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EPA Standards

Health

We offer a range of apprenticeship standards in health.  

The health sector encompasses the workforce, infrastructure, and services required to deliver high-quality healthcare across the nation. Apprenticeships in the healthcare sector provide an excellent route to developing a skilled workforce by combining on-the-job clinical and workplace experience with off-the-job learning. This approach supports the achievement of professional qualifications while promoting the highest standards of patient care. 

Our apprenticeship assessment services include a dedicated Relationship Manager who’ll be on hand to support you throughout the apprenticeship journey. All our standards have been developed by sector experts to ensure you are receiving the highest quality support.  

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Apprenticeship assessment standards

You can find our reformed apprenticeship assessment standards in health here. We will be updating these regularly as more standards become available. You can also see the status of reformed apprenticeship assessment standards here. 

Dental Nurse
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End Point Assessment Standards

As an award-winning end-point assessment organisation (EPAO), we continue to deliver our market-leading EPA service for existing apprenticeship standards, while also supporting the transition to reformed apprenticeship assessment models as new standards are introduced. 

Assistant Practitioner
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Dental Nurse (GDC 2023)
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Dental Nurse (Integrated)
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Dental Practice Manager
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Healthcare Support Worker
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Oral Health Practitioner


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Senior Healthcare Support Worker


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Health and Social Care Foundation Apprenticeship
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Foundation apprenticeships

Our foundation apprenticeships are an entry-level programme.  They are designed to build occupational readiness through structured training and assessment of essential knowledge, skills, and behaviours. 

Health and Social Care Foundation Apprenticeship
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