Overview

University of Huddersfield's Urgent Care programme provides the knowledge and skills required to assess, diagnose and treat minor illness and injury whilst recognising limitations of practice and the need for referral as appropriate.

Key Facts

Specific cross-cutting themes such history taking, clinical decision making and examination skills will be integrated throughout the course elements.

You will have opportunity to study with colleagues from other disciplines and specialties and engage in simulation-based learning activities to develop team work and critical understanding.

The course content is informed by evidence-based guidelines and research and aims to encourage clinical and professional development.

Career

Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as Adult nurse, Children's nurse, Health play specialist, Health visitor, High intensity therapist, Learning disability nurse, Mental health nurse, Midwife, Paramedic, Physician associate.*

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Managing Minor Illness

Managing Minor Injuries

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-13 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

87

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Public Health Health Sciences View 624 other Masters in Public Health in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Required

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

87

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59

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

You must be a registered Health Care Practitioner, working in a Health and Social Care setting where patients with minor illness are present.

You must be registered with a relevant statutory body such as the NMC or HCPC if you would like to undertake modules linked to UK professional body recognition.
Have a good honours degree, or equivalent professional qualification appropriate to that of the proposed programme to be followed.
Have access to a clinical educator and be able to negotiate access to a placement equivalent to 3 weeks or 105 hours for each module to support application of theory to practice and assess competence.

Tuition Fees

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Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

3088 GBP / module

≈ 3088 GBP / module

Living costs

Huddersfield

United Kingdom

600 - 1000 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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