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Petition · past parliament

Keep university bursaries for student nurses

Closed 382 signatures

What the petition asks

The U.K. Government is planning to scrap maintenance grants and bursaries that many trainee nurses rely on to get through their valued education. In place of the grants and bursaries, the government plan to change them into student loans.


Newly qualified nurses that do an extremely valuable job, are starting their careers with huge training debts which accrue interest, will be paying for their whole careers.

This is a disgraceful treatment of the future generations of NHS staff and should be scrapped.

Timeline

6 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
6 Dec 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 382
Status Closed
Opened 6 Jun 2016
Closed 6 Dec 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.