Category: COVID-19

Deploying the HCS workforce to support COVID-19 v3 Updated 12th May

7 April, 2020

NHS has produced a revised document to assist trusts and other organisations in deploying the healthcare science (HCS) workforce in the surge response to coronavirus. It sets out how healthcare…

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Supporting the Healthcare Science Workforce

31 March, 2020

Dear Colleagues Joint statement regarding workforce response to coronavirus from Professor Dame Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement; Dr Rob Orford, Chief Scientific Advisor (Health), Welsh…

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The AHCS President’s take on Covid19

26 March, 2020

Professor Brendan Cooper, the President of the Academy for Healthcare Science, has recently written two blogs on the Covid19 pandemic from a Healthcare Science perspective. “President’s COVID-19 Blog” and “The…

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Free, open access to COVID-19 e-learning programme for entire UK health and care workforce

24 March, 2020

Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) has created an e-learning programme in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic that is free to access, without logging in*, for…

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Statement released by IfATE on the 23rd March 2020

23 March, 2020

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has issued further guidance on the continuation of End-Point Assessments. The purpose of IfATE’s  guidance is to outline measures that permit professional…

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Covid-19

23 March, 2020

HCPC have issued guidance to registered health and care professionals to keep up-to-date with all information and guidance concerning the recent outbreak of COVID-19.  The Departments of Health and Social…

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Covid-19 – NSHCS guidance for trainees and education providers

17 March, 2020

  Covid-19 – NSHCS guidance for trainees and education providers. Keep up to date with the latest NSHCS guidance for trainees and education providers at: https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-information/

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF HEALTHCARE SCIENCE

13 March, 2020

“Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Health Education England and the National School of Healthcare Science have made the decision to cancel the interview event for admission to the Scientist…

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Statement of Accredited Registers about COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

6 March, 2020
By clicking on the link below you will find up to the minute information and advice from the NHS.  https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/wuhan-novel-coronavirus The Government has said the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak is an...
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