Looking to change your career? Here you can gain the required skills and knowledge to study health care at university.
Become an important part in helping people stay healthy, whether it’s by improving their physical or mental well-being.
Many careers in the healthcare sector require you to have studied a degree specific to the area of work you want to go into. This often leaves people feeling their healthcare related career is out of reach if they don’t have the traditional qualifications to meet university entry requirements.

If you’re considering a healthcare career but aren’t set on which area to focus on just yet, an Access to Higher Education Diploma (Healthcare Professionals) is the ideal course to help you get started. It can help you study many areas of healthcare at degree level.

Course modules covered:
Unit 3: Health and Well-being
Unit 4: Cell Biology
Unit 5: The History of the National Health Service
Unit 6: Human Nutrition & The Digestive System
Unit 7: The Roles & Responsibilities of the Registered Nurse
Unit 8: Introduction to Psychology
Unit 9: The Human Endocrine & Nervous System
Unit 10: Social Factors in Health and Social Care
Unit 11: Understanding Dementia
Unit 12: The Human Muscular and Skeletal System
Unit 13: Classification and Use of Social Drugs and Medicines
Unit 14: Mental Health and Illness
Unit 15: Human Immunity
Unit 16: Understanding Poverty
Unit 17: Health Promotion
Unit 18: Human Disease & Prevention
Unit 19: Equality and Diversity within Healthcare