Healthcare Science Week 2025 takes place from 10th – 16th March. It is an annual week of celebration and awareness-raising for the many careers in healthcare science. It is a trusts’ chance to tell its local community and other health professionals first-hand about how science and technology is vital in modern patient care and changes lives for the better.
Healthcare scientists play a big role in patient care and are involved in 80 per cent of all clinical decisions made in the NHS. There are currently over 50,000 healthcare scientists in the NHS and public health services.
Apprenticeships are a great way to attract and develop staff in healthcare science. A healthcare science apprentice could complete any of the following:
- healthcare assistant (Level 2)
- laboratory technician (Level 3)
- healthcare science associate (Level 4)
- healthcare science practitioner (Degree, Level 6).
There are a wide range of apprenticeship standards approved for delivery in healthcare science. Our Healthcare Science Apprenticeship Standards Factsheet shows what ones are available in this area.
These apprenticeships focus on various specialisms, from pharmaceutical and biotechnology to life science, physiological science, biomedical science, or physical science.
Find out more about Healthcare Science week 2025 here.
Find out more about Healthcare Science, routes into the career and how these roles fit in your organisation.
Use our pathways tool to have a look at career routes within Healthcare Science.
Have a look at our Healthcare Science job families page to find out more information, resources and case studies.