Funding

NEW update on the Learning and Development Support Scheme

The Department of Health and Social Care is pleased to confirm that the Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS) will continue in financial year 2025 to 2026, supporting care employers to invest in their workforce through funded training opportunities.

Updated guidance is now available on GOV.UK: Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS). The guidance includes all the information care employers need to access the scheme and includes a list of over 100 training courses and qualifications eligible for LDSS funding.

Many care employers have already claimed towards learning and development since the scheme launched in September 2024, supporting their staff to gain new skills and specialisms and to secure recognition for existing expertise. Care employers will now continue to be able to access these benefits through LDSS funding in financial year 2025/26.

Please note that the LDSS remains open for claims for eligible courses and qualifications that have been started and paid for between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 (inclusive). To receive funding, claims must be submitted by 21 March 2025. Late claims submitted between 22 and 31 March 2025 will be considered on a case-by-case basis. If care employers are concerned about meeting the claims deadline for this financial year (21 March 2025), they should contact the NHSBSA support team at ASClearninganddevelopmentsupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk as soon as possible.