Healthcare Practice
Newcastle College University CentreHealthcare Practice FdSc is an undergraduate degree at Newcastle College University Centre, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, taught full-time over 2 years. Typical A-level entry is CC.
A-Level Entry
CC
Typical offer · UCAS
UCAS Points
64 points
Typical offer · UCAS
About this course
This Healthcare Practice degree is an ideal course if you are interested in the health sector and are hoping to pursue a career in a professional healthcare role. This degree will give you the clinical and nursing skills you need to become a nursing practitioner and you will benefit from the industry experience of the qualified nurses who teach on this programme. You will focus on health promotion and learn in a simulated hospital environment. This course has links to the CQC, has been validated by health professionals. You will benefit from industry insight through guest lectures from the NHS. This Healthcare Practice degree will help prepare you for work as you will undertake live briefs from industry and benefit from guest lectures from organisations such as the NHS, Marie Curie, CQC and Parkinsons UK. You will also gain a Mental Health First Aid and First Aid in the Workplace qualification whilst studying this course (subject to funding). Once you successfully complete this degree you may choose to progress onto the BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care (Top-Up) or the BSc (Hons) Public Health (Top-Up). You may also choose to enter the healthcare industry as a nursing associate or healthcare assistant.
Entry Requirements
Career Prospects
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Course Details
- Qualification
- Foundation Degree in Science - FdSc
- Study Mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 2 Years
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Scheme
- Undergraduate
- Subjects
- Medicine, Health
2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