Learning Support Fund guidance
Information for academic authorities and students on pre-registration healthcare programmes that provide NHS financial support.
The Learning Support Fund gives information about allowances for eligible students on pre-registration healthcare programmes on or after 1 August of each academic year.
The fund is available to eligible students on pre-registration courses in:
- nursing
- midwifery
- most allied health professions
- dental hygiene or dental therapy
From the 2025 to 2026 academic year, the following new and continuing students will be able to access the Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses (TDAE) provision of the scheme:
- undergraduate pharmacy
- pre-registration healthcare science
NHS financial support for health students: NHS Learning Support Fund guidance
Below is a list of all editions published for academic years between 2019 to 2020 and 2025 to 2026.
The first 2 editions of this guidance, 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019, were published by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. You can view them under the ‘Guidance’ heading on the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) page of the NHSBSA website.