Rejected petition Make nursing an apprenticeship style course, where placement are paid.

Stop nursing courses going through university and have more option for work based routes.

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Nursing course are majorly based on placements, where student are wrongly being classed in staff numbers and treated as staff members, working full time shifts. They are getting a bursary solely for these shifts when doing near enough the same work as a qualified nurse and working the same, if not more hours.

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Fund pay for student nurses and midwives for placement hours
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/746707

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Date submitted 24 October 2025
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