Influencing policy

As your Sector Skills Council, Skills for Health acts as the voice of healthcare employers in the skills system.

Ensuring government policy reflects the needs of health employers

We influence skills, education and health policy to ensure that it reflects employers’ needs and helps develop a world class healthcare workforce able to meet changing needs and expectations.

We do this by lobbying and working with a range of Government departments, agencies and stakeholders as well as collating and delivering responses to policy consultations.

View our latest consultation responses:

• Liberating the NHS: Transparency in outcomes – a framework for the NHS. A consultation on proposals
• Liberating the NHS: Commissioning for patients - A consultation on proposals
• Liberating the NHS: Increasing democratic legitimacy in health - A consultation on proposals
• Skills Third-Sector: A Framework for a Voluntary Sector National Skills Strategy 2011-2014
• BIS - Skills for sustainable growth
• Dementia Response - Wales
• SfH Response Scotland Quality Strategy

Keeping you up to date on new and emerging policy

We produce regular policy briefings and commentaries to keep you up to date on new and emerging policy and what it means for your workforce.

View our latest policy briefings and commentaries:

• NHS White Paper
• Revised Operating Framework Briefing

Helping you deliver on key policy priorities

We identify key policy priorities and provide you with a range of resources to help you deliver against them.

Want to know more?

For further information or to discuss how we can help you, contact us at policy@skillsforhealth.org.uk