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Written question asked by Kim Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 4 December 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 December 2023. It was answered by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 December 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


NHS Learning Support Fund: Pharmacy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason students studying Masters of Pharmacy courses do not qualify for support from the NHS Learning Support Fund.

Original answer

The Learning Support Fund (LSF) is available only to those courses which were eligible for the NHS Bursary prior to the 2017 reforms, and therefore, subjects such as pharmacy are outside of the scope of the LSF arrangements.

The answer was corrected by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative)

on Thursday, 21 December 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Corrected answer

The Learning Support Fund (LSF) is available broadlyonly to those courses which were eligible for the NHS Bursary prior to the 2017 reforms, and therefore, subjects such as pharmacy are outside of the scope of the LSF arrangements.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5132
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Pharmacy NHS Learning Support Fund
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk