Rejected petition Change the nursing degree financial strategy

Currently nurses have to complete 2300 hours of unpaid work during their 3 years of training and pay student loans and finance to gain a nursing degree of up to £60k. Student nurses should not have to complete all these hours without getting paid whilst also taking out student loans.

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Police and fire officers do not have to get £60k in debt for their training but yet nurses do and also work 2300 hours for free but again nurses do. Doesn’t make sense! Nurses are penalised massively for wanting to be a nurse. Nursing needs to be revised and students should be paid!

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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Fund increased bursary for student nurses: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/647006

Ensure student nurses are paid whilst they are on clinical placement: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/648986

There is some support available for nursing students. You can find out about this here: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/study-and-training/considering-or-university/financial-support-university

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Date submitted 25 February 2024
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