Health Studies

Course summary

Careers in healthcare are about helping people who are having problems with their physical health. Careers in social care are concerned with helping vulnerable people in the community and providing them with support so that they can benefit from a much more improved way of life. As a subject discipline, Health and Social Care combines elements of sociology, biology, nutrition, law and ethics. Health and Social Care is a vast service sector undergoing rapid change, with new initiatives giving it a higher profile than ever.