Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 32716

Medicine: Students

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 27 February 2025

Question

Mr Bayo Alaba

IndependentSouthend East and Rochford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve funding for (a) post-graduates and (b) all other medical students while they are doing mandatory university placements at hospitals.

Answer

Karin Smyth
In the first and fourth years of an undergraduate medical course, and in the first year of a graduate-entry course, domestic students can access support from Student Finance England (SFE). This includes a partially means-tested loan for living costs. In a...

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