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The NHS Learning Support fund (NHS LSF) provides additional funding for eligible pre-registration healthcare students who also have a student loan from Student Loans England (SLE).

It can be used to claim additional travel expenses and accommodation costs as a result of attending practice placements. Practice placements are the parts of your course which are supervised clinical practice.

The LSF is managed by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) student services.

Please note the NHS can change their policies during the year and whilst we will always aim to keep you up to date it is best to regularly check their website if you are uncertain about what you can claim.

Eligibility of travel and dual accommodation claims

You can claim travel to and from your placement location as long as the cost of your daily return is more than your usual return travel to university. Exceptions apply for those on Open University programmes run in partnership with Middlesex University.

If you are studying on one of the following programmes and meet the general eligibility criteria, you may be able to claim expenses for travel to practice placements.

Eligible programmes (excluding apprenticeships)

• BSc Nursing
• BSc Midwifery (3 year and 18 month programmes)
• PGDip Nursing

Get in touch

If you have any questions, please check the NHS website or contact the NHS LSF team:

• Tel: 0300 330 0521

Submit your claim

What you can claim.

You are expected to travel by the cheapest form of transport available where it is reasonably practical to do so.

Travel claims

You can claim for using public transport (actual cost) or your own motor vehicle (mileage cost). You may be able to claim for the cost of a hire car but this must be agreed with Middlesex University beforehand. Parking/congestion charge/LEZ/tolls can also be reimbursed if evidence is provided. Taxi travel will not be reimbursed unless it can be shown to be for unexpected mitigating circumstances. A ‘letter of support’ from your Programme Leader will need to be submitted to confirm this, alongside your evidence.

Additional mileage costs may be claimed if you have to travel in the community to other Practice Placement sites or to patients’ home addresses and you are not given free transport by a tutor or mentor.

To claim for any travel appropriate evidence must be provided. What is required is laid out further down the page.

If you choose to travel to placements in your own vehicle, rather than using public transport, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have the correct level of insurance for all risks associated with its use. The reimbursement of the costs of travel by private motor vehicle does not constitute any acceptance of liability by your University, the NHSBSA or any other NHS body.

Further information on travel rates e.g. pence per mileage available.

Accommodation claims

If it is not possible / practical for you to travel to your placement each day from your normal term time address, you may be able to claim towards the cost of staying in temporary accommodation near to your placement site. Your must only claim the cheapest accommodation available to you.

This evidence must be a receipt, an invoice or on company headed paper. If you are not able to provide the required evidence your claim will not be reimbursed.

Please note, if you stay with your parent/s in their home just for the purpose of attending your placement, reimbursement of accommodation costs will not be made.

Further information on dual accommodation costs is available on the NHS BSA website.

Examples of travel costs

Student a's travel costs.

Student A can claim reimbursement of £3.25 per day (£9.00 less £5.75)  towards their placement travel costs for the duration of this placement.

This is because it costs more to travel to placement than it does to get to University.

Student B’s travel costs

Student B cannot claim reimbursement towards their placement travel costs for this particular placement.

This is because it has not cost them more to travel to their placement then it does to travel to University.

When to claim

Please ensure that you submit your expenses claim no later than 6 months after your last day of travel to your practice placement, otherwise you may not be able to claim your costs. We recommend submitting a claim after you have completed each placement.

How to claim

To claim for travel expenses, you will need to:

• Register for an NHS Learning Support Fund account. You can register at any point during your course but please be aware that if you did not apply through Learning Support Fund in a previous academic year, you cannot apply for any backdated payments.
• Download and complete a  NHS Travel Claim template . Use this to record your individual journeys for each day you travelled to placement.
• Keep your travel receipts during your placement.
• Once your placement has finished, complete and submit a claims form by using this online form . You will need to include your completed NHS Travel Claim template and your travel receipts.

Guidance on the evidence you need to provide for your claim

Please do not upload bank statements/screenshots of banking apps.

Parking Costs and Tolls: Please provide the paper tickets or.pdf e-receipts from parking and toll apps/websites. These are what are required by the NHS. Please do not provide screenshots of the parking or toll apps as these are not sufficient. 

