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The UK Healthcare Education Advisory Committee (UKHEAC)

The UK Healthcare Education Advisory Committee (UKHEAC) was run jointly by the UK higher education funding bodies between 2018 and 2020 to advise on healthcare education matters. 

About the group

The terms of reference for this committee were to:

  1. Advise the Office for Students, Research England, Scottish Funding Council, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland on the impact on students, higher education providers and the health workforce of any proposed or active changes to healthcare education, research and their contribution to society and the economy.
  2. Advise on the interpretation of government health departments' workforce needs in terms of educational provision for individual nations and the whole UK, paying particular regard to developing positive student choice and opportunity while recognising the differences between each of the UK nations.
  3. Monitor the working of government health and education departments across the UK and provide advice and feedback to relevant government bodies to inform and promote a joined-up approach to strategic decisions in each of the UK nations.
  4. Monitor differences in health and education partnership arrangements in each of the UK administrations to encourage sharing of strategic and operational issues, recommendations for consistency and joined-up working, and promotion of best practice.
  5. Advance the development of healthcare research funding and support for academic staff in health disciplines and promote links to teaching to ensure a holistic approach to health higher education across the UK that will support workforce needs.
  6. Support, monitor and promote initiatives for all health disciplines on widening access, improving retention and supporting students to achieve successful outcomes, including lifelong learning and progression of the UK health and social care workforce.

Minutes of UKHEAC meetings

Advisory letters

After each meeting the chair of UKHEAC wrote an advisory letter to contacts in each of the UK nations, setting out the key issues and any recommendations that have arisen from discussion by the committee.

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Last updated 14 February 2022
14 February 2022
Page updated to reflect that the committee no longer exists.
25 May 2021
Latest minutes and letters added
13 December 2019
Advisory letters and minutes from June 2019 published
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