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Medicine: Training

Asked by Jayne KirkhamLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 November 2024UIN 14418

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the NHS Bursary living allowance to match the Student Finance England maintenance loan.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The NHS Bursary funding arrangements are reviewed annually ahead of the start of each academic year.

We have applied an uplift of 2% to all NHS Bursary maintenance grants and allowances for the academic year 2024/25. This is the first time the maintenance grant has been uplifted since 2015.

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