BSc (Hons) Primary Healthcare
(Top-up)

• Ordinarily, students will be working in the field of primary care.
• Contemporary professional speakers who are working in the field of primary care.
• There is funding available from Welsh Government for Nurses employed in the community in Wales.

CORE MODULES

• Fundamentals of primary healthcare – This module is a generic module for General practice nurses and allied health care professionals who are new to primary care or nurses and allied health professionals who require updates in practice that relate to policy, chronic conditions, legal and ethical issues and current evidence in primary healthcare. 
• Competencies in primary healthcare – This module will prepare participants to manage complex care situations and make sound judgments within the boundaries of their own practice in order to contribute to the person-centred assessment and treatment of a patient with a range of medical conditions.

OPTIONAL MODULES

• Critically Exploring Professional Practice- The module aims to enable critical examination of the ‘self’ and professional practice, through the development of professional biography.
• Management of Diabetes- This module aims to develop competency and critical application of strategies that address the complexity of caring for the person with diabetes through the use of current theory, evidence-based practice and technological advances.
• Minor Illness Assessment and Management -  This module enables practitioners to function effectively and efficiently within the constraints of contemporary healthcare provision in the management of minor illness, to enhance practitioners’ expertise in the assessment and management of minor illness.
• Assessing complex needs - The Assessing Complex Needs module will prepare students to deal with complex care situations systematically and creatively and make sound judgements within the boundaries of their own discipline.
• Non-medical prescribing V300- subject to interview. To enable nurses, midwives, specialist community public health nurses and pharmacists to develop the competence to prescribe safely, appropriately and cost-effectively as independent/ Supplementary prescribers.

• Applicants must be employed in primary healthcare.
• All applicants must meet the required entry criteria of a diploma or 120 credits at level 4 and level 5.
• Hold current registration as a nurse with the UK NMC.

Part-time applicants should apply direct.

Assessment strategies include:

• Essays
• Portfolios
• Practical competencies.
• Exam for Non-Medical Prescribing
• Poster presentation

The BSc in Primary Healthcare offers a new professional approach to managing the complex needs of patients in the primary healthcare setting. This programme will appeal strongly to potential and current employers who are seeking to enhance the skill set of their employees, improve care standards; or indeed diversify elements of provision to meet the constantly changing demands of health policy and practice, locally, nationally and globally within primary healthcare.

In addition, these programmes will provide a comprehensive and flexible opportunity for students seeking to follow or develop their careers within the primary healthcare setting. The nurses who exit these programmes will be clinically relevant members of the workforce who are up to date with their clinical, political and educational requirements and will be prepared to meet the needs of the current and future primary care agenda.

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Wrexham Glyndŵr University’s tuition fees for 2020/21 for a full-time undergraduate degree course are £9000 per year.

Funding is available for community nurses from Welsh Government for the full part-time course. Funding is also available to access modules on a stand-alone basis for community nurses.

The fees you pay and the support available will depend on a number of different factors. Full information can be found on our fees & finance pages. You will also find information about what your fees include in the FAQs section of those pages. 

You can see the full programme specification here.