Oliver McGowan Training has been designed by people with lived experience, to support you to develop knowledge, skills and confidence when working with people with a learning disability and autistic people.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System is proud to support the Oliver McGowan Campaign by promoting the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Autism and Learning Disability for all our workforce, with the aim of improving how we care for people with a learning disability and autistic people. This training has been completed and evaluated by over 8,000 people.
Oliver McGowan died whilst in the care of the NHS, his death was ruled preventable, and his parents have been campaigning to make changes to the Health and Care Act to make sure everyone working in health and care has training to help them understand the needs of people with a learning disability and autistic people. From July 2022 it became a statutory requirement for all people working in CQC regulated services, to receive training to improve the experience and outcomes for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
Research has shown that on average, people with a learning disability and autistic people die earlier than the general public, and do not receive the same quality of care as people without a learning disability or who are not autistic.
We believe the Oliver McGowan training can bring about fundamental change in experience and outcomes for people with a learning disability and autistic people, when using health and care services.
We are asking all our people, regardless of job role, to complete the Oliver McGowan e-Learning Module, which will be available on your organisations learning management system soon. The e-Learning is also available on the eLearning for Health platform but if you choose this method of completing the eLearning, please remember to send the certificate to your organisation’s education team as a record of your training, otherwise you may be asked to complete it again.
The Oliver McGowan Training is mandatory training for health and care workforce and has two tiers: Tier 1 includes an eLearning module and a live webinar. Tier 2 will be coming later this year. These will be live and interactive, and the trainers will be people with a learning disability and autistic people
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System is committed to tackling inequalities in health and care across all our communities. If you find any elements of this training upsetting or disturbing, please contact your line manager or the wellbeing champions in your organisation.
The CQC will be monitoring the NHS and other regulated Providers. If you are approached by the CQC about Oliver McGowan and you haven’t completed all your training, please don’t worry, let them know about the plan above.
As a reminder, Tier 2 face-to-face seminars are required for people who provide care and support to autistic people, and/or people with a learning disability, I hope the info-graphic below will help.