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The former NHSU core learning unit has been charged with developing and managing learning programmes for NHS staff. Each SHA is represented on a steering committee that discusses current priorities and future direction. The unit is fighting to fill the financial gap left by NHSU, while Unison has requested the government guarantees future funding for certain training programmes.
Videoconferencing can help the NHS make the best use of limited resoure It allows patients in remote areas have virtual consultations in their GP surgery. The technology aids training. Surgeons and consultants of the future can be tutored at multiple sites simultaneously.
In 2004, Alliance Medical signed an pound 80m deal to provide 635,000 scans to NHS patients over five years. The company argues its mobile scanners offer flexibility to meet demand while the NHS fills the shortfall in the diagnostics workforce. Critics point to problems including longer waits and slow communication between the company and the NHS.
o cut bureaucracy and costs, the NHSU is merging with the Modernisation Agency to form the NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation. The NHSU set out to offer training to all staff, not just clinicians, but the NHS's size and infrastructure made the quality of training patchy. The DoH says NILSI will provide the NHS with a single body responsible for service, technology and personnel development.