Taxi/Other: Taxis must only be used in unexpected, mitigating circumstances. You must provide clear paper receipts or .pdf e-receipts from taxi apps/website that clearly show the date, the route/journey taken and the cost of the journey. As per the NHS guidance, you should provide a ‘letter of support’ from your Programme Leader alongside your evidence, confirming that due to the circumstances this was the only way to travel to your placement.

Public Transport Oyster/Contactless: You are required to upload the Payment Statement.pdf. Paper Tickets/Paper Travelcards: You must provide clear scans/photos of the tickets and if necessary purchase receipts. It must be clear from the images the date, type of ticket purchased (journey route or zones) and the cost of purchase.

Wherever possible, please combine all receipts into ONE document. This will speed up the processing of your claim.

After you have submitted your claim

• Once submitted, your claim will be checked and authorised by the University. If there are any queries these will be raised with you before authorisation can take place.
• Once authorised, your claim will be approved by the University and sent to the NHS LSF for payment. You will be notified when your claim has been authorised by the University and submitted to NHS LSF. Claims are normally forwarded to the NHS within 15 working days of submission dependent on public holidays/staff.
• The NHS LSF will make payment to you within 20 working days from when they received the completed claim from Middlesex University. If you have not received your payment 20 days after submission to the NHS LSF, you should  contact the NHS LSF team directly.

Guides and advice

We have created a number of downloadable guides to help with any further queries you might have:

• Nursing and midwifery students
• New entrants
• Social work students
• EEA Migrant Workers and student funding
• Home status and funding

The NHS have produced a Completing your TDAE claim booklet which guides you through the claiming process. We recommend using this guide when completing your claim to ensure you have provided the correct details. Please note, please refer to the guidance on this page on how to submit a claim rather than the guidance in the booklet.

Do’s and Don'ts

• Do remember to submit your claim form(s) within the timescale.
• Do keep copies of your form and any accompanying receipts/evidence before submitting.
• Do remember to include any relevant receipts for Public transport to support your claim.
• Do ensure that you have adequate insurance cover if you are travelling to your placement using your own private motor vehicle.
• Don’t submit a claim form if your total travel costs to your placement are equal to or less than your normal daily travel to the University.
• Don’t complete a claim form if you are a seconded student as you are not entitled to claim Practice Placement expenses.
• Don’t complete or submit a claim form if the last day of the placement period you are claiming for was more than the deadline to make a claim. Your form will not be processed under any circumstances.

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What are the Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses (TDAE) rates?

If you're eligible for the non-means tested grant, you can claim reimbursement for travel and accomodation costs whilst attending a practice placement as part of your course.

Travel expenses

The daily cost of travelling to and from your placement must be in excess of your normal daily travel costs to and from your university.

If your claim is in excess, we may be able to refund you the excess amount.

The current rates used to calculate your travel costs based on your mileage are:

• 30p per mile for a bicycle
• 42p per mile for all motor vehicles
• 7.5p per mile for passenger miles

Accommodation expenses

You may be reimbursed the total cost of temporary accommodation on placement regardless of where you live during term time, subject to a maximum amount.

The current maximum rates are:

• £82.50 per night for commerical accomodation such as hotels or B&Bs
• £37.50 per night non-commerical accommodation such as hospital accommodation or university halls

NHS Learning Support Fund

Students starting and continuing their course from 1 September 2020 onwards can apply for NHS LSF allowances if they’re on one of the following pre-registration undergraduate or postgraduate courses:

• dental therapy or dental hygiene (level 5 and 6 courses)
• nursing (adult, child, mental health, learning disability, joint nursing and social work)
• occupational therapy
• operating department practitioner (level 5 and 6 courses)
• orthotics and prosthetics
• paramedics (DipHE and FD courses are not eligible for NHS LSF)
• physiotherapy
• podiatry/chiropody
• radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic)
• speech and language therapy

If you're eligible, you can get:

• a Training Grant of £5,000 per academic year
• Parental Support of £2,000, if you have at least one dependent child under 15 years, or under 17 years if registered with special educational needs 
• reimbursement of excess costs incurred on practice placement for travel and temporary accommodation costs (Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses)
• students experiencing financial hardship (Exceptional Support Fund)

Please note, if you withdraw from your studies or transfer to a course ineligible for the LSF you must inform the NHSBSA immediately.

