The Core Skills Training work (CSTF) was written and launched by Skills for Health (SfH) in 2013, it is used by healthcare organisations to help guide and standardise the focus and learning outcomes of key statutory and mandatory training skills for all NHS staff. The work is updated annually and there are now two versions of the work, a CSTF for England only, jointly developed by HEE and Skills for Health, which will be in scope for this review, and a separate work which can be used by all 4 nations of the UK, which is not in the scope of this review. The aim of the CSTF is ‘To enable consistency in the core content of statutory / mandatory education and training.’ The main benefits of the work are: • Ensure achievement of an agreed standard of knowledge and behaviours. • Reduce duplication in training delivery. • Enable portability of training data. • Provide a benchmark for the design and development of training. • Provide minimum standards for commissioning of training. The CSTF currently contains 11 core subjects to which the majority of NHS organisations within England have declared their alignment. to a greater or lesser degree. The 11 core subjects are: 1. Equality, Diversity and Human Rights 2. Health, Safety & Welfare 3. Conflict Resolution 4. Fire Safety 5. Infection Prevention & Control 6. Moving & Handling 7. Safeguarding Adults 8. Preventing Radicalisation 9. Safeguarding Children 10. Resuscitation 11. Information Governance The work sets out the key learning outcomes for each subject, i.e. what the learner will know, understand and be able to do following the learning. The work also provides supporting guidance on the frequency of refresher training, standards for training delivery and s to current policy/legal guidance, where available. Detailed Requirements 1. To test the current scope and effectiveness of the CSTF with stakeholders and assess associated knowledge transfer: 2. To understand the barriers to alignment/adoption of the work and how to best achieve the consistent use of the CSTF by all NHS organisation within England going forward 3. To define how to eradicate the need to repeat training unnecessarily and highlight training where location-d variation is expected/required 4. To ensure the current core subjects, levels and refresher periods are applicable and/or appropriate to the needs of all NHS organisation in relation to their statutory and mandatory skills and knowledge obligations 5. To provide insights that will both provide standards for and allow better standardisation of the learning outcomes and delivery of training for the core subjects 6. To inform how bespoke training needs at the NHS organisation level can be handled where standardised training packages are used 7. To consider and make recommendations on quality assurance, management and oversight (governance) of the work going forward; taking into account advice from an expert on ‘trust works’ and educational expertise on the achievement of learning outcomes 8. To provide recommendations to inform the launch and implementation of a revised work, taking into account the impact of aligning to a new/revised work and competencies on NHS organisations