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Health & social care
Older people talk with a social worker
Health and Social Care
Although too-often unsung, working in health and social care can be rewarding in other ways. Not least, knowing that your career choice makes a positive difference to others.

Is social work for you?

The word 'risk'

Pit your judgement against social workers by trying to do the right thing faced with hard choices.

Delivering a career

A midwife and a baby
Often pigeonholed as the "people that deliver babies", but they have a much more important role: what is a midwife?

The price of old age

 

Dependent but distant

Are general hospitals like Cheltenham under pressure from NHS changes?

Though they need each other, there's still distance in the relationship between NHS trusts and hospitals.

Choosing sides

Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland considers the competing claims of health practices, east versus west.
 

Taking it further

Crying baby

Could this be the start of something amazing? Plan your next steps for taking it further.

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