36. We accept this recommendation in part. 37. In collaboration with national maternity partner organisations, the MTP has led on the development of a Core Competency Framework to address known variation in training and competency assessment and ensure that training to address significant areas of harm is included as minimum core requirements for every maternity and neonatal service. 38. Funding announced at the NHSEI Board in March 2021 will be put towards maternity multi-disciplinary team training and staff backfill as part of NHSEI’s response to the first Ockenden Report. 39. NHSEI will need to undertake further work to explore aligning this funding with the Core Competency Framework, and work with local systems, regions and the Royal Colleges to determine how best to monitor and assure that the additional funding is feeding through into training. 40. Safety Action 8 of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts Maternity Incentive Scheme (CNST MIS) ensures there is an existing lever in place, aligned to the Core Competency Framework, to ensure training requirements are in place and incentivised. As the scheme is revised annually, training requirements are reviewed regularly, informed through learning from reports, audits and enquiries. In addition, as new learning emerges, NHSEI is working with HEE to make it a requirement for more specialist training to be developed.