North West Faculty for Advancing Practice
January 2026 update
The Faculty would like to wish you a Happy New Year!
For further information about the Faculty and the Centre for Advancing Practice please have a look at our page on the website.
Funding guidance for applications for funding 2026/27
The North West Faculty for Advancing Practice funding request is still open. For more information, please visit our webpage:
Funding for MSc Advanced Clinical Practice Programme – 2026 / 2027 - Advanced Practice
King's New Years Honours List
Congratulations to all the NHS staff featured in the King's New Year Honours!
Updates from The Centre for Advancing Practice:
ePortfolio (Supported) Route Video Resources
At the 2025 Advanced Practice Conference, we dedicated an entire section to ePortfolio (supported) Route, sharing practical guidance and resources to make the process smoother for you and your teams.
Great news! All those resources have now been uploaded and are available for your benefit. Whether you attended the conference or not, you can still access everything you need to confidently move (or guide trainees) through the ePortfolio route.
👉 Direct Access – please use your conference password
Didn’t attend the conference? No problem! You can still get full access to these resources.
👉 Apply here
Advanced Practice Leaders Forum – January 2026
We’re excited to announce the Advanced Practice Leaders Forum will be meeting on 29th January 2026.
The Forum exists to share and disseminate policy and best practice between the National and Regional Heads of Multi-professional Advancing Practice (NHS England) and System and organisational Advanced Practice leads, ensuring that policies and strategies are informed by clinical expertise.
It aims to support and develop visible advanced practice leadership across all sectors, enabling collaboration and knowledge exchange to support the adoption and scaling of successful transformation initiatives nationally, for the benefit of advanced practitioners and the populations they serve.
Why join?
Gain insight into current priorities and developments
Network with peers and national/regional teams
Shape the future of advanced practice leadership
📅 Date: 29th January
2026 – 10am to 11am
📍 Location: Virtual link will be sent to all forum members
👉 Join the forum
Let’s work together to drive excellence and innovation in advanced practice. We look forward to seeing you there!
Centre for Advancing Practice Masterclasses
Following our highly successful series of Centre for Advancing Practice Masterclasses in 2025, we are delighted to announce our next schedule of webinars.
We will be opening 2026 with a Masterclass on ‘Unlocking Potential: The Masterclass Series and NHS England’s Strategic Leap’. This energising and informative session takes place from 12:30-13:30 on 27th January 2026, and will be led by Prof Beverley Harden, Katie Cooper, and Prof Julian Barratt.
📅 Date: 12:30-13:30 on 27th January 2026
👉 Find out more – including how to register
Prof Rob Crouch, Sarah Goodhew, and Prof Kim Manley will be leading our next Masterclass from 12:30-13:30, on 10th February 2026. This session will explore the evolving landscape and impact of Multi-professional Consultant Practice across the NHS.
📅 Date: 12:30-13:30, on 10th February 2026
👉 Register here.
We are also arranging the following Masterclasses, and will be publishing more information soon:
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities and Autism, 12:30-13:30, 17th March 2026
Health Inequalities, 12:30-13:30, 23rd April 2026
If you have any queries, please contact england.advancedpractice@nhs.net
