Blended learning degree: want to specialise in community nursing?

NHS England’s ‘first destination’ blended learning degrees are an option if you know you want to go into community nursing after you qualify

A new blended learning degree has been launched by NHS England to give adult nursing students the chance to specialise in community, primary and social care settings.

The ‘first destination’ degree is the latest innovation in nurse education. Here we look at what it involves and how it fits in with the changing landscape of options for students.

How will the blended learning degree work?

The new initiative is part of the blended degree model, which was launched in late 2020.

Blended degrees are a mix of in-person and