Petition · past parliament
Ensure Nursing students are paid for compulsory clinical placements.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
To ensure that all Nursing students are financially supported throughout clinical placements.
Student nurses currently have to undertake 2,300 unpaid compulsory placement hours across the 3 year course.
The Nursing Bursary we receive of £5,000 per year, although we do not need to pay this back it is not enough to cover essential costs, such as rent, travel costs to and from placement and food costs.
With student nurses working 37.5 hours a week unpaid, this leaves no spare time for an additional part time job whilst on placement.
The Nursing Bursary we receive of £5,000 per year, although we do not need to pay this back it is not enough to cover essential costs, such as rent, travel costs to and from placement and food costs.
With student nurses working 37.5 hours a week unpaid, this leaves no spare time for an additional part time job whilst on placement.
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 the following petition, which calls for the same action:
Ensure student nurses are paid whilst they are on clinical placement:
Ensure student nurses are paid whilst they are on clinical placement
Ensure student nurses are paid whilst they are on clinical placement:
Ensure student nurses are paid whilst they are on clinical placement
Timeline
| 19 Oct 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 Oct 2023 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
26 Oct 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.