Training is crucial to the provision of good quality health and social care services, yet it is an area in which care organisations often struggle

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The in-depth articles in this special report focus on the importance and merits of providing good training.

In the first article, Claire Read looks at efforts to forge a new learning model for provision of training in health and social care, while columnist Andrew Cannon from Bupa Care Services UK outlines the company’s 2020 vision, its company-wide new training model.

In the second story, through the workforce case studies of Bupa employees, Claire Read explains why good training does not just take place in the classroom.

HSJ’s training special report is also available to download.

Training – an HSJ special report