“Shift work, for example, is something that you don't realise how taxing and hard that is until you get into the workforce,” Richards said.
While the subject was still in the early developmental stage, Richards thought including communication skills was extremely important.
“I get the impression that it is harder these days for students to really learn communication skills because they do so much communicating by devices.”
She believed having communication skills was “a big part of the job”, that a lot of students had difficulty with coming into the health field.
As a medical professional, she hoped students would “learn about things like professional standards, privacy and confidentiality, health and disability, consumer rights, [and] some of those legal aspects".
While Lindsay thought the subject would appeal to a wide range of students, she also believed many would always consider, and be encouraged by parents, to take Maths, English, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics and therefore wouldn't take the subject.
“I think the ones who are sitting in that traditional space probably not going to shift.”
Health Services and Care was still being developed, and Cording hoped the Government worked in tandem with schools, medical practices, and students.
