Dear Employers,
The Kent and Medway Primary Care Training Hub (KMPCTH) are starting the process to identify prospective candidates for the NHS E funded Advanced Practice MSc starting September 2025.
We are inviting EMPLOYERS to submit Expressions of Interest for a funded place on the Advanced Practice MSc for clinical staff employed in your Practice, PCN or Federation. Prospective candidates must demonstrate they meet the minimum requirements for training to become an Advanced Practitioner and there MUST be an identified workforce need.
The NHS Long-Term Plan highlights how advanced practice professionals are central to helping transform service delivery and better meet local health needs by providing enhanced capacity, capability, productivity, and efficiency within multi-professional teams.
Please provide initial details of the prospective candidate(s) along with a brief outline of the rationale in the table below.
Please note, First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) need to have completed stage 2 of the FCP programme to be eligible to be considered for NHS E funding.
The two guides attached here provide comprehensive information about Advanced Practice Funding, Supervision and employer and AP Trainee expectations.
| PCN | Employer | Name/Email of proposed AP Trainee | Profession | Workforce Planning need / Rationale |
Timetable:
| DATE | ACTIVITY |
| 9th December 2024 | Expressions of Interest from employers |
| 10th December 2024 | KMPCTH leads to email application form to individuals identified by employers |
| 6th January 2025 | Application form for AP funded commission place to be submitted to the Training Hub |
| January/February 2025 TBC | Interviews |
| March 2025 | Training Hub submits funding requests list to NHS E |
| May – June 2025 | NHS E notifies Training Hub of funding request outcomes |
The Training Hub team are also providing this information to the PCN CEF Teams and are actively encouraging discussion within your leadership teams to ensure that this opportunity helps you address service development plans, staff retention, workforce sustainability and your ambitions around strengthening the Clinical Learning Environment.
Please reach out to the Training Hub team for further advice or specific support and we will happily arrange to meet with you and/or signpost to further resources:
East Kent: Sara-jane.kray@nhs.net
North Kent: ann.humphreys2@nhs.net & yvonne.wilson10@nhs.net
West Kent: ann.humphreys2@nhs.net & Philly.adams@nhs.net
Kent & Medway Primary Care Training Hub kmicb.kmpcth@nhs.net
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