Staff in the following settings are eligible for funding*:

• General practice
• Ambulance Trusts
• Foundation Trusts
• NHS Trusts

*The Training Hub only deals with enquiries from staff working in general practice, however.

Staff working in the following settings are excluded from funding:

• Arm’s-length bodies
• CCGs
• Independent sector (inc. orgs that deliver NHS services)
• Social care
• Social enterprises

CPD funding is available to all registered nursing roles.

Eligible staff are those working in general practice, and this is in the guidance. The colleagues referred to in the question, although employed on behalf of the PCN, will normally report to NHS Digital via their lead GP practice as part of their workforce return.

Paramedics are included and are part of the Health & Care Professions Council’s (HCPC) AHP list.

For more information on the HCPC’s standards for CPD, please click here.

If a learning need is evidenced and approved as part of the CPD investment plan, then CPD funding can be used as part payment, yes.

This would require agreement across all practices, the PCN, and the Training Hub. It would be dependent on the training needs analysis being current and relevant.

All are eligible.

Yes, but this would need to be evidenced within the application as an identified learning need for a personal development plan.

Funding will stream from the Training Hub to PCNs. Applications from eligible members of the workforce will be summarised at PCN level.

Where significant demand is identified for a particular course, the Training Hub may procure at scale based on agreement with the PCN(s). If programmes are procured by the Training Hub, payment will be made directly to the provider.

None of the CPD funding will be used to cover Training Hub administration costs. The administration of CPD monies is a core function of Training Hubs, and as such, administration will be absorbed through infrastructure funding.

Funding has been allocated down to an individual level using NHS Digital returns. Consideration must be given that CPD funding has been allocated on a ‘point-in-time’ basis. This may not include every member of the current primary care teams, due to workforce movement and incomplete data returns.

Practices are encouraged to complete future data returns to enable more accurate payments in future financial years. If support is required, STP-level Training Hubs can facilitate.

All CPD monies must be allocated and paid to PCNs / CCGs in-year. The STP-level Training Hub cannot carry CPD funds over into the next financial year.

Yes, however PCNs should work with their local Training Hub to develop investment plans.

Any funding previously allocated cannot be reclaimed from the individual leader. This CPD funding is excluded from any existing learning & development financial / contractual arrangements. This CPD funding has been allocated regionally by Health Education England (HEE) and no instruction to re-claim monies because of staff movement has been made.

The Training Hub will be asking for personal staff information to ensure that CPD funds are utilised appropriately, and as agreed. Personal information will be shared with the individual’s PCN for the purpose of confirming funding; it will not be shared with any other party, however.

Aggregate, anonymised information will be shared with Health Education England (HEE) to secure release of funding.

Personal information will be shared with PCNs by the Training Hub to provide assurances that CPD funds are being distributed fairly. All stakeholders will be responsible for ensuring that GDPR / Information Governance processes are followed, and that personal details are not shared where staff have not consented.