MBA Health Care Management (HLST085) MBA Health Care Management with Professional Experience (HLST144) This course runs in September and January. 12 months full-time 18 months full-time with Professional Experience. Fees: £13,678 • £15,250 (with Professional Experience) The management of health and social care services in hospitals and other related facilities is changing rapidly with government, funding bodies and healthcare insurance companies demanding greater accountability and efficiencies. Increasing complexity of the user/patient journey creates unique challenges for managers and leaders of health and social care services to respond to. Commissioning and purchasing of health related services, logistics, continuous professional development, accounting, legal and professional regulation along with increasing public scrutiny of health care systems require expert high quality strategic leadership and management functions. This course prepares the next generation of healthcare managers, leaders and entrepreneurs to think creatively in refreshing the delivery and quality of existing health and social care services and responding to future demands.

Graduates from this programme enter challenging and rewarding positions which come with great personal and financial rewards. Earning an MBA in Healthcare Management is an excellent way to propel your management career to higher levels in the worlds of health and social care. The learning and development demanded by this qualification prepares its graduates well for the prospects of director level employment; be it related to a discrete service department or hospital unit, private or publically funded hospital or service or healthcare company. It enables students to develop the skill set for posts in local, regional, national or even international government policy making bodies (for example Professional Bodies, Ministries of Health, World Health Organization). Opportunities within health related industries e.g. the pharmaceutical industry will also be relevant for some graduates.