South East (South Coast)

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South East (South Coast) Pharmacy Education
Training NVQ level 2 Project
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To develop a strategy to implement the NVQ level
2 Pharmacy Services

• Information gathering
• Infrastructure
• Implementation

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Drivers for change Department of
Health Clinical governance RPSGB
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OOverview of Project Plan Objectives 1   
Identify candidates (by 10.03) 2    Establish
Steering Group (by 9.03)      Access funding
(by 1.04) 4   Develop partnerships (by
4.04)      L2 underpinning knowledge (by
11.03) 6   Develop Infrastructure (by
2.04)      Communicate with stakeholders (on
going) 8 Integrate level 2 into lifelong
learning (from 4.04) 9    Monitor contracts/SLAs
(from set up) 1   Support (on going)
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• Identify candidates
• Scoping exercise was undertaken to validate WDC
  data and confirm actual numbers of ATOs and
  dispensers

Totals across Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire
and the Isle of Wight 299 ATOs
including 94 dispensers 9 Internal Verifiers
8 IVs in training 39 Assessors 48
assessors in training
Shortfall across region 14 Internal verifiers
32 Assessors
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Kent 64 ATOs (including 19 dispensers) 2 IVs (3
more needed) 7 Assessors (9 in training, 8 more
needed)   Surrey 62 ATOs (including 7
dispensers) 2 IVs (1 in training, 1 more
needed) 3 A1s (7 in training)   Sussex 67 ATOs
(including 31 dispensers) 2 IVs (2 in training,
7 more needed) 9 A1s (21 in training, 8 more
needed) excludes ATOs in Eastbourne production
unit   Hampshire Isle of Wight 106 ATOs
(including 37 dispensers) 3 IVs (5 in training,
3 more needed) 20 A1s (11 in training, 16 more
needed)
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2. Establish Project Steering Group Membership M
embership reflects stakeholders 3 WDCs, SPMs,
also NVQ3 Pharmacy lead, Regional Dental NVQ2
lead 
Meetings Quarterly meetings Terms of Reference
agreed Project plan and objectives
agreed  Lines of communication
Workforce Development Confederation members to
WDCs. The Chairman to Senior Pharmacy
Managers. The Project Lead to NVQ IVs, NVQ
centres, Trust E T leads etc.
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Terms of Reference for Project Steering Group
  To provide support, advice and information to
the Project Lead.   To receive the objectives of
the project.   To agree the work plan and
timescales set out in the objectives.   To
receive progress reports and subsequent
adjustments to these.   To ensure lines of
communication are established with NVQ centres,
Internal Verifiers, Senior Pharmacy Managers,
Strategic Health Authorities and Workforce
Development Confederations.   For individual
members to seek information from local areas of
responsibility and feed to the project as
necessary.   To co-opt additional members as
appropriate.  
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3. Access funding NHS WDC sources of funding for
NVQs have been identified Surrey
Sussex Costed proposal accepted by the
WDC. Funding agreed and established Contracts
with 2 NVQ centres developed 0.5wte peripatetic
assessor/verifier - funding agreed
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Hampshire IOW Costed proposal accepted Awaiting
WDC confirmation of funding route Contract with
centre being developed
Kent Medway Draft costing submitted to WDC


Other potential sources of funding/support
Learning Skills Council / SEEDA
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4 5 Develop partnerships Underpinning
Knowledge  
Underpinning knowledge and training
materials Training manual manuals printed and
distributed through 4 training workshops (1 in
each county) Tutors / trainers support manual
planned for 2004 Medway SOP have agreed to
validate the training materials and the RPSGB
will be approached when the Tutors version is
developed  
Partnerships Meetings with NPA Training Manager,
Dental NVQ2 Project Lead ILA and NVQ Leads in
WDCs, Medway SoP NHS Apprenticeship Lead
(Kent) University of Kent Kent Guidance
Consortium
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6. Develop Infrastructure NVQ Centres - 1 centre
per county Accreditation to deliver the Pharmacy
Services NVQ level 2 is being sought NVQ3
candidates from September 2004 will register and
receive centre services from the same centres as
the level 2.

Kent East Kent Trust NVQ centre / Edexcel will
cover Dartford Gravesham, East Kent, Maidstone
Tunbridge Wells, Medway Maritime  
Surrey Frimley Park NVQ centre Edexcel will
cover Ashford St Peters, Frimley Park, Royal
Surrey County
 
Sussex West Sussex NVQ centre City Guilds
will cover Brighton Sussex, East Sussex,
Queen Victoria, Royal West Sussex, Surrey
Sussex, Surrey Oaklands, Worthing
Southlands Hampshire / IOW Wessex NVQ centre
City Guilds will cover IOW, Southampton,
Portsmouth, Winchester, Basingstoke
 

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NVQ centre responsibilities include Delivering
IV training and support Delivering Assessor
training and support Registration of L2
candidates Standardisation of assessment Quality
of the qualification Specified support to
candidates
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Project Jan Dec 2004 NVQ Centre
contracts Additional Funding Monitoring Support RP
SGB requirements
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Diane Evans NVQ2 Project Lead SE(SC) diane.evans_at_
nhs.net Tel [phone]
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Summary of the NVQ Level 2 project   Project
manager induction to WDC and project Funding
streams identified to train and support
candidates (initial discussions with WDC)
Project Steering Group (set up with membership
representing stakeholders and WDC) Meetings with
the WDC leads for dental project, cadetships,
ILA/NVQ Cadetship/apprenticeship (draft scheme
devised for Kent) Level 3 NVQ centre coordinator
at Brighton (met to discuss support for
pharmacy NVQs) Senior Pharmacy Managers for Kent,
Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire and Isle of Wight
(presentation on the project) Infrastructure to
support candidates and assessors (1 centre per
county, partners being sought) Basic skills
(funding being sought from LSCs) Database on
candidates, assessors and finance (data
headings and reports devised)
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Objectives / Milestones July to December 2003
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