Professional Practice in Mental Health Law Postgraduate Certificate 1 Year by Blended Learning

This programme has been tailored to provide a systematic academic and work-based means to enable eligible professionals to prepare for the Approved Clinician (AC) role (Mental Health Act 1983) and to produce evidence of competencies.

2026/27 Standard Entry Applicants should normally have: You must meet the professional requirements for approval as an Approved Clinician eg medical practitioner, psychologist, mental health or learning disability nurse, occupational therapist or social worker International qualifications: If you have studied a non UK qualification, you can see how your qualifications compare to the standard entry criteria, by selecting the country that you received the qualification in, from our country pages. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/yourcountry English language requirements: International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*). *The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English Language section. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/englishqualifications

IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*)

February 2027

standard postgraduate application deadline

• City Campus, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom