Health and Social Care

Welcome to the Health and Social Care sector in the School of Health and Social Sciences at the University of Bolton.

Introduction

We offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses for people wishing to enhance their career development and gain access to higher levels of responsibility. Flexible modes of study, including part-time, stand-alone modules and distance learning offer you the opportunity to combine education with other professional and personal commitments.

The demand for qualified health care professionals has never been greater. The NHS is changing at an unprecedented rate – and with over thirty years experience we anticipate and respond to the developments in the health, social care and a range of related sectors.

Our courses and programmes respond directly to the requirements of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) which is at the heart of the career and pay progression strand of Agenda for Change. This means that you can be sure that our innovative, flexible courses are fit for purpose and designed for your current role - and future roles as you progress through your career.

Our courses are designed to serve not only the needs of professionals working in the health and social care sector, but also those working or planning to work in the wider education, youth development and physical activity sectors. It offers students a greater appreciation of the need for inter-agency and multidisciplinary working.

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Course list

We offer courses at the following levels:

Please note that courses marked * are subject to validation.

Further education

  • Access to HE Diploma: Psychology & Health Studies (full-time)

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Undergraduate

  • Health & Social Care FdA (full-time / part-time)
  • Professional Studies (Health and Social Care) BSc (Hons) (full-time / part-time)
  • Professional Studies (Supportive and Palliative Care) BSc (Hons) (part-time)
  • Specialist Community Health Care Nursing (District Nursing or General Practice Nursing) BSc (Hons) (full-time / part-time)
  • Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) BSc (Hons) (full-time / part-time)

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Postgraduate

  • Advanced Practice (Health and Social Care) MSc (part-time)
  • Community Health Care Nursing (Top-up) MSc (part-time)
  • Community Public Health Nursing (Top-up) MSc (part-time)
  • Health and Social Care MSc (part-time)
  • Leadership in Health and Social Care MSc (part-time)
  • Long-Term Health Conditions MSc (part-time)
  • Public Health Practice MSc (part-time)
  • Safeguarding and Promoting Children's Welfare MSc (part-time)
  • Specialist Community Health Care Nursing (District Nursing or General Practice Nursing) PgDip (full-time / part-time)
  • Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) PgDip (full-time / part-time) 

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Professional development

Level HE4 courses
  • Developing Knowledge in Palliative and End of Life Care for Health and Social Care Support Workers [HE4]
  • Negotiated Learning [HE4]
Level HE5 courses
  • Acute Illness Management [HE5]
  • Children and Families [HE5]
  • Clinical Skills [HE5]
  • Cultural Diversity within the Community [HE5]
  • Disability and Society [HE5]
  • Empowerment and Advocacy [HE5]
  • Foundations of Palliative Care [HE5]
  • Health and Illness in Society [HE5]
  • Introduction to Psychology in Health and Social Care [HE5]
  • Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in Health and Social Care [HE5]
  • Managing Long-Term Conditions [HE5]
  • Mental Health Care, Perspectives and Practice [HE5]
  • Multidisciplinary End of Life Care [HE5]
  • Negotiated Learning [HE5]
  • Occupational Health and Safety (Public Health Nursing) [HE5]
  • Open Module [HE5]
  • Preparation for Mentorship [HE5] [HE5 by distance learning]
  • Primary Health Care [HE5]
  • Professional Practice Development Through Enquiry and Analysis 1 [HE5]
  • Safeguarding Children [HE5]
  • Sexual Health [HE5]
  • Therapy Skills [HE5]
  • Utilising a Palliative Care Approach in the Care Home Setting [HE5]
  • Working with Older People [HE5]
  • Working with Young People in Society [HE5]
Level HE6 courses
  • Advanced, Progressive Disease - Management and Supportive Strategies [HE6]
  • Assessing and Managing Symptoms in Palliative Care [HE6]
  • Case Management [HE6]
  • Child Care Law in Practice [HE6]
  • Child Public Health [HE6]
  • Child Protection Supervision [HE6]
  • Clinical Examination Skills [HE6]
  • Collaborative Working for Health Improvement [HE6]
  • Communication Skills for Professional Practice [HE6]
  • Critical Evaluation, Evidence and Practice [HE6]
  • Dimensions of Loss [HE6]
  • Family Centred Health and Social Care [HE6]
  • Foundations of Palliative Care [HE6]
  • Health Care of the Older Person [HE6]
  • Independent Prescribing Conversion/Top-up programme for Pharmacists [HE6]
  • Integrated Care Delivery for Long-Term Conditions [HE6]
  • Leading and Managing Teams [HE6]
  • Leading Health Promotion Practice [HE6]
  • Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in Health and Social Care [HE6]
  • Management of the Acutely Ill Patient [HE6]
  • Mental Health Perspectives [HE6]
  • Multidisciplinary End of Life Care [HE6]
  • Negotiated Learning [HE6]
  • Non-Medical Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals [HE6]
  • Non-Medical Prescribing for Nurses [HE6]
  • Non-Medical Prescribing for Pharmacists [HE6]
  • Open Module [HE6]
  • Preparation for Mentorship [HE6] [HE6 by distance learning]
  • Preparation for Nurses without SPQ to Prescribe from the Community Practitioner Formulary (V150) [HE6]
  • Principles and Practice for Clinical Skills Development [HE6]
  • Professional Practice Development Through Enquiry and Analysis 1 [HE6]
  • Professional Practice Development Through Enquiry and Analysis 2 [HE6]
  • Safeguarding Children [HE6]
  • Teaching and Learning in Palliative Care [HE6]
  • The Biological Basis of Disease and Therapeutics [HE6]
  • The Human Body: Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care [HE6]
  • Utilising a Palliative Care Approach in the Care Home Setting [HE6]
Level HE7 courses
  • Biological Basis of Disease and Therapeutics [HE7]
  • Child Care Law in Practice [HE7]
  • Child Public Health [HE7]
  • Child Protection Supervision [HE7]
  • Clinical Examination Skills [HE7]
  • Collaborative Working for Health Improvement [HE7]
  • Consultancy in Action [HE7]
  • Critical Evaluation, Evidence and Practice [HE7]
  • Family Centred Health and Social Care [HE7]
  • Integrated Care Delivery for Long-Term Conditions [HE7]
  • Introduction to Demography and Epidemiology [HE7]
  • Leading and Managing in Context [HE7]
  • Leading and Managing People [HE7]
  • Leading Health Promotion Practice [HE7]
  • Leading Service Evaluation and Improvement [HE7]
  • Managing and Commissioning for Performance [HE7]
  • Negotiated Learning [HE7]
  • Non-Medical Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals [HE7]
  • Non-Medical Prescribing for Nurses [HE7]
  • Non-Medical Prescribing for Pharmacists [HE7]
  • Preparation for Mentorship [HE7] [HE7 by distance learning]
  • Principles and Concepts in Research Design [HE7]
  • Principles and Practice for Clinical Skills Development [HE7]
  • Professionalism in Context [HE7]
  • Research Dissertation [HE7]
  • Researching Needs, Rights and Responsibilities [HE7]
  • Safeguarding Children [HE7]
  • Strategy, Marketing and Commissioning [HE7]

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