Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training now available
June 20, 2024
Staff are required to undertake the ‘ Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training’ which focuses on Learning disability and Autism.
The training will consist of two tiers:
Tier 1 – non-clinical and non-patient-facing staff. Staff will complete a 90-minute e-learning training module with a handbook along with a 60-minute online interactive session.
Tier 2 – All clinical staff. Staff will complete a 90-minute e-learning training module with a handbook and a one-day face-to-face training session. Further information will be made available, clinical priorities will be considered as part of the classroom launch.
Access the training sessions for Tier 1 and Tier 2 here.
Priority will be given to community staff:
- Your Health Partnership staff
- Harvest View
- Rowley Regis
- District Nursing Team
- Professional Development Nurses
Who is Oliver McGowan and why is his training important?
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is named after Oliver McGowan, whose death shone a light on the need for health and social care staff to have better training. The Health and Care Act 2022 introduced a statutory requirement that regulated service providers must ensure their staff receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role. The Oliver McGowan training is the Government’s preferred and recommended training.
Why was the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism developed?
Oliver’s training supports the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan ambition by upskilling the wider health and care workforce to provide appropriately adjusted care for people with a learning disability and autistic people to reduce health inequality.
Together we can prevent the many avoidable deaths like Oliver’s from happening again. The animation below aims to help staff and employers across health and social care to understand Oliver’s training and why it is so vitally important.
What does this mean for me as an employee of the Trust?
We are committed to making a difference and achieving high standards of care and patient experience for all patients living with learning disability and autism. Oliver McGowan training is now being introduced as a mandatory requirement for all staff.
To find out more information about Oliver McGowan, you can visit the website here.
Any questions regarding the training dates, please contact Rujina Begum, r.begum19@nhs.net