Year 11 Health and Social Care Enrichment Activities
Documentaries:
Watch any documentaries, from reliable broadcasters (eg. BBC) that deals with any aspects of HSC – living with illness/’Paramedics’ series, etc.
Covid-19:
Be aware of how infection control measures, like hand washing and vaccines, are linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
Be aware of agencies involved in the control and implementation of policies relating to the pandemic, eg. Public Health England. What role do they play?
Independent research:
Specifically research 2 illnesses from the following list. Find out what causes the illness, name 2 treatments and write a paragraph about how you think it will impact on an individual who has the illness:
- cystic fibrosis
- asthma
- Type 1 diabetes
- stroke
- total hearing loss