Eligibility information, and other general information can be found  here .

Parental Support (formerly Child Dependants Allowance)

The Parental Support allowance is intended to provide additional support for eligible full-time students who have parental responsibilities for a dependent child or children under the age of 15 (or under the age of 17 if the child has special education needs). This will be in the form of a £2,000 non-repayable grant, given in instalments throughout the academic year.

More information can be found  here .

Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses (TDAE)

The Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses will reimburse excess costs incurred when undertaking practical training on placements.

Please note that Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses are sent off to the LSF by the Health Placements team ( [email protected] ), please contact them with any queries.

Exceptional Support Fund (ESF)

The Exceptional Support Fund aims to support eligible healthcare students who find themselves in genuine and unforeseen financial hardship during their studies. There is a maximum award of £3000 available, usually in the form of a grant, and awards are based on an assessment.

Please note: Students must have applied to the  University Financial Assistance Fund (UFAF)  before they can apply to the ESF.

Students must apply to the ESF online and will be required to bring an authorisation form to the  Student Funding and Financial Support team ( Ask Herts Hutton )  to be signed  before  they will be able to submit their application and supporting documents to the NHSBSA for assessment.

More information can be found here

Training Grant

The Training Grant is a non-means tested grant of £5,000 each academic year for all eligible students. You can apply for the Training Grant through your online NHS LSF account.

You'll need to upload evidence of your student finance letter when you apply. 

Specialist Subject Payment (SSP)

On top of the Training Grant, you can get an extra £1000 per academic year if you're studying:

• mental health nursing
• learning disability nursing
• prosthetics and orthotics
• orthoptics and podiatry

You must have started year one of your course on any date from 1 September 2020 onwards to qualify for it.

If you are eligible for SSP, it will be added to your NHS LSF account when you apply for the Training Grant.

Combined courses and SSP

If your course includes one of the above subjects and leads to dual registration, for example, adult and mental health nursing, you can get SSP More information on both the Training Grant and SSP can be found here

Further Information

If your final year was in the 2019/20 academic year, do not apply for NHS LSF using the new system as your application will be rejected. Arrangements are now in place for students that need to extend because of COVID-19 .

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Delta customers lost time, money. How to file claims, complaints.

Delta Air Lines customers who faced massive delays and cancellations after a global tech outage July 19 triggered all sorts of havoc for days must do one thing after their nightmare ends. File a complaint − and get some money back .

Maybe you think you can't do anything about it. Maybe you think submitting a complaint is a waste of even more time. A friend shared one comment on social media in which a frustrated traveler stated: "Glad we have zero consumer protection laws on the books to help everyone being psychologically abused by @Delta."

But it's not true. Actually, consumers do have many air travel rights now. Unfortunately, consumers are going to need to file for reimbursement to get what they are owed. And if they're not satisfied, they're going to need to go a step further and file complaints with the Department of Transportation.

Cruising Altitude: Why tech keeps holding airlines back when something goes wrong

On Wednesday morning, Delta CEO Ed Bastian posted a letter to customers on the airline's website as the company continued to recover from last week's CrowdStrike outage. Delta upgraded its reimbursement efforts, too.

Bastian apologized but also noted that "the worst impacts of the CrowdStrike-caused outage are clearly behind us."

Delta, he said, remains "committed to taking care of those whose flights may still be impacted, with meals, hotel accommodations and ground transportation offered through vouchers and reimbursements. We’re also providing impacted customers with Delta SkyMiles and travel vouchers as a further gesture of apology."

Delta also noted online Wednesday that it is taking steps to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses. "We know many customers have incurred unplanned travel expenses, including purchasing tickets on other airlines, rental cars, train tickets and more," the airline said on its site.

"Delta will cover reasonable costs for additional categories of expenses incurred during the duration of the travel waiver (which currently applies for flights between July 19 and July 28)."

