A reading list for Health and Social Care learners

Secret diaries of a Junior Doctor during his medical training from 2004 to 2010. 

Themes: Healthcare services

Story of two cancer-afflicted teenagers who embark on the adventure of their lives. 
 
Themes: Illness

An elderly woman descending into dementia embarks on a desperate quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared. 

Themes: Illness/old age

Story of patients in a psychiatric hospital.
  
Themes: Care values

Story of a social worker who is unable to detach from a child the way she should. 

Themes: Social care

Story of a professor developing early onset Alzheimer's disease.
  
Themes: Illness/Disorders

Three female mathematicians deal with racial and gender discrimination at work.

Themes: Care values

Story of a young woman battling anorexia.
 
Themes: Diet and appearance

Identical triplets become separated at birth and adopted by three different families. Years later, their amazing reunion becomes a global sensation.

Themes: Relationships/family

The award-winning series that lifts the lid on the ups, downs, tears, tantrums and triumphs of the playground. 

Themes: Childhood development/life stages 

One of the UK's biggest retirement villages opens a nursery where the classmates' ages range from three to 102.
 
Themes: Life stages

The pressures and joys of bringing up disabled children.
 
Themes: Disability and childhood events

Fiona Phillips investigates the care of Alzheimer sufferers in the UK. 

Themes: Illness/old age 

Emergency cases entering A&E. 

Themes: Life events

Panorama explores our social care system, as our population gets older and more of us need help with day to day living.
  
Themes: Old age/care services

Stacey Dooley takes five teenagers to a care home for work experience.
  
Themes: Types of support/voluntary support/old age

Government updates regarding Covid-19 guidance.

Updates on developments and guidance regarding Covid-19 from around the world.