The voice of the UK’s strategic academic leaders in healthcare education and research
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The Council of Deans of Health represents the UK’s strategic academic leaders in healthcare education and research. Our membership comprises over 100 university and further education faculties across the UK working together to strategically improve healthcare education, research and public health.
Our members educate
97%
Of all UK Nursing Students
100%
Of all UK Midwifery Students
95.5%
Of all UK Allied Health (AHP) Students
97.7%
Of all UK Postgraduate Health Students
Our members educate nearly all of the UK educated nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, delivering the future healthcare workforce of the NHS, charitable and private sectors.
Student leadership programme
The Student Leadership Programme is a unique opportunity for healthcare students. The year-long programme provides a cohort of 50 students with the essential knowledge to develop the skills needed to be leaders within the future healthcare workforce.
The funding clinic
Our website The Funding Clinic provides information on funding for students studying healthcare degrees in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Featured Job
Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing & Clinical Skills
Transforming lives through the power of education London Metropolitan University is a striving and ambitious institution committed to transforming the lives of its students through the power of education. We are committed to creating and advancing social justice, social mobility and access to opportunity and professions…
Recent news
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Pre-conference dinner highlights role of AI in supporting student transition to practice
On Monday 18 May 2026, the Council hosted an invitation-only pre-Spring Conference dinner at Woburn House, London, kindly sponsored by Elsevier. The evening brought together a small group of leading healthcare academics from our member universities…
Latest blogs
The Future of Health Research: Challenges and Opportunities for Deans
This blog highlights the key challenges facing health and nursing research, including workforce pressures, limited funding, and the…
AI and healthcare research: sharing sector learning
In this blog, Robyn Cooke, Policy and Research Manager at the Council of Deans of Health, explores how…
Innovation in Dietetics: Shaping the Future of Nutrition Care
Dr Louise Mole is co-academic lead of Dietetics at the University of Plymouth and a Council of Deans…
The Operating Department Practitioner
This blog is written by Kris Birney, Course Director BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice at Canterbury Christ Church…
Why cross‑city HEI collaboration is transforming undergraduate interprofessional simulation training
Written by Jemma Walker MSc, BSc, PGCer, Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England, this…
Advancing Music Therapy in Wales: Research, Practice, and Community Impact at the University of South Wales
Written by Dr Elizabeth Coombes, Course Leader MA Music Therapy at the University of South Wales, this blog…
Speech and Language Therapy in North Wales: Powered by Partnerships
In this blog, Lauren Salisbury reflects on Wrexham University’s BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy degree, launched in…
How Social Context Shapes SLT Practice: Inside City St George’s New “SLT and Society” Module
In this blog, Meriem Amer-El-Khedoud and Dr Helen Spicer-Cain introduce “SLT and Society”, a new module within City…
Modernising the Curricula to Realise the NHS 10 Year Plan
In this blog, Dr John Downey, Lecturer at the University of Plymouth, discusses an NHS England supported project…
Upcoming events
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The latest on REF 2029
Following on from our recent webinar with Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone, REF Panel Chair for Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy, we are delighted…
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Autumn Conference 2026
Venue: Queens Hotel, Leeds. Join us this October at The Queens Hotel in Leeds for the Council of Deans of Health Autumn Conference 2026.…