Change the nursing degree financial strategy

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently nurses have to complete 2300 hours of unpaid work during their 3 years of training and pay student loans and finance to gain a nursing degree of up to £60k. Student nurses should not have to complete all these hours without getting paid whilst also taking out student loans.

Police and fire officers do not have to get £60k in debt for their training but yet nurses do and also work 2300 hours for free but again nurses do. Doesn’t make sense! Nurses are penalised massively for wanting to be a nurse. Nursing needs to be revised and students should be paid!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Fund increased bursary for student nurses: Fund increased bursary for student nurses

Ensure student nurses are paid whilst they are on clinical placement: Ensure student nurses are paid whilst they are on clinical placement

There is some support available for nursing students. You can find out about this here: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/study-and-training/considering-or-university/financial-support-university

Timeline

25 Feb 2024	Petition opened for signatures
5 Mar 2024	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Mar 2024

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