Moved by
Baroness Emerton
23: After Clause 86, insert the following new Clause—
“Mandatory training for health and care support workers
(1) HEE must develop a mandatory training curriculum for health and care support workers who are delivering direct care to service users.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a health or care support worker shall be an individual who works in support of health or care professionals and delivers direct care to service users.
(3) In setting the training curriculum set out in subsection (1), HEE must seek to ensure that standards and competencies are developed in conjunction with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and other relevant organisations.
(4) Providers of health or care services must be responsible for ensuring that all health care support workers have completed the mandatory training curriculum in subsection (1).”