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Primary, Community and Social Care Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons)
Start Dates
21 September 2026
Duration
3 years full-time
UCAS Tariff
120-112 points
Overview
Why choose Huddersfield for this course?
- This is one of the first pre-registration nursing courses in the UK that focuses on primary, community and social care nursing.
- Gain confidence using our state-of-the-art skills labs and immersive simulation facilities on our National Health Innovation Campus.
- You’ll learn from experienced health professionals and service users whose real-world insights bring teaching to life.
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This sector-leading Primary, Community and Social Care Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) has been designed to prepare you for a rewarding career delivering care in community, primary care and social care settings. Aligned with the NHS 10 Year Plan and wider healthcare priorities, the course has a strong focus on prevention, long-term conditions, personalised care and reducing health inequalities, reflecting the changing future of healthcare, where more care is being delivered closer to people’s homes and within local communities.
If you’re compassionate, curious and motivated to make a difference beyond hospital settings, this course will help you build the skills, experience and confidence to support individuals, families and communities with diverse and long-term health needs, while working collaboratively across integrated health and care services.
On successful completion of the course, you’ll be eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Registered Nurse (Adult), opening the door to a wide range of career opportunities.
On this course, you’ll learn how to respond to the physical, cognitive, and mental health needs of adult patients and service users across their lifespan. You’ll consider how health inequalities and social justice impact on people’s lives. You’ll have the opportunity to gain key clinical skills and engage in simulation-based learning within a safe environment.
You’ll utilise human patient simulators to enhance your confidence, competence and understanding of patient care, and undertake clinical placements in various settings throughout the NHS, as well as in the voluntary and private sectors. Throughout your course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of nursing care and progress to understand complex needs and leadership and management. You'll develop a range of skills, including communication and decision-making, whilst maintaining professional values.
Why study Primary, Community and Social Care Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons)
- Adult nursing is a varied field of nursing which opens doors to a range of exciting career opportunities. Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), this course has strong partnerships with NHS Trusts and private, social care and voluntary organisations.
- You’ll be taught and supported by experienced lecturers, who combine their knowledge, experience, and skillset to deliver high-quality teaching in line with current practice.
- You’ll also be guided by experienced practice supervisors and assessors within practice, helping you to develop your nursing skills and build your confidence, to become a competent, caring, and compassionate nurse.
- The University’s Daphne Steele Building on the site of the National Health Innovation campus is now open, where Adult Nursing students can benefit from specialist clinical simulation facilities.
Our Public Partnership Group (PPG) and Health and Wellbeing Academy work together to support your development as a compassionate, person-centred professional. You’ll engage with service users and carers through lectures, discussions, and simulations. Their lived experiences will help to build your communication skills, empathy, and the critical thinking needed to deliver outstanding care across diverse communities. Our Health and Wellbeing Academy offers hands-on placement opportunities through initiatives like Get Set Goal and Restart a Heart. These experiences will help you build skills in communication, public health, leadership, and teamwork while making a real impact in the community.
Students on this course may be eligible to receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each year – find out more on the NHS Learning Support Fund Website.
Not quite ready to start Primary, Community and Social Care Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons)? Successful completion of our Health Foundation Pathway leading to a BSc(Hons) Degree will equip you with the foundation knowledge to study Adult Nursing.
Entry Requirements
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Placements
Nothing can really replicate working in the real-world, which is why practice placements are essential and a compulsory part of the course. The Nursing and Midwifery Council require you to complete the minimum of 2300 hours over the three years to obtain registration. Each year you'll complete two blocks of placement, which may include simulation.
You’ll have the opportunity to gain experience across healthcare environments, including NHS Trusts, primary care networks, community and social care services, nursing homes, and private and voluntary organisations. This course places a strong emphasis on primary, community and social care placements, while giving you experience in hospital settings. You’ll take part in neighbourhood-based learning through initiatives supported by our Health and Wellbeing Academy. Simulated practice learning will also help you build confidence for real healthcare environments.
You'll be supervised throughout your practical experiences by a qualified professional who will provide you with any required help and advice. To provide you with the broadest professional experience possible, practice experiences are generally offered across West Yorkshire and occasionally beyond, covering 24-hour care including evening, weekend and night shifts.
Please note that you will be required to travel to and during your placements. Your placement areas could be up to 90 minutes travel (on public transport) from the University. You could be placed anywhere within the wider Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield metropolitan districts of West Yorkshire and include both hospital and community-based placements. You need to think very carefully about how you’ll travel across this region for your placements with awareness that when in placement, you’ll often be required to start a shift at 7.00am and may not finish until 8.00pm. Your placements will also incorporate nightshifts and weekend working.
Your Career
After graduating from this course as a Registered Nurse, you’ll be prepared for careers across community nursing, primary care and social care settings. These may include GP practices, health centres, clinics, rehabilitation units, community hospitals, residential care homes and wider community-based services.
After further training, future career development opportunities involve working in specialist roles in acute and primary care such as advanced clinical practice, as well as specialist roles in respiratory, diabetes, end of life care, health visiting, school nursing, district nursing and many others. There is also the opportunity to develop in management, education and research roles.
Fees and Finance
This information is for Home students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.
Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy.
From January 2027 the UK government is launching a new student funding system for people starting university education. Read more about the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE).
For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/study/fees/
This information is for international students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.
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/international/fees-and-funding/
Placement Funding:
Throughout your studies placements may incur additional costs for accommodation, parking and travel. You may be able to claim costs back through the Learning Support Fund (LSF).
We strongly encourage you to read the information available on the NHS Learning Support Fund Website to understand your eligibility and how the LSF works: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-learning-support-fund-lsf
Uniform:
Students receive an initial set of uniforms required for placement. After these have been issued, any additional uniforms may incur a cost. In 2025/26, one extra set costs approximately £30
Students studying eligible courses may receive a non-replayable grant of at least £5,000 per year.
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Student response to a deteriorating patient.
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Student simulating ward skills.
Mannequins used to teach securing a cannula.
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Health and Wellbeing Academy
Our Health and Wellbeing Academy offers healthcare students hands-on placement opportunities through initiatives like Get Set Goal and Restart a Heart. These experiences help students build skills in communication, public health, leadership, and teamwork while making a real impact in the community.
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We will only make major changes to non-optional modules on a course if it is necessary for us to do so and provided such changes are reasonable. A major change is a change that substantially changes the outcomes, or a significant part of your course, such as the nature of the award or a substantial change to module content, teaching days (part time provision), type of delivery or assessment of the core curriculum. For example, it may be necessary to make a major change to reflect changes in the law or the requirements of the University’s regulators or a commissioning or accrediting body. We may also make changes to improve the course in response to student, examiners’ or other course evaluators’ feedback or to ensure you are being taught current best practice. Major changes may also be necessary because of circumstances outside our reasonable control, such as a key member of staff being unable to teach due to illness, where they have a particular specialism that can’t be adequately covered by other members of staff; or due to pandemics, other disasters (such as fire, flood or war) or changes made by the government.
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