Nikki Turner, managing director at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are scaling up something that started on the Isle of Wight and has moved beyond that. <\/p>\n
“We want to grow the talent locally, and that’s what it’s all about.”<\/p>\n
CEO of HTP Apprenticeship College Rachael Randall helped develop the educational element of the programme. <\/p>\n
“It’s transformative for our young people, particularly here on the Isle of Wight,” she said.<\/p>\n
“You’ve got young people who leave school and within that year they’re already in full apprenticeships within the NHS.”<\/p>\n
The scheme supports learners with their wellbeing and employability skills during the first six months before they progress onto an 18-month apprenticeship. <\/p>\n
Once completed they gain a nationally recognised Level 2 or Level 3 qualification alongside maths and English, while the NHS provides placements. <\/p>\n
So far, 66 young people across the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth have taken part in the scheme, with 32 completing the course across its first three cohorts. <\/p>\n
About 84% of participants have gone on to work in the NHS. <\/p>\n
The programme has already been nationally recognised with multiple awards, including the King’s Award for Enterprise in 2025. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikki Turner, managing director at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are scaling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134,527,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-581714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}