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Health Professions: Training

Answer

The total cost of NHS bursaries paid to medical, nursing and midwifery and allied health professional (AHP) students in financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15, the latest year for which figures are available, is shown in the following table.

	2010-11 £000	2011-12 £000	2012-13 £000	2013-14 £000	2014-15 £000
Medical	19,826	19,530	20,573	21,001	20,909
Nursing and Midwifery	399,366	385,371	349,453	320,586	301,307
Allied Health Professions	50,296	50,275	52,759	55,697	58,129

Source: NHS Business Services Authority

Notes:

The figures include all bursary elements (Basic Award, allowances and one-off payments) paid directly to students or to 3^rd party providers of services for disabled students. Excludes tuition fees paid directly to Higher Education Institutions to meet the tuition fee liability of students studying medicine.

During the financial year of 2014-15 there were a total of 90 students studying an AHP course at the University of Central Lancashire who were in receipt of an NHS bursary. It is not possible to separately identify the number of bursary recipients at other AHP course providers in Lancashire, as these are campus based, with information captured as part of the figures for the main site, all of which fall outside of Lancashire. These figures are therefore excluded.

During the financial year 2014-15 there were a total of 773 students studying social work at the University of Central Lancashire and at Lancaster University who were in receipt of a social work bursary.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

36998

Session

2015-16

Grouped for answer

Yes

Subjects

Finance Health professions Training

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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