Any thoughts/reactions?  Anyone know what is happening about funding for involvement?

The Health and Care Professions Council held a consultation between 3 September 2012 and 7 December 2012 on a proposal to amend the standards of education and training (SETs) and supporting guidance to require the involvement of service users in approved programmes. Its Education and Training Committee (Committee) considered the outcomes from the consultation at its meeting on 7 March 2013.

The Committee agreed the SETs should be amended to require the involvement of service users and carers in approved programmes. The Committee will now consider a further paper at its meeting in June 2013 which will detail the specific wording of the standard and the associated guidance to accompany it. We anticipate the final draft of the standard and guidance will be considered for approval by the Council in July 2013.

The Committee also agreed that the education providers should be required to evidence how they meet the new standard according to following schedule:

2013–14: Education providers will be required to plan the incorporation of the new standard into their approved programmes. 2014–15:  Education providers will be expected to meet the new standard through the delivery of their approved programme.  New programmes; new professions programmes; and approved programmes requiring an approval visit as a result of major change or annual monitoring (wherever possible) will be required to evidence how service users and carers are involved in the programme. 2015–16 and 2016–17: All approved programmes will be required to evidence how the new standard is met through the HCPC annual monitoring (audit) or approval process.

Service user and carer pilot The Committee also considered a paper setting out proposals for further work with regard to lay visitor and service user and carer involvement, including the design and implementation of a service user and carer visitor pilot. The pilot proposed to assess the contribution of a service user and carer visitor to the approval process through approval visits held in the 2014–15 academic year.

The Committee agreed that the purpose and added value of the lay or service user and carer visitor role was unclear and had to be further explored before a meaningful pilot could be implemented. The Committee requested a further report at a future meeting which considers amongst other things the approach other regulators have taken in this area.

Further information regarding the outcomes of the consultation and consideration of a pilot can be found in the Committee section of the HCPC website here.

The above information has been taken from the HCPC 'Education Update - May 2013' here.

 

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Hi Jill, the two links seem not to be working. I am unable to find the resources on the hcpc-uk.org website search, or on their sitemap. 

Hi Andrew.  Apologies.  Not sure why that was.  Have reloaded them and I think they're working now.  Will also email you the documents. Best wishes, Jill

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