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Nursing Placement Strategy launch event: Social Care as a Nursing Placement of Choice
17 July 2025 | 9:30 – 15:30 | Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe
Skills for Care in partnership with the Council of Deans Health and Buckinghamshire New University are launching the first ever placement strategy for social care nursing.
Join us for this launch event to learn more about the strategy and how social care can become a placement of choice for all student nurses and nursing associates. You’ll hear from a variety of key speakers, panel discussions on how social care in the nursing curriculum and in practice learning, can support employability for future nursing graduates plus opportunities to participate in Q&A sessions.
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