Course contact details
Professional Courses Team Contact
Email:professionalcourses@hud.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0)1484 957504
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
Urgent Care (Taught)
- PgCert
- 1 Years
- Part-time
- 21 September 2026
- Postgraduate
- Main Site
Course summary
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.
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Specific cross-cutting themes such history taking, clinical decision making and examination skills will be integrated throughout the course elements.
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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.
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The course content is informed by evidence-based guidelines and research and aims to encourage clinical and professional development.
Modules
Core modules
Managing Minor Illness
Managing Minor Injuries
Assessment method
Assessment involves a variety of methods including an essay and practice-based portfolios of evidence.
Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria relevant to your course.
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 and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
This information is for Home students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.
Modules credits can range from 15 to 60, dependent on the content of the module. Read more about total credits required for a range of degrees, to allow you to calculate the potential total cost.
Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy.
For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/study/fees/
Sponsorship information
For further information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding-studies/
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