Ladder for the Black Country: Accelerated apprenticeship is launched

The first cohort on the University’s Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship, the 42 apprentices, 29 in the field of adult nursing and 13 in mental health, work for Cygnet Healthcare, University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust and Practice Plus Group’s (Health in Justice), who all worked in collaboration with the University to develop the programme - with input from service users and current UCB nursing students and apprentices.