NHS apprenticeships support people into employment in Cornwall
The Skills Minister has met with apprentices at Eden Project and Bodmin Hospital
Last updated 6th Feb 2024
Apprenticeships in the NHS will help support people into employment in Cornwall.
Skills Minister Robert Halfon has met with apprentices in Cornwall to mark the start of National Apprenticeship Week.
The week aims to raise awareness of the many benefits apprenticeships can offer people.
During the visit, Halfon took a tour of their new nursery and met apprentices at the Eden Project and then went on to Bodmin Hospital to meet apprentices and T Level students.
Robert Halfon told us:
"Lots of them get offered jobs, it's a no brainer. Some of them I've met are employed full time with good wages.
"You can do it at any age. You can be 95 and do an apprenticeship if you wanted to.
"It really does show the benefits doing an apprenticeship and doing a skill can bring you. Also the benefits to whether it's the local economy in terms of the Eden Project but also to the National Health Service as well."
The courses also help to ease pressure and demand on staffing in Cornwall.
Rebecca McSorley, lead practice educator for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, said:
"Since we've had COVID we had quite a number of staff who felt they'd done enough for the NHS so some of our staff left, because it had been very hard work for everybody.
"Unfortunately there's been a bit of negative publicity about the NHS... actually it's really important to showcase our apprenticeships, you get such a reward from working with people."
You can find more information about exploring skills and careers on the Skills for Life website.