Rejected petition To increase the financial help received by student Physician Associate.

Money out: Yearly PA fees: £10, 800 (x2), Nationals fees: £790, Travel for placement, Rent & bills, Food, Clothes, Other (phone bills, textbooks, laundry, electronics). Money in: HHE bursary: £5,000, Postgraduate loan £11,222, + any additional income.

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16,000 + 12,000 + 21,600 +790= £50,390 (assuming the Average cost of living is ~£8,000 PA and rent is £500 per month). Add this to ~1,640 unpaid placement hours it is fair to say £16,222 will not cover or help much of these gruelling two years and owes to those who have financial support. To find £34,168 alongside studying and working unpaid is near enough impossible unless financially supported in other ways. Please could a discussion be had, even if not to make our work more respected?

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It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand you're concerned about the financial support available to student Physician Associates, however it's not clear whether you want funding to be made available towards tuition fees, accommodation, living expenses, or something else.

You might like to sign this petition which calls for a related action:

'Extend annual £5,000 bursaries to medical students': https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/600838

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Date submitted 13 March 2022
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