Information for trainees
Volunteer with NHS Health Careers
Help us to inspire the future generation of NHS professionals by sharing your perspective as a student at NHS Health Careers events this November.
Find out more about these volunteering opportunities
The National Education and Training Survey (NETS) is now open – Your training, your say
The National Education and Training Survey (NETS) is your opportunity to tell NHS England about your experience of learning and training in a health or care setting.
We want to understand what is working well, the challenges you face and what would improve your experience. Your feedback will help NHS England and education and placement providers improve education and training for students and trainees and the current and future health and care workforce.
Provide your feedback via the NETS survey
Information for trainees and Training Officers
Sharing Good Practice webinar
Neurodiversity-affirming practice in healthcare science
Wednesday 25 November 2026 – 12pm to 12:30pm
Shirin Davies, a Clinical Scientist, will deliver a session to increase understanding of neurodiversity in the NHS workplace and explore practical ways to support neurodivergent staff to thrive rather than simply cope.
Based on the Neurodiversity-Affirming Care and Support Toolkit from Neurodiverse Connection, the session will introduce the SPACE Framework and signpost attendees to resources that can help create more inclusive, effective and supportive workplaces.
Reflective practice through verbal dialogue: a case study from a Medical Physics STP
Wednesday 9 December 2026 – 10:30am to 11am
Deirbhile Sharkey, an STP trainee and Jonathan Cole, their STP Training Officer, will describe how they co-developed a technique for reflective practice through verbal dialogue. They found that this was not only straightforward and time-efficient, but also beneficial for both learning and reflecting on work practices within the wider department.
OCSO Healthcare Science webinar – Research
The Office of the Chief Scientific Officer (OCSO) at NHS England would like to invite you to a healthcare science webinar series. The purpose of these webinars is to provide the latest information and engage with healthcare scientists on relevant topics.
The next webinar will focus on Research and will be on Wednesday 28 October 2026 from 12pm to 1pm.
If you would like to attend this webinar, please register your interest here. Following registration, the invite will be sent to you in a separate email.
The webinar is open to healthcare science professionals at all levels. You can also register for the CSO’s healthcare science bulletin here.
Register for the OCSO webinar on research
Are you interested in sharing your practice?
If you or your network have developed practice that you feel could be valuable to share with your peers, please express an interest in sharing your practice via the form linked to below.
Express an interest in sharing your practice
Information for Training Officers
ETP Induction 2026
We are holding the 2026 ETP Induction Day online via Teams on Thursday 22 October – 9:30am to 3:30pm. View the agenda for the day.
Trainees joining the ETP in October will need to attend this key event as part of their induction to the training programme.
ETP Train the Trainer webinar
Wednesday 11 November 2026 – 10am to 1pm
If you are new to the role of ETP Training Officer, you are expected to attend this train the trainer webinar which will introduce you to the programme and your responsibilities.
View further details and register for this webinar
OneFile e-portfolio service webinar for ETP trainers
You have the option to attend the following webinar on using OneFile, the e-portfolio service. This takes place directly after the ETP Train the Trainer webinar. If you are unable to attend, the webinar will be recorded and made available on our website shortly afterwards.
Getting to know the OneFile e-portfolio service: webinar for ETP Training Officers
Wednesday 11 November 2026 – 1pm to 2pm
View further details and register for this webinar
Provide your feedback via the NHS England Educator Voice Survey
The Educator Voice Survey (EVS) has been developed as part of NHS England’s commitment to strengthening and supporting the educator workforce. The survey seeks to better understand the experiences of educators across healthcare learning environments, including the opportunities, challenges and support available to them in their role.
Provide your feedback via the Educator Voice Survey
NHS England launches Educator Development Fundamentals framework
The Educator Development Fundamentals framework has been published to support the development of healthcare educators across all professions in the NHS workforce.
It sets out 9 core capability areas covering skills, knowledge and behaviours needed for high-quality education, supervision and assessment, from supporting safe care and inclusive practice to digital capability and continuing professional development.
The guide can be used by educators to identify development needs, by employers to support workforce planning, and by commissioners to inform service specifications.
With thanks to the broad range of organisations across healthcare, education and regulatory sectors we’ve worked with to produce the guide including, NHS trusts, ICBs, universities, professional regulators (the GPC and GMC), and ambulance services.
Read the Educator Development Fundamentals framework
Missed a previous edition of the ETP Monthly Memo?
We’ve published copies of the Monthly Memo for ETP trainees and training officers on our website.
Click here to view previous editions of the ETP Monthly Memo.