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Fund free tuition and full maintenance bursaries for all student nurses

Submitted by Carolyn Royall on Saturday 31st July 2021

Published on Tuesday 3rd August 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 3rd February 2022

Signatures: 155

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Covid ~ Expected ~ fund ~ Hospitalisations ~ hospitality ~ Nurses ~ Staff ~ training ~ Ward

Petition Action

Fund free tuition and full maintenance bursaries for all student nurses

Petition Details

Reinstate the full maintenance bursary for all nursing students to cover accommodation, subsistence and equipment. In addition the Government should fund all course-related fees.

Additional Information

Student nurses work over 700 hrs a year in unpaid placements, most in frontline hospitals. They should be 'supernumerary' and not counted as staff required for safe and effective care, however in practice they often do vital care work which would otherwise have been done by paid ward staff. The course fees are the same as any other degree despite student nurses providing a service during their training.

Student nurses should be encouraged to train post COVID and not be expected to work 000's of hrs unpaid, yet qualify with a debt of £27,250 in course fees for the privilege.


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