1. North East Excellence Centre
Dave Morris
Head of Learning & Development, STEES

2. What is it?
Sponsored by the National Skills Academy for Health and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Is an employer-led body supporting employers and learners to access high-quality training
Part of a national network of Excellence Centre hubs
Promotes high quality training provision through the Skills for Health Quality Mark scheme

3. The role of the North East Excellence Centre
To support the North East’s learning needs with a strong emphasis on:
Driving innovative, multi-disciplinary development which has a system-wide benefit and is Apprenticeship Levy funded
Establishing best-practice standards for partner providers in learning delivery, achievement rates and costs
Supporting the North East health economy in maximising the benefits of the Apprenticeship Levy
Enabling greater levels of workforce mobility through shared development

4. The Excellence Centre committee
Our committee is employer-led.
It aims to have system-wide representation and strategic links to the LWAB/LWAGs:
South Tees and Northumbria
Clinical Commissioning Groups
HENE
Social Care
GP Federations

5. Work already underway
The Excellence Centre has been focused on the following areas:
Education and awareness events around the Apprenticeship Levy and its impact
Creating a regional picture of Apprenticeship demand to support workforce planning
Exploring a regional consortium to partner with an End Point Assessment agency
Progressing with the Quality Mark status through the Skills for Health partnership
Developing new approaches to apprentice-based training to support key activity, eg Preceptorship and Customer Service

6. Future plans
The Excellence Centre will be focused on the following areas:
Gathering requirements from the regional health economy, starting with Acute trusts
Formalising the Excellence Centre approach, including governance
Regional tarriff arrangements with HEI’s
Rolling-out the Quality Mark across apprenticeship providers
More innovation in learning solutions
Adopting a regional tendering approach for key programmes of learning

7. Questions/comments?