New Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care for teaching from September 2023

For centres wanting to offer the Extended Diploma qualification to learners starting their course in September 2022, options outlined here may be suitable to deliver 540 guided learning hours in year 1 (2022/23).

Content has been removed from Unit 2 as part of the ongoing development of the new Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts. Further information can be found here.

We are pleased to be developing a new Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts which will be available to centres and learners in Wales from September 2023. This includes learners who have previously completed the Certificate or Diploma in Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts or are due to complete in summer 2023.

Aimed at post-16 learners in full-time education, the new qualification will be developed in collaboration with further education practitioners and will:

• build on the existing Level 3 Certificate and Diploma in Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts
• provide a two-year programme of study equivalent in size to three GCE A Levels
• support learners to enter higher education by being recognised and accepted by universities across the UK
• offer innovative, practical, and up-to-date assessment approaches.

Qualification Structure – assessment from 2024 onwards