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?

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

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

Yes, they pay fees, just like other students.

Even Graduate Entry medics pay fees these days.

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.

OK, thanks.

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!)

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

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!

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.

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!

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

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