
Around one million future adult social care workers will be able to get new skills at an academy which was launched yesterday (October 13th) by skills minister Kevin Brennan and care services minister Phil Hope.
The National Skills Academy (NSA) for Social Care will give people looking for
health jobs the chance to train and up to 1.5 million adult social care workers currently working in England will be able to improve their skills there.
Mr Brennan said: "Now, more than ever, we need to develop training that empowers a new generation to realise their ambitions and to deliver the very best patient care. And we need employers to be involved at every step."
He added that the NSA will also help to build a workforce which is world-class and should also improve health standards.
The number of NHS apprenticeships is also set to treble to more than 5,000 as the government gives
health jobs a boost.