Health Services Management

Entry requirements

An honours degree in a complementary area, usually 2:2 or above, and/or suitable work experience, is required.

Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of proficiency to IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in each band or equivalent.

Months of entry

May, October

Course content

Course overview

The market for health services is global and growing. Demographic changes and advances in health service knowledge are driving a need for health service managers who can organise large and complex operations and coordinate professions.

Demand for health services continues to be strong internationally – across public, private and not-for-profit sectors. This course is designed to support students who wish to move into managerial positions within the health services industry; complementing previous professional/academic qualifications or building upon workplace experience. It combines insights to both public and private healthcare services with contemporary management theory.

Why Study Health Services Management with us?

This course is designed to support students who wish to move into managerial positions within the health services industry; complementing previous professional/academic qualifications or building upon workplace experience. It combines insights to both public and private healthcare services with contemporary management theory.

The ethos of the course is to practically apply knowledge to help support you in developing your career prospects. To assist with this, a number of teaching sessions are also delivered by management and health service practitioners to ensure coverage of relative applied context.

How will I be taught?

This course is taught by the University of Chester’s Chester Business School @ Warrington and the Faculty of Health and Social Care. We use a range of teaching methods, including lectures, seminars, practical workshops and tutorials. You will have access to contemporary practical IT suites located on Warrington Campus, including 24/7 access to the onsite library.

For a full-time student, there are ten to 12 contact hours per week via lectures, seminars, tutorials and tutor surgery sessions, and you will be expected to undertake at least a similar number of hours for private study per week. Contact hours for part-time students will be on a pro-rata basis.

How will I be assessed?

The course is assessed through a mixture of project work, written assignments, presentations and a research report.

Fees and funding