Another key point: "Delta is permitting customers with Delta travel booked from July 19-28 who no longer wish to travel to cancel and request a refund of the unflown portion of their trip − regardless of whether their flight has been canceled or significantly delayed."

Delta has been offering waivers, which, according to Delta, allow customers hurt by the troubles to make a one-time change to their itinerary or to cancel and receive a refund for the unused portion of their ticket upon request. The waiver applies to customers with travel scheduled for July 19-28. The fare difference for customers will be waived when rebooked travel occurs on or before Aug. 4 in the same cabin of service as originally booked.

On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced an investigation into Delta Air Lines . He noted that the Transportation Department is making sure "the law is followed and that Delta is 'taking care of its passengers' as the disruptions continue."

In this case, experts say, Transportation Department rules require Delta to refund unused flights for those who choose not to travel on alternate flights if their original itinerary was canceled for any reason, even if the original tickets were nonrefundable. That's true as long as you didn’t get on a rebooked flight at no cost to you, experts say. Some people think they can do both − fly and get a refund − but that's not the case.

Jane McNamara, of Royal Oak, Michigan, was to fly out of Detroit on Delta on Friday, heading to Newark to see her sons in New Jersey. She had heard of the CrowdStrike software failure that hit Microsoft's Windows Operating System earlier on Friday. But she had no alerts from Delta via the app or email to tell her the Friday flight was canceled.

"I drove to the airport hoping I might have a flight," she said. "Once there, after parking in the out lot and making my way to McNamara terminal, I learned it was canceled."

She was shocked by the massive lines and chaos. "You couldn't get near the (Delta) counter. It was just slammed."

She ended up acting quickly and booked a flight on United Airlines on Saturday. She paid $306, and she had no trouble getting out of Detroit on United the next day.

She kept the return ticket for Tuesday on Delta. "I thought by Tuesday, everything should be fine."

For a while, it seemed as if it would be. She checked in Monday and had a boarding pass, the whole thing.

Then, about 6 a.m. Tuesday, she got an alert that her Delta flight out of Newark that day had been canceled.

She spotted one seat on another Delta flight, but it was quickly gone. Other flights on other airlines that day had fares that were $800 and higher. Some of those flights had layovers of three hours to five hours. Nothing seemed to be doable.

Oh, she could sit in New Jersey until Thursday because Delta had rebooked her on a flight for Thursday morning. "I couldn't hang out there" that long, she said. "My only option was to rent a car."

McNamara, who owns Jazzercise Royal Oak, needed to get back to work and ended up renting a car for $152.

"I literally just had to do a car," she said. Driving alone, she left the area about 11 a.m. and got home after 10 p.m. Most of the driving was fine, she said, until she hit the intense storm in metro Detroit. She's now reviewing how to get reimbursed for her expenses.

Even as travel gets back to normal, the shakeout for Delta could be intense in the weeks ahead.

"There will be hell to pay," said Teresa Murray, who directs the Consumer Watchdog office for U.S. PIRG, a nonprofit advocacy group that has advocated for more passenger protections.

The major IT systems outage disrupted the operations of several major airlines, triggering extensive delays and cancellations at U.S. airports.

The Transportation Department said it has determined that the delays and cancellations resulting from the CrowdStrike-related outage were “controllable" − which means the flight cancellation or delay is one that is attributable to the airline.

Murray said Delta's response in individual situations seems to have been all over the map. Some consumers, she said, complained about being offered only frequent flier miles when they needed more help getting where they needed to go in a timely manner. One young man she knows, who happens to be a magician from Michigan, had to rent a car to drive to Philadelphia to be on time for his show. Her advice: Make sure to send the bill to Delta.

Daniel Martin, a global touring magician who lives in Jackson, told me his horrific tale that involved two Delta flights vanishing.

One flight ended up being canceled Friday when he was trying to leave Hartford, Connecticut, to fly to Detroit for a show in Michigan; a second flight was canceled when he needed to fly from Detroit to Philadelphia on Monday for another show.

He said the Delta employees he encountered were trying to help, but it was out of their control.

