Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 26 January 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the amount of financial support (a) nursing, (b) midwifery and (c) allied health profession students need to complete their university degrees.
The Government keeps the funding arrangements for all pre-registration undergraduate and postgraduate NHS health professionals’ education under review, to ensure that students are appropriately supported.
Full-time nursing, midwifery and allied health profession students qualify for up-front fee loans to meet the full costs of their tuition, partially means-tested loans as a contribution towards their living costs and, where applicable, additional grants for students with disabilities and those with adult or child dependants. Additional means-tested living costs support is available for full-time students whose courses require more than 30 weeks and three days attendance in an academic year.
In addition to student loans, since September 2020, all eligible pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health students have been able to access a non-repayable training grant of at least £5,000 per academic year through the NHS Learning Support Fund.
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