
| Project Leader: Peter Lavender - Director for Research, Development and Information |
| Development Officer (Skills for Life and Health): Joan O’Hagan |
| Researcher: Fiona Aldridge, Development Officer |
| Administrative Assistant (Skills for Life and Health), Fiona McDonald |
Contacts
For further information about the NHSU Skills for Life and Health project please contact :
Joan O’Hagan, Development Officer (Skills for Life and Health)
Email: joan.ohagan@niace.org.uk
Telephone number: 0771 7704231
Fiona McDonald - Secretarial Assistant. Telephone number: 0116
Email: fiona.mcdonald@niace.org.uk
Tel: 0116 2047076
