Geoff,
I totally agree with your idea but have you tried getting money out of Trust boards? It is in our business plan to have some trainees to replace our mechanical engineers, as I posted above, but I will believe it when it happens.
Won't the compusary register with its implied training scheme force Trusts to provide all you say such as day and block release for non-registered techs. And the KSF will force people to keep their training and skills up to date.
This has an implication of more staff to cover the training time. Again I will believe it when I see it but at least the NHS is putting the theory down in words. All we have to do is to make sure it is implemented and have the facilities to do the training, and up to degree level!
Robert
