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Across NHS Scotland, much of the learning that staff undertake is completed in the workplace. [5] It maintains the Knowledge Network, a digital library service that allows NHS staff to search for and share information. [6] The Knowledge Network also contains educational resources and was a further development of the NHS Scotland e-Library.
This system puts registered staff on bands 5–8, unregistered staff such as Healthcare Assistants take up bands 2–4. Band 9 posts are for the most senior members of NHS management. Each band contains a number of pay points. The idea of this system is "equal pay for work of equal value".
The NHS Training Authority became the NHS Training Directorate and then the NHS Training Division, which in turn became the Institute of Health and Care Development. [8] The institute was acquired by the Edexcel examination board in 1998, and Edexcel was acquired by Pearson in 2004. Pearson continued to operate the IHCD 'brand' until 2016.
To train as a general practitioner (GP), after completing a Foundation Programme (not limited to Scotland), a doctor must complete three years of speciality training (ST). This comprises a minimum of 12 to 18 months of posts in a variety of hospital specialities - often including paediatrics , psychiatry , geriatrics and obstetrics & gynaecology .
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The Community Health Index is a register of all patients in NHS Scotland, Scotland's publicly funded healthcare system. The register exists to ensure that patients can be correctly identified, and that all information pertaining to a patient's health is available to providers of care. [6]
In the United Kingdom, doctors' training has been evolving, for example, with the introduction of run-through training programmes. [4] These offer direct entry to a typically longer training programme after foundation training (providing a pathway to consultant without an additional re-application step after the first 2–3 years).