Funding for Education: Reality or Science Fiction

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Funding for EducationReality or Science Fiction
?

• Simon Brewer
• Education Development Manager East Midlands SHA

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Existing Funding Streams

• NHS Education Levy is called the
  Multiprofessional Education levy
• (MPET) 4.5 Billion Approx
• Non Medical Education Training (NMET) (40)
• Medical and Dental Education Levy (MADEL) (40)
• Service Increment for Training (SIFT) (20)

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MADEL SIFT

• MADEL
• Paid to Trusts and PCTs for post graduate
  medical and dental training. SHOs,SpRs etc
• Also used to fund Post graduate deaneries
• SIFT
• Paid to trust to fund undergraduate training for
  Medical Staff,

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NHS Funding Streams
NHS Budget
Regional / National Services E.g. NBTS HPA
Primary Care Trust Baseline
Strategic Health Authorities
Operational Budget
MPET
Acute Hospitals Baseline
Community / GP Practices
Specialist Services
MADEL
SIFT
NMET
Service Provision
Workforce Provision
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NMET Allocation

• Allocated in May of each financial year.
• (Although in last 2 years not allocated until
  Sept / October)
• Historically the Workforce Development
  Confedrerations managaed MNET now passed to SHA
  directly.
• Several SHAs do not or do not fully fund HCS
  trainees
• This will vary in different regions in the
  country

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NMET Funded Trainee Provision

• NMET Commissioned HCS programmes
• BSc Audiology
• BSc Biomedical Science
• NMET Funded Salary Schemes
• Clinical Scientists
• Medical Physics, Biochemistry, Cyto Molecular
  Genetics, Immunology, Audiology, Microbiology,
  Embryology, Histocompatability.
• Clinical Physiologists / Technologists
• Cardiac Physiologist. Respiratory,
  Neurophysiology, Medical Physics, Clinical
  Engineers

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NMET Issues

• Very Limited HCS inclusion
• Each SHA has a different approach
• HCS Funding is adhoc and has to be negotiated
  yearly, directly with SHA

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How to access NMET funds

• Engagement with other HCS groups at local level.
  (HCS Networks)
• Engagement within Organisation with executive
  team.
• Link to Local Health Communities (Devolved
  function of Workforce Development)

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Tips for accessing NMET funds

• Know what you need.
• Link the risks of not securing funding to future
  workforce to service provision
• Know who you need to influence within
  organisation
• Know the local process. ie Direct to SHA or
  through LHC
• Find out who is currently overseeing HCS salary
  support /programmes relating to HCS within your
  SHA.
• Share experiences of accessing funds through
  professional networks.

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Summary

• Funding does exists
• Need to know where
• Need to know who
• Need to know how
• Will have to compete for funding
• Need to be prepared
• Need to influence
• No one better placed to do this role than you

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Science Fiction ?

• Accessing funding can be science fact not
  fiction.
• For further advice information contact
• simon.brewer_at_eastmidlands.nhs.uk