CPD Funding and Access to University Courses
CPD Funding for Registered Nurses & AHPs in General Practice
NHSE have confirmed that General Practice will have a CPD allowance for Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Allied Health Professionals in the 24/25 financial year, in addition to the fully funded courses you will find further details about below. The funding is, as in previous years, based on a calculation of £333 per registered employed eligible staff member, employed as of January 2024 NHS Digital numbers.
To apply for funding, as the applicant please complete the online Training Fees request form . Once submitted this will be reviewed to ensure it meets all the funding criteria and then sent to your practice manager to authorise. You will then be emailed with the funding decision together with information on how to access the funding.
Terms of Funding:
- Applications should be reflective of individual personal development plans identified through reviews of the eligible member/s.
- Requests should not exceed the overall allocation limit for the practice/PCN, and prioritisation may be needed by practice on this basis.
- Funding can be used for
- group CPD, as long as eligible staff are undertaking the training;
- course fees, facilitator costs and conference fees (it cannot be used for staff time to undertake training, travel, accommodation or to fund any mandatory training);
- courses or development starting before April 2025.
Funding will not be reimbursed to practices without evidence of spend.
Full terms of funding will be provided on application.
This course is new for 24/25, and comes with funding support which includes course costs and salary contribution of £38,287. The course and qualification will appeal to experienced nurses that are leading teams or working at enhanced level in their treatment of patients, including those responsible for long-term condition management.
For more information, please see the links below and click here to download FAQs:
- Specialist GPN course at Plymouth University LINK
- NMC standards of proficiency for community nursing specialist practice qualifications LINK
- For information on enhanced level practice, see RCN defines levels of nursing beyond registration LINK
There will be funded places for 25/26 (September start), and they will be allocated through a selection process. This is a 2 year course. To register an expression of interest with Cornwall Training Hub please complete this form.
NHSE have provided a limited number of fully funded course places on the Independent Non Medical Prescribing course for 24/25. To apply for one of these places, you must complete the Independent Non-Medical Prescribing course – Selection Process here, to ensure you meet the criteria for a funded place on this course. IN ADDITION you MUST complete the online Training Fees request form.
Terms of the funding:
You must be prepared to start the course in one of the intakes before April 2025.
You must meet the eligibility criteria as per the above selection form in order to qualify for a fully funded place.
Places can be through any approved University. Information about the Plymouth course can be found below;
Independent and supplementary non-medical prescribing (NMP603 / NMP703) – University of Plymouth
NHSE have provided a limited number of fully funded course places on the Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course for 24/25. To apply for one of these places, you must complete the online Training Fees request form.
Terms of the funding:
You must be prepared to start the course in one of the 2 intakes before April 2025.
Further information regarding the Fundamentals of GPN course can be found via the University of Plymouth website using the following links or for a conversation with the training hub please contact us at kernowhealthcic.workforce@nhs.net:
There is commitment from NHSE to continue running the Advanced Practice scoping process to fund registered professionals through the 3-year AP pathway.
If you are unsure which route is right for you, please contact us for an eligibility discussion with our educator team by emailing kernowhealthcic.workforce@nhs.net.
You can access further information here Advanced Practice – Kernow Health CIC
and information on Advanced Clinical Practice University courses in the south west here.
Cornwall Training Hub currently have a small fund to support non-registered staff in General Practice that have identified development needs not met by our education programme.
Applications are invited from the following staff:
- Physicians Associates
- Health Care Support Workers
- Health & Wellbeing coaches
- Social prescribers
To register interest for funding support, please complete the online Training Fees request form.
Clinical and non-clinical staff whose employing practice subscribe to Cornwall Primary Care Training Hubs Primary Care Education Programme, can access a vast range of free and subsidised courses and training here.
Funded modules for First Contact Practitioners are available from Universities around the country. These modules ensure that staff employed via the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, and working in First Contact Practitioner roles, have the required qualifications to do so.