Health Education And Training Institute

What Health Education And Training Institute does

The Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) is a Statutory Health Corporation established in April 2012 under the Health Services Act 1997, operating as a pillar organisation within the New South Wales (NSW) Health system in Australia. HETI's core function is the coordination and delivery of education, training, and professional development for the entire NSW Health workforce — clinical and non-clinical staff, medical practitioners in training, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, mental health clinicians, and rural and remote practitioners — serving a user base of 110,000+ individuals across all 17 Local Health Districts and Specialty Health Networks. The entity was formed by consolidating predecessor bodies (CETI, IMET, IRCST) and has since integrated the NSW Institute of Psychiatry (2017) and the Centre for Genetics Education (2021).

HETI's core technology asset is the My Health Learning platform, an eLearning system providing self-managed online learning with 2,500+ resources covering mandatory training and continuing professional development. The broader product portfolio spans My Health Learning (eLearning), HETI Higher Education (TEQSA-accredited postgraduate courses in Applied Mental Health Studies and Psychiatry, with RANZCP-accredited psychiatry training), NSW Health Registered Training Organisation (VET qualifications, ASQA Provider 90198), statewide Medical Training Programs including intern recruitment (1,098.5 positions filled for 2025), Allied Health, Nursing and Midwifery, Mental Health, Rural and Remote, and Genomics programs, plus specialised frameworks in Virtual Care (2022-2026), Health Coaching, LGBTIQ+ Capability (2025-2029), and Aboriginal Cultural Capability. Adjunct Professor Annette Solman has served as Chief Executive since June 2015.

HETI's business model is a government appropriation model: ongoing annual budget allocation from the NSW Ministry of Health under a Service Agreement, supplemented by funds from the Medical Board through AHPRA for prevocational medical training accreditation. HETI does not charge individual healthcare workers for training, operates on a non-commercial basis, and has no venture or private equity ownership. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is through direct partnerships with Local Health Districts and Specialty Health Networks for program delivery and through the My Health Learning self-serve portal for end users. Headcount is 251-500 employees with headquarters in St Leonards, Sydney, following a mid-2020 relocation to co-locate with other NSW Health pillar agencies.

Name

Health Education And Training Institute

Legal name

Health Education and Training Institute

Website

https://heti.nsw.gov.au

Company type

Public

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

HETI is a NSW Government statutory health corporation that delivers education, training, and professional development to the 110,000+ staff of the NSW Health workforce across all 17 Local Health Districts via its My Health Learning platform and statewide programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Education and Training

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Allied Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Schools (PT/OT/SLP, etc.) (EDAHAGAH)

Keywords

• Healthcare education training
• Clinical workforce development
• ELearning platform health
• Medical prevocational training
• Vocational education health

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Leonard

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: HETI receives ongoing funding through an annual budget allocation from the NSW Ministry of Health as part of the NSW Ministry of Health. This funding and associated Service Agreement with the Ministry of Health provides a financial guarantee for HETI to continue providing services in line with its agreed functions.
2. Medical Board / AHPRA Funding: The Medical Board through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) also provides funds to support HETI activities related to prevocational medical training accreditation.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Health Education And Training Institute (HETI) is a statutory health corporation providing comprehensive education, training and professional development services to the NSW Health workforce. Its core offering centres on the My Health Learning eLearning platform delivering 2,500+ resources to over 110,000 staff, complemented by vocational education (RTO), postgraduate higher education in mental health, and statewide programs covering medical, nursing, allied health, mental health, rural, leadership and Aboriginal cultural capability training.

Product overview

HETI (Health Education and Training Institute) is a statutory health corporation providing a comprehensive education and training ecosystem for NSW Health. The core platform is My Health Learning, an eLearning portal delivering mandatory training and professional development to over 110,000 clinical and non-clinical staff. This platform integrates with higher education programs including Applied Mental Health Studies (Graduate Certificate, Diploma, Masters levels) and Psychiatry Training Courses. HETI offers specialized training across multiple disciplines: Medical Training Programs (from intern recruitment through vocational training), Allied Health Education Programs, Nursing and Midwifery Programs, Mental Health Training Programs, and Rural and Remote Health Programs. Additional offerings include Genomics Education through the Centre for Genetics Education, Aboriginal Cultural Capability Programs, the NSW Health RTO for vocational training, Virtual Care Education Framework, Health Coaching Resource Hub, and End of Life and Palliative Care Education. Programs are delivered via multiple modalities including online modules, workshops, simulation, immersive techniques, and postgraduate university-level courses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HETI Higher Education: Delivers postgraduate courses in mental health including Applied Mental Health Studies at Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters levels.
• My Health Learning
• NSW Health Registered Training Organisation (RTO)
• Centre for Genetics Education (CGE)

