Medicine: Education

(asked on 24th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on negotiations between Health Education England and university providers of undergraduate health education courses for health allied professional staff regarding the benchmark price for the 2014-15 academic year.


Answered by
Dan Poulter Portrait
Dan Poulter
This question was answered on 1st July 2014

Health Education England (HEE) has been responsible for commissioning undergraduate pre-registration courses from Higher Education Institutions since it was established in April 2013. A national benchmark price has been used as the basis for payments for many of these courses for over 10 years. The price covers a number of healthcare professions, including the allied health professions.

The latest agreement on the level of the benchmark price has recently expired and HEE is negotiating a revised price with Universities UK. These negotiations continue and a further meeting is planned between both parties in July. HEE would like to introduce commissioning agreements based on the new price from September.

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