Emergency and Unscheduled Care

Welcome to the Emergency and Unscheduled Care Division of the School of Nursing and Caring Sciences. The division is led by a Principal Lecturer and contains Senior lecturers and lecturers from a variety of healthcare settings. We have all worked in the National Health Service in the past, either as Registered Nurses or Paramedics.

Emergency and Unscheduled Care transcends both the primary and secondary care settings and, as such, is quite unique in its approach to patient assessment and treatment / referral.

Courses that we currently offer are:

• BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practice (leading to registration with the HPC as a paramedic)
• BSc (Hons) Nurse Practitioner
• MSc Professional Practice (Nurse practitioner)
• Graduate Certificate, Emergency and Unscheduled Care
• Certificate, Professional Aspects of Pre-Hospital Care
• Advanced Certificate, Emergency Care of the Child

Courses under development:

• DipHE, Paramedic Practice (pre-registration) – Due to commence Sept 09, subject to contract and validation.
• DipHE, Pre-hospital Care (a post-registration diploma for qualified paramedics)
• BSc (Hons) Developing Paramedic Practice (a post registration top-up degree programme for paramedics already educated to Diploma level)

If you have any queries, please contact Robin Richardson, Principal Lecturer / Divisional Leader on 01772 895109 or rrichardson@uclan.ac.uk