Postgraduate

Urgent Care PgCert

Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Duration
1 year part-time
Subject
Health Studies

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Overview

This course is aimed at healthcare professionals working in a setting where patients present with minor illness and/or minor injuries. It 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.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for this course are normally: 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.

Fees

International students: GBP 19,800

UK students: GBP 740

Start dates

21 SEP 2026

Application deadline

28 JUN 2026

Campus

  • University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, United Kingdom

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For entry onto Postgraduate courses a Bachelor degree is required. In some cases 3 year Diploma holders may be considered on an individual basis. Our minimum entry requirement is equivalent to a UK 2:2 but most courses require the equivalent of a 2:1 classification. Please note all applicants are considered individually and there may be alternative qualifications that are acceptable, including HND and Associates degree for entry to Undegraduate level courses.

English language

Majority English Speaking Countries (MESCs) will normally be considered to have met our English requirements. Cambridge English Advanced: Grade C | IELTS (Academic) Online test is not accepted: 6.0 with no lower than 5.5 in any element. | One Skill Re-take: 6.0 overall with no component lower than 5.5 | TOEFL Home Edition is not accepted: 87 overall (Reading 22, Listening 21, Speaking 23, Writing 21) | Pearson Test of Academic English (PTE): Overall - 59 Listening - 59 minimum Reading - 59 minimum Writing - 59 minimum Speaking - 59 minimum | GCSE or GCE ‘O’ level: Grade C | International Baccalaureate: Must have completed the Diploma with English at Higher Level | WAEC/NECO: C6 or above | PSI Skills for English: SELT: Merit Overall, and no component lower than B2 pass level. | Trinity Integrated Skills in English (ISE II B2): Merit Overall, and no component lower than a pass. | Language Cert International: 65 overall, and no component lower than 60. | Password Skills Plus: 6.0 overall, and no component lower than 5.5. | Oxford ELLT Global: 6 overall, and no component lower than 5 (Digital not accepted). Booking the Oxford ELLT As a University of Huddersfield applicant, you receive…

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TuitionGBP 19,800
Visa application, from outside the UKGBP 558
Health surcharge, first year how it is chargedGBP 776
First year in totalGBP 35,186

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