The only problem there Geoff is who'd actually pay for it, what would be included in the syllabus and what would the attendance method be. It would probably be OK for a large foundation trust with a large number of employees but I doubt that a small trust that was in the red would be able to afford such a scheme unless it was funded directly by the department of health. Also you can't move NHS staff around like you can with the Army, so your either looking at block release or training in the workplace.
I'm also surprised by how differently various departments work, some seem to do everything under the sun, where as others only accept medical electronics jobs. What would be OK for one trust would probably be over the top for another!
