Health Care Policy and Management

Entry requirements

The normal entrance requirement is a good Honours degree (upper second-class or above), or an equivalent professional qualification and professional experience. However, appropriate career experience may be taken into account.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The Health Care Policy and Management course at HSMC bridges the traditional divide between academic study and the worlds of policy and practice.

The MSc Health Care Policy and Management provides both theoretical frameworks and practical tools that can be applied to health systems in the UK and overseas, designed for senior managers, clinicians and policy makers working in or with health care organisations, or with an interest in developing their careers in this direction.

There are two programme pathways:

• MSc Health Care Policy and Management
• MSc in Health Care Policy and Management specialising in managing quality and service improvement

Unless indicated otherwise the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2023.

Core modules

• Health Service Management
• Health and Health Care Policy
• People, Patients and Communities
• Dissertation

Optional modules

• Strategic Planning
• Quality and Safety
• Improvement and Innovation
• Leadership and Change

Core modules

• Health Service Management
• Participation, Involvement and Engagement
• Quality and Safety
• Innovation and Improvement
• Dissertation

Optional modules

• Health and Health Care Policy
• Leadership and Change
• Strategic Planning

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.

Fees and funding