Candidates must be registered on either parts one or two of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register. Candidates can enter the programme either with a diploma (120 credits at level 2) or with a degree. Adult, children, mental health or learning disability nurses as well as practitioners who qualified as midwives via the three year direct entry route can undertake the programme and become health visitors. Applicants whose first language is not English or Welsh are required to provide proof of their proficiency in the English or Welsh language. They must satisfy the English and Welsh Language requirements for entry to the university by attainment of a minimum score of 7.0 on the IELTS no more than 3 years before the proposed date of entry. A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be undertaken on prospective students and this must be deemed satisfactory before admission to the programme. For further information, please visit the course page on our website: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/specialist-community-public-health-nursing-pgdip https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/specialist-community-public-health-nursing-pgdip-part-time