To be considered for Disabled Students’ support through the provisions of the NHS Bursary Scheme, you must show that you qualify for a NHS funded bursary as:
- an Allied Health Professional;
- a Nurse or a Midwife; or
- a Doctor or Dentist.
If you are studying as either an Allied Health Professional or a Nurse or Midwife at a university outside England, you should apply to your relevant
awarding authority.
Allied Health Professions – to be eligible you must be on, or have been accepted
onto, a NHS funded course at an English university leading to professional registration as one of the following healthcare professions:
- Audiologist
- Chiropodist
- Dental hygienist
- Dental therapist
- Dietician
- Occupational therapist
- rating department practitioner
- Orttist
- Physiotherapist
- Prosthetist and orthotist
- Radiographer
- Speech and Language Therapist
Nurses and Midwives - to be eligible you must be on, or have been accepted onto, a NHS funded course at an English university leading to professional registration as a nurse or midwife. Enrolled nurses on conversion courses may also be eligible.
Doctors and Dentists – to be eligible you must be in:
- year 5 (or beyond) of an undergraduate programme or
- years 2, 3 or 4 of a graduate programme.
It does not matter in which country you are training but you must have lived in England prior to the start of your course. otherwise you should apply to your relevant national awarding authority.
