VN qualifications: how the new system is bedding in

'Some demands imposed by the National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) discouraged practices from training nurses, creating a bottleneck between would-be students and the would-be employers of qualified VNs. Reports can now be extracted from the NPL, so colleges can e-mail regular student progress reports to employers.\n For the students who have already completed the Level 2 NVQ and are transitioning to the diploma, there has been a need for colleges to provide support with the academic skills, such as essay writing and referencing, that the new qualification requires.