Partnership Quality Assurance Framework for Healthcare Education in England
The Department of Health (DH) has been working closely with education commissioners; education providers (higher education institutions and placement providers); the Nursing and Midwifery Council; the Health Professions Council; students and service users, to develop one shared framework for healthcare education that is robust and meaningful, and intended to reduce the administrative burden on education providers. Skills for Health has taken full responsibility, under a service level agreement, for the leadership of this for the DH.
The Partnership Quality Assurance Framework for Healthcare Education in England (PQAF) has been developed as a result of collaborative working between these stakeholders over a period of time. Full details can be found on the Department of Health web site. 
The PQAF is made up of five elements as follows:
- programme approval
- ongoing quality monitoring and enhancement (OQME)
- Major Review
- benchmark and quality standards
- the shared evidence on which conclusions and judgements are based.
National Conference 2006
Better Learning for Better Health
Evaluation and feedback summaries from the third national conference on the partnership quality assurance framework: Better learning for Better Health; compiled by Skills for Health
PQAF publications
Skills for Health leaflet - Influence Today, Improve tomorrow - you can influence the quality of healthcare education (available from the Skills for Health website)
Interactive event for students and service users held in Leeds - 24 January, Birmingham - 15 February and London - 23 March 2006: A report of proceedings - PDF version | PDF version with symbols
QAA report on the evaluation of Prototypes 2004-05 - HTML version | PDF version
Skills for Health Factual Analysis
Report on the Second National Conference held in London on 17 June 2005
Interactive event for students and service users held in Sheffield - 13 January and London - 9 February 2005: A report of proceedings - HTML version | PDF version
Prototype Document for Approval and Ongoing Quality Monitoring and Enhancement (OQME)
Approval booklet portrait version - Word document | PDF version
Approval booklet landscape version - Word document | PDF version
OQME booklet portrait version - Word document | PDF version
OQME booklet landscape version - Word document | PDF version
Quality Assurance News for healthcare education
Report of the consultation on the Partnership Quality Assurance Framework for Healthcare Education in England - March to June 2004 - Report on consultation - September 2004
Partnership Quality Assurance Framework for Healthcare Education in England: a consultation - Consultation document - March 2003
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