Overview

You can get an annual payment from the NHS to help with your study and living costs (known as a ‘bursary’) if you’re studying to be a doctor or dentist.

You do not have to pay your NHS bursary back.

If you’re not eligible for a bursary you may still be eligible for student finance. For example, if you’re studying a pre-registration postgraduate healthcare course.

If your course started before 1 August 2018

You may also be able to get a bursary if you’re studying to be a:

  • dental hygienist
  • dental therapist

If your course started before 1 August 2017, you may also be eligible if you’re studying to be a:

  • chiropodist (including podiatrist), dietician, occupational therapist, orthoptist, physiotherapist, prosthetist, orthotist, radiographer, radiotherapist, audiologist or a speech and language therapist
  • nurse, midwife or operating department practitioner (degree or diploma course)