Health Studies

Course summary

This qualification provides the underpinning knowledge and vocational skills needed to be effective in a wide range of health & social care settings. In addition to the knowledge, understanding, and skills that underpin the study of the health and social care sector, this qualification gives learners experience of the current issues within health and social care. This qualification is designed to prepare students for progression into employment and is recognized as a progression towards higher education courses, for example: • BSc (Hons) in Nursing. • BA (Hons) in Social Work. • BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy. • BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy. • BSc (Hons) in in Speech Therapy. • BSc (Hons) in Paramedic Science. Modules covered in Year 12 Human Lifespan Development. Enquiries into Current. Research in Health and Social Care. Meeting individual care and support needs. Sociological perspectives. Modules covered in Year 13 Working in Health and Social Care. Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care. Promoting Public Health Physiological Disorders and Their Care.