Martin, who has a summer tour as a magician, had a show last week in New Hampshire, and he had planned on driving to Bradley International Airport in Hartford to catch that flight to Detroit. He travels a great deal, but all the regular steps, like going on Delta.com, didn't work Friday for rebooking a flight. "You couldn't even get on their site to figure out options."

Trying to call, even as a preferred customer, meant a six-hour wait. He quickly booked a Friday night flight on Southwest Airlines as a hedge. Then he headed to the airport and got in line at Delta. After turning down many bad options, he ultimately was able to get on another Delta flight, which sat on the tarmac. That flight faced so many delays that he figured he should hop on Southwest. Ultimately, he was able to get off that flight with help of Delta employees to rush to grab the backup Southwest flight.

As for his luggage? Well, it was on the Delta flight. He faced a four-hour delay in Detroit at baggage claim to get his magic equipment. "It was like the zombie apocalypse," Martin said.

Ultimately, he got home to Jackson at 5 a.m. Saturday, but he had missed his magic show Friday in Michigan.

Monday morning, another Delta flight delay, this time out of Detroit to Philadelphia. He made that show but only by spending $250 to rent a car.

Overall, Martin estimates he lost more than 35 hours in delays and about $600 in expenses. That's not including the thousands of dollars lost when he missed the show in Michigan.

One headache after another, and, frankly, travelers will need to take their time figuring out what to do next to recoup some of their costs.

In general, PIRG's Murray said, she would not recommend that people accept vouchers or credits or miles as compensation for their hotel, meal, ground transportation and other expenses.

But the amount might matter. "If someone is looking at a refund of $200, but Delta is offering miles or vouchers worth $1,000 to the traveler, then the voucher or credit might make sense, as long as there aren’t restrictions on how or when or where it can be used," she said.

Because the IT debacle is being viewed by the Transportation Department as a controllable cancellation or delay, Murray said, consumers should try to get a hotel and meal and ground transportation accommodations taken care of by the airline. "They can’t just go out and book a hotel at a 5-star hotel or something."

But in many cases, travelers couldn't even get Delta on the phone. In those circumstances, Murray said, her advice would be to "spend what is reasonable, to take care of yourself and your family, and submit those expenses for reimbursement later."

How do you submit a claim?

Check with your airline, but typically you'd submit claims online, not by mail.

• Where to go: Delta has an online process. See Delta.com/reimbursement for the form and some instructions.
• What to do: Before you do submit a claim, take time gathering your paperwork and records. Make sure when you file for reimbursement with Delta or another airline that you have receipts, records and all you need to back up a claim. File everything at once, Murray said. Take screen shots from your phone if that can help document how long you were on hold with the airline. Find the names of people you talked with at the airline. Recall what was said during a conversation. Give details about how lines were backed up and you couldn't get to an airline representative.
• Think about what expenses you faced: Did you need to rent a car to get where you were going? Back up the cost with receipts, make sure to add receipts for the gas you bought to get home or elsewhere. Delta states online that it "does not reimburse prepaid expenses, including but not limited to hotel reservations at the customer’s destination, vacation experiences, lost wages, concerts or other tickets." But Murray said she would suggest that some consumers consider submitting those claims, given the extreme circumstances surrounding the lengthy tech upheaval. It might not hurt to ask.
• File a complaint and a claim: Murray recommends that people file a complaint with Delta as well as filing for reimbursement. See the Help Center on Delta.com to file complaints. You want some details to be fresh in your mind, like how long you waited online for help.
• If you're not satisfied: First go through the airline when you have any issues. But if the problem isn't resolved, file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation . See transportation.gov/airconsumers for the "File a Consumer Complaint" option. Complaints can be related to things like flight delays and cancellations, overbooking, disability, tarmac delays, baggage, discrimination, refunds, ticketing practices, family seating, frequent flyer programs, charter flights, privacy and air ambulance service.

Contact personal finance columnist Susan Tompor:  [email protected] . Follow her on X (Twitter)  @ tompor .

