Policy paper

NHS bursary reform

Changes to healthcare education funding for student nursing, midwifery and related health students.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 9 December 2015
• Last updated: 27 January 2017
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  1. 27 January 2017

     Updated with information on arrangements for studying in a different country.

  2. 15 December 2016

     Updated with information about the new arrangements for the coming academic year.

  3. 7 April 2016

     More details about the funding reforms and links to the consultation have been added.

  4. 9 December 2015

     First published.

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Documents

NHS bursary reform

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Studying in a different country

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Details

From 1 August 2017, new nursing, midwifery and related health students will no longer receive NHS bursaries.

Instead, they will have access to the same student loans system as other students.

These documents explain the reforms.