Products and services

• My Health Learning

Quantifiable outcome

• 67% reduction in hospital bed days through Guardianship Training
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Local Health DistrictscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHETI partners with all 17 Local Health Districts across NSW to develop education and training that meets the needs of NSW Health staff, ensuring patients receive highest quality healthcare. Districts collaborate on curriculum development, District HETI initiatives, and statewide training programs.
• Specialty Health NetworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Specialty Health Networks to develop contemporary, relevant and responsive education and training through collaborative operational model ensuring service delivery needs and operational requirements are met.
• NSW Health Pillar AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHETI operates alongside other NSW Health pillar organisations including Ministry of Health, Clinical Excellence Commission, Agency of Clinical Innovation, Bureau of Health Information, Cancer Institute NSW, Health Infrastructure, eHealth NSW, and Healthshare NSW for integrated health education coordination.
• Medical Board of AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccredited by the Medical Board of Australia as the intern training accreditation authority for NSW with responsibility for setting prevocational education standards and ensuring health services comply with requirements.
• Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNSW Health Registered Training Organisation is registered with ASQA to deliver Vocational Education and Training qualifications across health services, business services, community services and mental health sectors.
• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHETI was awarded higher education provider status by TEQSA on 27 October 2016 with maximum registration period of seven years. First public health entity to be registered with TEQSA in Australia.
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPostgraduate Course in Psychiatry and Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Course are accredited as Formal Education Courses with RANZCP for psychiatry trainee training.
• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical Board through AHPRA provides funds to support HETI activities related to prevocational medical training accreditation and intern training.
• Centre for Genetics Education PartnerssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre for Genetics Education (part of HETI since 2021) provides genetics and genomics resources in collaboration with clinical and research partner organisations to empower healthcare professionals to deliver improved health outcomes.
• Clinical Excellence CommissionsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Clinical Excellence Commission on Between the Flags - Deteriorating Patient training development including new pathway and e-learning modules.
• NSW Ministry of Health Allied Health Workforce PortfoliocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHETI Allied Health team works closely with Ministry of Health Allied Health Workforce Portfolio and NSW Health Directors of Allied Health for responsive education and training development.
• NSW Nursing and Midwifery OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with NSW Nursing and Midwifery Office for pursuing education and training opportunities for nursing and midwifery workforce.
• Aboriginal Communities and ElderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAboriginal Cultural Capability Centre of Expertise works in partnership with Aboriginal Elders, leaders, knowledge holders and local communities to co-design approaches and strengthen cultural safety across NSW Health.
• NSW Health Virtual Care TaskforcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped NSW Health Virtual Care Education Framework 2022-2026 in partnership with NSW Ministry of Health Virtual Care Taskforce for consistent statewide approach to virtual care education.
• Connected Care and Partnerships Team, Ministry of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped NSW Health Coaching Education and Training Framework in collaboration with Connected Care and Partnerships Team and NSW Health clinicians and health coaching experts.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Health Professionals Council of Australia / AHPRA: The national health practitioner regulation agency that funds HETI's prevocational medical training activities and influences training standards. Related as both a funding partner and a regulatory counterpart in workforce education governance.
• Laerdal Medical: A global leader in medical simulation and resuscitation training that supplies simulation technology and curriculum used by HETI's Centre for Rural Simulation and other NSW Health training programs. Comparable as a healthcare workforce education supplier, though commercial and technology-focused rather than statutory.
• Australian Medical Council (AMC): The national accreditation body for medical training in Australia, which accredits HETI as the prevocational accreditation authority. Related as an upstream regulator of HETI's medical training functions rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• TAFE NSW: NSW's public vocational education and training provider, also operating as an ASQA-registered training organisation. Comparable to HETI's NSW Health RTO (Provider 90198) at the institutional level as a large publicly funded VET provider in NSW.
• Clinical Excellence Commission (NSW): A sister NSW Health pillar organisation co-located with HETI at St Leonards. Provides clinical education and patient safety training, overlapping materially with HETI's focus areas (e.g., Between the Flags deteriorating patient program) and operating under the same statutory governance structure.
• Agency for Clinical Innovation (NSW): Another NSW Health pillar organisation co-located with HETI that delivers clinical education, capability building and innovation networks. Overlaps with HETI on clinical capability uplift and inter-professional collaboration.

Direct peers

• NHS Education for Scotland (NES): Scotland's statutory health education and training body, delivering medical, nursing, allied health and psychology workforce education with a similar scope to HETI. Comparable as a publicly funded health workforce education institution delivering postgraduate and vocational credentials.
• Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand (Workforce Development functions): New Zealand's national health authority, which consolidated the former Health Workforce New Zealand functions and similar to HETI coordinates training and workforce development for clinicians nationally. Useful peer for cross-jurisdictional benchmarking of public-sector health education delivery models.
• NHS England Workforce, Training and Education: The English equivalent of HETI — a national public-sector body responsible for education, training and workforce development for the NHS. Most directly comparable given its statutory status, public funding model, and mandate to coordinate clinical education at scale across an entire health system.

Regional players

• Safer Care Victoria: Victoria's statutory health quality and safety body that also drives clinical education initiatives. Comparable to HETI as an Australian state-level statutory entity within a parallel public health system, though more focused on quality improvement than credentialing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/nswheti
• Facebookfacebook.com/NSWHETI
• LinkedInau.linkedin.com/company/heti
• Xx.com/NswHeti

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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