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NHS Bursary to continue in Wales
Welsh Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has confirmed the NHS bursary will be extended in Wales for students starting their studies in September 2019.
Available for student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, the bursary was scrapped in England last year. But Gething has confirmed that the full bursary package will continue to be available for those who commit in advance to work in Wales for up to two years post qualification. Only three per cent of the 2,180 students applying for the bursary in 2017/18 declined to work in Wales post-qualification.
Since 2014, the number of nurse training places commissioned in Wales has increased by 68 per cent.
Gething said: “Health care students are the future of our NHS, which is why, unlike in England, we are continuing to support them during their studies in return for a commitment to work in Wales. This sends a clear message about how much we value our health care workforce and sets out our commitment to the future of our NHS.”
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