Do med students pay fees?

[roisin]

I always assumed yes, then someone said that NHS pay all fees for nurses, dentists, physios, med students, etc.

Is that correct?

[MrsJREwing]

I think they get a small amount, social workers get it too.

[titchy]

They pay year 5+ fees. Years 1-4 student pays £9000 a year.

[BlackandGold]

Yes, they pay fees, just like other students.

Even Graduate Entry medics pay fees these days.

[LadySybildeChocolate]

IIRC, the graduate entry students only pay the fees for the first year of the course. They would have already paid fees for their previous course as well. 5 year course students do have to pay their own fees, for some reason radiographers, nurses, physio's, OT's and Social workers get theirs paid for them via the NHS. I think it's because the earning potential for a doctor is higher.

[roisin]

OK, thanks.

[MedusaIsHavingABadHairDay]

Sadly yes.. my DD1 is just entering her 3rd year of medicine.. . Her tuition fees will be paid by the NHS in yr 5..nothing else.. she will have racked up a massive amount of debt by the time she qualifies. I know her earning potential is good but still.. it's a LOT of debt.

Seems mad to me.. my DD2 is starting Nursing next month and her fees are paid for the whole course (thank God!)

[chickydoo]

That's interesting
On the nhs site it says that tuition fees for most nhs courses will be funded by the Nhs. It is not means tested. A grant of 1k may also be available for some students.
I believe funding of tuition fees is for any course where the student has to help out on the wards or with patients. In the old days a trainee nurse was always paid ( a pittance)
I am sure this is the case, I only checked quite recently. Am not sure about medicine, but nursing, Physio etc seem to have the 9k fees paid

[MedusaIsHavingABadHairDay]

It is NOT the case for medicine. Nursing, yes . The £1000 bursary grant is also available to all nurses regardless of parents' (or own) income.

Medical students get sod all support til their 5th year..so that's 4 years of 9k fees (as needless to say all medical courses are top level!) plus student loans for living/rent.

So sorry Chickydoo..funding is not for anyone who is on placement in wards! I wish it was.. as the parent of a medic it would be a lot easier if my daughter was funded.

I do sort of see the logic in that once qualified my DD1 will have good earning potential a lot faster than nurses, physios or radiographers, but it doesn't make it any better when we are struggling to keep her fed!

[JaquelineHyde]

Trainee social workers don't get all their fees paid.

They get a lump sum towards the fees and then have to top up the fees themselves.

[BlackandGold]

DS is doing GEM. He has to personally pay a third of his first yr fees and get a student loan for the remainder.

For the next 3 yrs he can get an NHS bursary for the first third and a student loan for the remaining two thirds.

All this on top of his original course fees so let's hope he gets a decent job eventually!

[alreadytaken]

On another thread I have linked to some funding details. Information for graduate medicine isn't available except for current students.

[chickydoo]

Thanks for the info
My Ds will be very interested. I will just be broke!