In the UK,<unk>  is a broad term that relates to integrated services that are available from<unk>  providers.  It can also mean a range of vocational and academic courses which can be taken at various academic and vocational levels from GNVQ, A-Level, NVQ, to degrees.
As a subject discipline,<unk>  (H&SC) combines elements of<unk> ogy, biology, nutrition, law, and ethics. Typically, students of<unk>  will have a work placement alongside their academic studies; such a placement may take place in a nursery, residential home, hospital, or other caring establishment.  Others may take a<unk>  course as a route to further qualifications hoping that it will lead to employment within the sector.
Depending on their qualification, students may start off as care assistants and develop care pathways to become doctors, nurses,<unk>  workers, physiotherapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, Paramedics or a range of other related occupations.
H&SC can be studied in schools and colleges from Key Stage 4/GCSE Level (age 14-16), colleges and can also be studied in some universities.
Health and social care
Community health
Public health
Mobile health
Health care informatics
Health science
Health promotion
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