Save the NHS Bursary - Unison West Midlands

Save the NHS Bursary - Unison West Midlands Campaigning to oppose the damaging removal of the NHS Bursary which will leave nurses and other healthcare students in over 50k of debt.

George Osborne used his 2015 autumn statement to set out plans to cut the NHS bursary. This will impact anyone who hopes to train to become a nurse, midwife, or allied health professional from August 2017. Healthcare courses are unlike other courses....

Nurses spend 50% of their training time working for the NHS on UNPAID clinical placements. Students nurses don’t get a summer or Easter break, so

have limited opportunity for paid employment to supplement their finances. The starting salary for a qualified nurse is £22,799

UNISON research shows that even with the student bursary, over 50% of student nurses consider leaving their course before graduation. The biggest single reason is financial difficulty. A recent survey in the Nursing Times revealed that 60% of their readers would not have pursued a career in nursing without the bursary, UNISON's survey reveals 85% of students and qualified healthcare professionals would not pursue a career in healthcare without the bursary.

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