Petition · past parliament
Scrap Student Nurse Debt following the Corona Virus Pandemic.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Students from 2017, 2018, 2019 and the 2020 Cohorts will all qualify with debt of around £30k-£70k as they embark on a life long career in the NHS and private health care. After their bravery and determination in helping the public during the pandemic we ask the government to remove their debt.
During the Covid-19 pandemic student nurses took to the emergency register to help and assist on the frontline. 3rd years had to leave the programme 6 months early and through anxiety and trepidation they answered the call. Second year students took up the role of not being super numerary and worked as support staff.Those in the first year were unable to gain any placement experience but still had to pay their student fees to continue with therory work.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:
Reimburse nurses for student loans and fund all fees for future student nurses: Reimburse nurses for student loans and fund all fees for future student nurses
Write off all student loans for all NHS staff fighting COVID19: Write off all student loans for all NHS staff fighting COVID19
Forgive student debt of all key workers after Pandemic crisis: Forgive student debt of all key workers after Pandemic crisis.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
Reimburse nurses for student loans and fund all fees for future student nurses: Reimburse nurses for student loans and fund all fees for future student nurses
Write off all student loans for all NHS staff fighting COVID19: Write off all student loans for all NHS staff fighting COVID19
Forgive student debt of all key workers after Pandemic crisis: Forgive student debt of all key workers after Pandemic crisis.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
Timeline
| 5 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 Apr 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
28 Apr 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.