Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 41328

Nurses: Training

Tabled: 25 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Noah Law

LabourSt Austell and Newquay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on reforming student loan repayment rules to exempt nurses from repaying those loans while they are employed within the NHS.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government currently has no plans to exempt nurses from repaying student loans. The Government keeps the funding arrangements for all healthcare students under close review in order to balance the use of finite financial resources with the level of su...

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