What do you expect your e-learning strategy to do? If we said “it probably won’t save you money in the first two years” would you still do it? In our experience, the cost-saving benefits of e-learning are dramatically overestimated in organisational business cases, the rate of learner take-up is also overstated, but the benefits of flexibility, learning retention and powerful return on investment and effectiveness metrics are underplayed.

We also recognise that NHS organisations have access to a range of free e-learning materials, and this can encourage a relaxed attitude to business case and strategy development. Who needs a business case for using free stuff, after all? Why wouldn’t you just go ahead and use it? Actually, we find that the costs of inappropriately used and targeted e-learning can be huge, and that use of e-learning packages which are not integrated to the organisations’ learning strategy will confuse learners and may even create patient-safety risks.

We can help you to navigate through the plethora of policies and guidance to understand what other parts of the healthcare ecosystem (Government Health Departments, Deaneries, Strategic Health Authorities) are expecting of you and encouraging you to do, and relate this to your local workforce strategies to come up with a practical e-learning strategy that will show fast results. Our engaging, facilitating approach means that you can work with us to have a powerful e-learning strategy in under 5 days.