1. England Update January 2019
Katie McGhee
England Representative
University East Anglia (UEA)
Norwich

2. Nursing and Midwifery Council New NMC Education Standards & Quality Assurance Framework A gateway approach to approval Council of Deans of Health New Chief Nursing Officer for England Nursing degree apprenticeships: in poor health? UCAS applications and acceptances 2018 Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health Health Survey for England 2017 response

3. New NMC Standards & Quality Assurance Framework
A gateway approach to approval
The standards for education and training are in three parts: Part 1: Standards framework for nursing and midwifery education Part 2: Standards for student supervision and assessment Part 3: Programme standards
Quality Assurance Framework -

4. Standards for student supervision and assessment
Gateways 1
Mapping against standards framework for nursing and midwifery education 2
Standards for student supervision and assessment
(SSSA) 3
Programme standards
Approval visits
Screen initial proposal – deadline 31 December 2018 if running in 2019 (30 April 2019 is next deadline)
Existing AEIs, new institutions and practice partners provide evidence of how they will meet the new standards.
AEIs and practice partners

5. The roles of the practice and academic assessor (NMC Webinar)
Practice Supervisors: Any registered HCPC, NMC or GMC professional, continuity needed to measure student progress, can assess some skills / outcomes and will feedback to Practice Assessor on the student.
Practice Assessor: NMC registered (not field specific/equivalent field experience),current and suitably prepared, must observe student in practice, assess and confirm achievement.
Academic Assessor: Academic member of staff, NMC Registered. Same assessor for year one and three but a different one for year 2. Suitably prepared, supported, Not field specific. Collate and confirm achievement in practice in conjunction with PA to enable student to progress to next stage of the programme.

6. Webinar invitation: the roles of the practice and academic assessor
Following the publication of our new education standards on 17 May, we’re delighted to invite you to a webinar on Thursday 7 February 2019 from 12:00 to 13:00.
The aim of this webinar is explore the roles of the practice and academic assessor in more depth. I’ll be hosting the webinar along with my colleague, Rachel Mawby. We’ll give a brief overview of the relevant standards and their meaning and will then take questions from people on the webinar.
Register for this webinar here.
We hope you or a representative will be able to join us, and please do share this invite widely. You can also test to see if your system is ready for webinars.
If you have any questions or themes you’d like us to explore, please

7. https://councilofdeans.org.uk/
Dr Ruth May new CNO for England
Nurse recruitment and education; continuing professional development and research
Nursing degree apprenticeships: in poor health?
Figures:
Less viable for providers if funding band reduces; flexibility in NHS levy spending for practice education and backfill costs but not at the detriment to the amount for universities to provide education
UCAS applications and acceptances 2018
UK: Fall in applications by 7.6%; increase in acceptances by 4.1% with 28,540.
England: Decrease in acceptances by 1.4% to 21,745
Sustained national campaign to attract students from all age groups to nursing; maintenance grants; loan repayment scheme
The Teaching Excellent Framework (TEF)
Ruth May previously Executive Director of Nursing with NHS Improvement since April Chief Executive of QEH in Kings Lynn in 2005 and Honorary Graduand at UoS in Hopeful that the CNOffice will engage with univeristies on the topics of….
Report by the House of Commons Education Committee
Figures = £200 million levy to be spent over 2 years. £35,000/£40,000 additional cost generated per NDA per year.
UCAS end of cycle 2018 report which highlights applications and acceptances in England, NI, Scotland and Wales.
TEF – a government initiative to recognise, reward and improve teaching excellence in Uni’s across the UK. Assessed on teaching quality, learning environment and student outcomes/learning gain. UEA awarded gold but issues of subject level being based on graduate salaries causes issue e.g. nursing versus lawyers.

8. Health Survey in England 2017 response (4 December 2018)
The association between parent and child weight
28% with obese mother compared to 8% with non-obese mother (24% and 9% related to fathers)
NHS Long Term Plan publication
Specialist weight management services
Support parents to lose weight prior to conception
Continue support through pregnancy and childhood
Intuitive eating: rejecting the dieting mentality