Foot Health Standards

Scope of contract

HEE is seeking to fund a supplier to establish (and subsequently operationally deliver) the following. • A system of accreditation of education and training programmes against the Standards. The programmes to be accredited are those which prepare students for roles in the un-registered foot health workforce once qualified. • A system of assessment of individual practitioners in the un-registered foot health workforce against the Standards. At their simplest, these processes typically entail the following. • Documentary evidence submitted by an education provider about a programme, or by an individual, against the Standards. • Assessment of that evidence against the Standards by peer reviewers - normally clinical practitioners and educators in the field. • A final decision (often made by a Committee or similar) about whether the programme or individual meets the Standards or whether further information or action is required to meet the Standards. • In the case of programme accreditation, a process for ongoing monitoring of programmes and/or periodic reassessment against the Standards (for example, reaccreditation required every five years).

Detailed activities required in the set-up phase will be determined by and agreed with the appointed supplier, but they will include the following. Development of standards • The supplier will be required to develop standards which programmes seeking accreditation will be required to meet - 'Standards of education and training' (or their equivalent). These standards must clearly articulate what education providers need to have in place for students to meet the competencies described in the Foot Health Standards. This includes, for example, that a programme has sufficient resources and adequate arrangements for safe and effective clinical learning. • These standards must include clear benchmarks for the volume of learning typically required to deliver the competencies outlined in the Standards at each educational level.