Fix funding for medical students

The issue

Currently medical students in England are receiving less funding in their final years then previous years, due to an anomaly in their student loan being reduced when they are also in receipt of the NHS bursary.

In a BMA survey of over 3,500 medical students, 90% of respondents said that current student finance and the NHS Bursary did not cover living costs, and almost 43% have considered leaving or pausing their course due to financial pressures.

At a time when the Government is committed to getting the NHS back on its feet and increasing the number of doctors to meet patient demand, it is vital no medical student is forced into hardship, or to leave their study due to financial pressures.

What you can do

We are calling on the Government to give medical students in England access to their full maintenance entitlement while they claim the NHS Bursary.

Use this tool to write to your MP and urge them to back changes to student loan provision.

Use our student finance calculator to highlight how much funding you will lose in your NHS Bursary years. Share the amount in the textbox below with a personal message which will be included in your letter to your MP:

Fill in the form with your name, address and email address. Then click ‘next’ to view and edit the email to your MP:

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