The qualification has three mandatory units covering the following topics: • Human Lifespan and Development – PIES and factors affecting growth and development, interventions and the different professionals providing care and treatment • Human Biology and Health – Human body structure and systems, normal physiological functioning and the impact of common disorders • Health and Social Care Practice – Core principles, values and legislation that underpin and influence health and social care, and the effect of social determinants on an individual health status Students have a choice from four optional units covering the following topics: • Health, Social Policy and Wellbeing – Public health policy and its influences, including health-related organisations/groups and a range of strategic factors • Promoting Health Education – Health education, its purpose and use of different approaches and models to achieve positive health outcomes • Safe Environments in Health and Social Care – Appropriate provisions in services relevant to different needs; governance relating to safe environments • Health Science – Types of infections and their potential impact on a local, national and international scale