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DoH launches consultation on healthcare student funding
The Department of Health (DoH) has launched a consultation on how changes to student funding for nurse, midwife and allied health profession degree places can be implemented.
Currently, two-thirds of people who apply to become a nurse aren’t accepted for training. The new proposals aims to create up to 10,000 more training places by 2020, allowing universities to accept more qualified applicants.
The plans are also intended to offer healthcare students around 25 per cent more financial support while they study. The changes are part of the government’s wider plan to adapt the NHS to the changing needs of the population, and reduce the reliance on agency and overseas staff.
Organisations who are interested in the proposal are being asked to contribute to the consultation to help the government examine how the changes can be best implemented.
Health Minister Ben Gummer said: “Since the wider reforms to higher education, our universities are offering more places and those from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to access an undergraduate degree.
“Our proposed reforms will extend these benefits to nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, who have so far been excluded from these benefits. It is vital that the changes are implemented in the right way, which is why I would encourage as many people as possible to contribute to the consultation.”
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