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Extend the NHS Learning Support Fund to fully include pharmacy students

Submitted by Zeenat Nosheen Akmal on Saturday 18th October 2025

Published on Tuesday 2nd December 2025

Current status: Open

Open until: Tuesday 2nd June 2026

Current Signatures: 6,365
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Access ~ Ensure ~ Extend ~ Face ~ Fairness ~ Fairs ~ fund ~ learning ~ Living costs ~ Mandatory ~ NHS ~ Pharmacists ~ support fund ~ The NHS ~ Wellbeing ~ work

Petition Action

Extend the NHS Learning Support Fund to fully include pharmacy students

Petition Details

Pharmacy students complete mandatory NHS placements and can face high travel and living costs but are excluded from many aspects of the NHS Learning Support Fund. We ask the Government to extend the NHS Learning Fund to fully include MPharm students to ensure fairness & encourage entry into the NHS.

Additional Information

While pharmacy students now have access to the NHS travel reimbursement fund, we believe this does not address the wider financial struggles they face. The MPharm degree is highly intensive and can leave little time for paid work. Extending the NHS Learning Support Fund could help reduce hardship, support wellbeing, and ensure students can focus on becoming the next generation of NHS pharmacists.


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