Update on the Learning and Development Support Scheme (1)

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

Updated guidance can be accessed via the link below. 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 the financial year 2025/26.

View the updated LDSS guidance