Diploma120 credits
Level 5 diplomas in Health and Social Care
Four programmes: an OTHM Diploma and Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care Management and a Qualifi Diploma and Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care. All are academic management qualifications assessed by assignment. They do not confer a licence to practise and do not replace a competence-based care qualification; they build on one. The Qualifi Extended Diploma is unusual on this site in listing eleven units and a reference-based entry process, so read its page closely if you are comparing it with the OTHM twelve-unit structure.
Diplomas and Extended Diplomas in this sector
Extended Diploma240 credits
2 Extended Diplomas
The Health and Social Care programmes as data
Same columns as the full table, restricted to this sector. Tick rows to compare.
| Compare | Ofqual no. | Open | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care5 units · Level 3 qualification or equivalent · facts only | Qualifi | Diploma | 120 | Health and Social Care | 601/5442/1 | ||
| Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management6 units · Level 4 qualification or equivalent | OTHM | Diploma | 120 | Health and Social Care | 610/1537/4 | ||
| Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care11 units · Level 3 or Level 4 qualification | Qualifi | Extended Diploma | 240 | Health and Social Care | 610/3288/8 | ||
| Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care Management12 units · Level 3 qualification or equivalent · facts only | OTHM | Extended Diploma | 240 | Health and Social Care | 610/0333/5 |
Data note. "Facts only" marks pages where our commentary is not yet written; those pages carry the awarding body's data but are not offered to search engines until the notes are written. Ofqual numbers are as listed on the Ofqual register.
Choosing within Health and Social Care
Start from what you hold
A Level 4 qualification in a related subject points to a Diploma; a Level 3 qualification points to an Extended Diploma. This decides more than anything else on the page.
Then read the unit lists
Where both awarding bodies offer a programme in this sector, the unit titles show how each frames the subject. Open two programme pages in separate tabs, or use the compare tool.
Then check the hours
Total qualification time is published for most OTHM programmes and not for most Qualifi ones on their web listings. Where the figure is missing, the specification PDF linked from the programme page has it.
Not sure which credit value you need?
Tell us your highest qualification and we will say which of the 120-credit Diploma and the 240-credit Extended Diploma LSPM's entry criteria open to you, and how to start the application.