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9 Feb 2026
HSC Weekly Quiz | 09 February 2026
Welcome to this week's Health and Social Care news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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2 Feb 2026
HSC Weekly Quiz | 02 February 2026
Welcome to thsi week's Health and Social Care news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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2 Feb 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - Nipah Virus (02 Feb 2026)
Global Health Security and the Nipah Virus (Niv) The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) identifies Nipah virus as a severe zoonotic pathogen—meaning it originates in animals (fruit bats) and "spills...
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28 Jan 2026
HSC Weekly Quiz | 26 January 2026
Welcome to our very first Health and Social Care weekly news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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26 Jan 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - Jess's Rule (26 Jan 2026)
Jess's Rule to be promoted in all GP surgeries in England A new initiative has arrived at GP practices because of the death of Jess Brady who had stage four cancer which was missed by GPs. Jess...
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10 Dec 2025
Festive Quiz Packs!
The 2025 tutor2u Festive Quiz Packs are here! The HSC team has been hard at work on a huge range of quizzes for all the qualifications we support. Click the links for Quiz Packs for: BTEC National...
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3 Dec 2025
Transforming Health & Social Care Education: Why Accessible Simulations Are Essential for Tomorrow’s Professionals
The greatest challenge in vocational education is bridging the gap between classroom theory and real-world professional practice. Simply lecturing on care values or ethical dilemmas is not enough;...
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23 Oct 2025
The Pandemic's Impact on Children and Young People's Healthcare
Content Warning: This article contains accounts of children and young people experiencing distress due to delayed access to vital mental and physical healthcare during the pandemic. It includes...
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22 Oct 2025
New Electronic Eye Implant
For individuals facing permanent vision loss, the dream of regaining the ability to read letters and words can seem impossible, especially when the condition is untreatable. However, a new...
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21 Oct 2025
Film Review: I Swear
The biopic I Swear, focusing on the life of activist John Davidson, is an important film about the lived experience of Tourette Syndrome (TS). Crucially, the film avoids being overly cheesy or...
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18 Oct 2025
Updates from the HSC Team
The last couple of weeks have been very busy for the HSC team! We have added a huge number of free resources to the AAQ BTEC National Unit 2 Human Biology & Health Collection. We now have topic...
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17 Oct 2025
The Imperative of Assignment Literacy in Vocational Education
There's a frequent, yet incorrect, assumption that qualifications combining exams and coursework, like the AAQ BTEC National in Health & Social Care, have a lower overall assessment burden upon...
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13 Oct 2025
Motor Neurone Disease
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) featured heavily in the news last week, as we learned that former England rugby union captain Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with MND. For example, this BBC Sport...
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10 Oct 2025
World Mental Health Day 2025: Supporting mental health in times of crisis
Today marks World Mental Health Day, and this year's theme from the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) is particularly relevant for those of us in health and social care: "Access to Services...
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9 Oct 2025
Nobel Prize 2025 for Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize is one of the world’s most prestigious awards, given each year to people who have made outstanding contributions to science, literature, peace, and other fields. The Nobel Prize in...
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7 Oct 2025
Healthcare: learning from case reviews (NSPCC)
Healthcare: Learning from case reviews is essential reading for teachers of Health & Social Care. It documents learning points from serious safeguarding case reviews involving children,...
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6 Oct 2025
Get Exam-Ready with the BTEC Tech Award Health & Social Care Component 3 Grade Booster
Are you preparing for your students for the BTEC Tech Award Health & Social Care Component 3 exam in January? tutor2u’s Grade Booster Workshop in Birmingham is your ultimate revision day....
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3 Oct 2025
New resources this week you may have missed!
This week we added the following free to download resources: AAQ BTEC National Unit 1 Human Lifespan and Development Attachment Theory Resources This download includes a factsheet on attachment...
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3 Oct 2025
Maximise Student Exam Success with the Unit 2 Grade Booster Workshop
The 2026 BTEC National Health & Social Care Unit 2: Working in Health & Social Care January exam is fast approaching. Are your students ready? tutor2u’s Unit 2 Grade Booster Workshop is...
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2 Oct 2025
Teaching Sensitive Topics in Health & Social Care: Lessons from CPD
One of the themes that emerged strongly in my recent CPD with Health & Social Care teachers was how challenging it can feel to teach sensitive topics. These are the moments where teaching goes...
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