The NHS bursary: what am I entitled to?

Clinicians in the 21st century—caring for the people and the planet

“…Medicine is one of the longest university degrees, and money is a perennial concern for many medical students, especially when we face a looming cost of living crisis. Penelope Sucharitkul and colleagues give the lowdown on applying for the NHS Bursary in England,12 but, as the #LiveableNHSBursary campaign makes clear, many students think that the current bursary is not fit for purpose 13. In addition to tuition fees and maintenance costs, Katharine Lynch-Kelly points out the unfairness of extra costs that students might incur to prepare for medical exams 14.…”