Working in the vocational area of medicine and health care does not mean you have to be a doctor or a nurse. The NHS in the UK employs and trains a huge number of people in order to provide high quality care for all people. Make sure you explore all the areas on this page. Follow this useful link to illustrate the huge range of employment areas in our NHS: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/

Becoming a DOCTOR

The first step for anyone wanting to pursue a career as a doctor is to study medicine at undergraduate level or via a graduate medical course. Normally this will take four to six years of study. 

Becoming a NURSE

With a nursing degree you could train as a midwife, neonatal nurse, health visitor, or district or practice nurse. You could also move into management, as a matron or director of nursing. With a postgraduate qualification, you could become an advanced nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist, then a nurse consultant

Becoming a DENTIST

Dentists work with patients and the general public to prevent and treat dental and oral disease, correcting dental irregularities (particularly in children) and treating dental and facial injuries.

What about the other Healthcare services- watch this video that gives you an insight....