In the East of England we have adopted a different approach to contract management; we have embraced the LSC’s concept of Consortia and in this calendar year have added four new subcontractors to our East of England TtG contract.
• Southend University Hospital NHS Trust
• Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
• Inn Training
• Continuum Care and Education Group
We are working with both NHS Trusts and this allows them to deliver technical NVQ courses under subcontract with Qube and us to deliver from our portfolio within their organisations. This has obvious benefits to both organisations and supports the Strategic Health Authorities with the Joint Investment Framework (JIF).
The relationship with Inn Training is a little more on the traditional side; they are a hospitality training company and having joined us as subcontractors. They are currently in the process of gaining centre approval for the delivery of NVQs and completing their A1 qualifications. Inn Training is based in Norfolk, which is an area within the region that we currently aren’t delivering in.
And finally we welcome the Continuum Group as the most recent members of the Consortium. Continuum runs an internal NVQ centre based in Wisbech but delivers across all their sites in the UK. The initial plan is for Continuum to attract TtG funding for their NVQ delivery via Qube’s TtG contract. Qube will deliver SfL alongside the Continuum NVQ delivery and in addition there will be a small volume of NVQ learners for Qube to enrol onto courses from our portfolio.
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