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Why study Health & Social Care?
Studying Health and Social Care involves studying human growth and early years development, health and social care services and values, and health and wellbeing – helping you explore the skills and knowledge needed to work within this growing sector.
Health and Social Care is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK. Social care roles include care assistants and social workers, supporting people to be as independent as possible in their own homes or in care settings; healthcare roles such as doctors, pharmacists, nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and physiotherapists work to improve people's health and quality of life.
A selection of jobs using Health & Social Care
Tap any job below to see the full career profile on the National Careers Service website – including what the job involves, what it pays, and how to get into it.