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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 140927, tabled on 20 January 2021

Question

Emma Hardy
Labour
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing support for costs of living to student nurses who have their qualification period extended due to covid-19 to ensure that they do not incur financial detriment.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Helen Whately
Conservative
Faversham and Mid Kent
Commons

Answered on

28 January 2021

The Department and Health Education England have developed arrangements to ensure that student nurses requiring unavoidable extensions to their courses due to COVID-19 receive the appropriate financial support in order to graduate. This support has been administered by the NHS Business Services Authority and any student who requires an extension should contact their university.

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Department of Health and Social Care
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