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New Scheme Students (i.e those on courses which commenced or are due to commence at any time on or after 1st September 2007)

• Nursing, Midwifery and Operating
  Department Practitioner Courses And
  Accelerated / Postgraduate Nursing
  Diploma Courses
• Income Assessed Degree level students (including Graduate Entry medical and dental degree students entering Year 2 in 2008/09)
  and Postgraduate Diploma courses.

Existing Scheme Students (i.e. those on courses which commenced at any time before the 1st September 2007)

• Nursing, Midwifery and Operating
  Department Practitioner Courses And
  Accelerated / Postgraduate Nursing
  Diploma Courses
• Income Assessed Degree level students
  and Postgraduate Diploma courses.
• Medical and Dental Degree students.

This section provides information about the support you can get if you attend a nursing, midwifery or Allied Health Professional course in England, regardless of where you live in the UK. It cannot cover all individual circumstances, and you may need to get more details from your university - that is, the institution where you plan to study. The NHS Bursary package differs from the support available to non-NHS students who are supported through the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) student support arrangements. It is therefore important that students considering healthcare professional training do not refer to DIUS publications, (with the exception of medical and dental students who should refer to DIUS student support information in the earlier part of their training).

If you attend a course in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, broadly comparable arrangements will apply, but you will need to consult the relevant national authorities for details as NHS Student Bursaries will not be able to administer your funding.

Medical and dental students whose country of residence is England are supported through the NHS Bursary Scheme during the later stages of their training irrespective of which home country their medical school is situated in. However, Medical and dental students living in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland should consult the relevant national authorities.