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Community Health Studies (Specialist Practitioner District Nursing) (Taught)
- MSc
- 3 Years
- Part-time
- 21 September 2026
- Postgraduate
- Glyntaff Campus
- Awarded by:
- University of South Wales (Prifysgol De Cymru)
Course summary
The MSc Community Health Studies (District Nursing) is focused towards inspiring, innovating and implementing improvements in the quality of specialist district nursing care. It is a natural progression route for graduate nurses who desire to develop mastery in specialist practice, in line with the Post Registration Nursing Career Framework (WAG, 2010) and meets NMC standards for community nursing specialist practice.
This district nursing course is fully funded by the Welsh Government and gives you a comprehensive and thorough understanding of the contemporary primary and community health agenda. It will support your progression towards becoming a district nursing leader for the future. When you successfully complete this degree, you will have the NMC recordable specialist practice qualification in Community Health District Nursing.
Assessment method
Assessment is based on students being assigned a sign-off mentor who assesses their clinical competence.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
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Entry requirements
Applicants must have a 1st level registration with the nursing and midwifery council (NMC); students must have acquired a credit rating of 120 credits at level 6 (diploma); if students have not achieved 120 level 6 credits, there is a process of accreditation of prior and experiential learning (APEL) students can undertake.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
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
Some courses incur costs as part of your learning - these are in addition to the course fees and students are often responsible for these costs. We would urge you to visit the relevant course pages on our website (https://www.southwales.ac.uk/courses/msc-community-health-studies-district-nursing/). These pages have information on fees and funding, and additional costs where relevant.
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