Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the statutory education and strategic workforce organisation for NHS Wales.

As a Special Health Authority with an all-Wales remit, we work with partners across health, social care, education and government to strengthen the workforce that underpins care in NHS Wales.

Our role is to help ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place, at the right time to deliver high quality care for patients and communities, now and for the future.

HEIW regularly works in collaboration with NHS Wales to develop specific accredited units or qualifications to support staff development and new ways of working for all levels of staff. Work-based learning (WBL) provides all staff in NHS Wales structured opportunities for developing workplace skills and knowledge. HEIW is the recognised development partner of Medr for healthcare apprenticeships and are integral in the development and management of these frameworks to ensure they are current and meet sector needs.
Work based learning and apprenticeships – HEIW