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July 2024 Outage Travel Disruption

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• Managing Your Trip Disruption , Go to footer note
• Global IT Outage Travel Waiver , Go to footer note
• Temporary Reimbursement Waiver , Go to footer note

Managing Your Trip Disruption

Please review the options below to help you choose your next steps if your trip was disrupted due to the Global IT Outage (July 19–28):

• If you’d like to rebook your travel within the affected dates (July 19-28), we’ve issued a temporary Global IT Outage travel waiver , Go to footer note , waiving the fare difference for rebooking to travel on or before August 4, 2024.
• Cancel your flight via My Trips if you no longer wish to travel.
• Request a refund,  if you haven’t already, if your flight was canceled or significantly delayed (>120 minutes), and you decide to cancel your trip. If your flight was not canceled or delayed but you decide to cancel your Delta flight departing within the travel waiver date, you can also request a refund.
• Request reimbursement  or hotel, ground transportation and/or meals if your flight was significantly delayed (>3 hours) or canceled due to an issue caused by Delta (within our control). We have temporarily expanded coverage , Go to footer note of reimbursable expenses.
• File a claim for displaced luggage.  Visit your local Baggage Service Office at the airport or call 1-800-325-8224 to make a claim. If your bag was delayed and you had to make purchases because you did not receive your bag, you are entitled to reasonable expense reimbursements due to the delay of your bag(s). Review the Delayed, Lost or Damaged Baggage page for next steps. These expenses can be submitted using the Baggage Claim Form or the Reimbursement Form .

Global IT Outage Travel Waiver

A travel waiver, which offers customers the ability to make a one-time change to their itinerary, or to cancel and receive a refund for the unflown portion of their ticket upon request, is in effect for customers with travel scheduled for July 19-28. The fare difference for customers will be waived when rebooked travel occurs on or before August 4, in the same cabin of service as originally booked. Check flight status frequently for up-to-the-minute information about your flight plans, or get updates sent directly to your mobile device or by email with  One-Time Flight Notification .

If your flights were delayed or canceled, visit our Delayed or Canceled Flight page for options and details.  

Future Travel Rebooking Options:

• Customers who elect not to travel may cancel their reservation and receive a refund of the unflown portion of their ticket upon request at delta.com/refund , or the unused value of the ticket will be issued as an eCredit that may be used to purchase a new ticket. Final travel must be completed by the ticket validity expiration date.
• A fare difference may apply when the waiver is class to class restrictive and the original booking class is not maintained in the rebooked itinerary.
• When rebooked travel occurs after August 4, a difference in fare may apply.

*When rescheduled travel occurs beyond August 4, the change fee will be waived. However, a difference in fare may apply. Final travel must be completed by end of ticket validity, one year from date of original issue. If travel is not able to be rescheduled within these guidelines, customers may cancel their reservation and apply any unused value of the ticket toward the purchase of a new ticket for a period of one year from the original ticket issuance. Applicable change fee and fare difference will apply for new travel dates. Final travel must be completed by end of ticket validity.

Conditions and Restrictions 

Eligibility only for customers with an Original Ticket Issue Date on or before July 23, 2024. Changes to origins and destinations may result in an increase in fare. Any difference in fare between your original ticket and the new ticket will be collected at the time of booking.

Temporary Reimbursement Waiver

For travel between July 19-28, customers experiencing a flight cancellation or significant delay (>3 hours) may request reimbursement for the following expenses incurred due to their trip disruption, above and beyond our  standard policy :

• The fare paid to purchase another airline ticket in the same class of service, after subtracting the value of the unused Delta ticket.
• Alternative transportation methods such as rental cars, rideshares, trains or buses that a customer used to reach their destination, after subtracting the value of the unused Delta ticket.
• Go to our  reimbursement form  to submit your receipts.

Please note, there is no change in policy for prepaid expenses. These continue to be excluded from eligible reimbursement expenses. As a reminder, our  standard reimbursement policy  will apply to all travel occurring before July 19 or after July 28.

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NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF)

NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) is funding to support eligible healthcare students. To apply, you need to be on one of the following pre-registration undergraduate or postgraduate courses:

• dental therapy or dental hygiene (level 5 and 6 courses)
• nursing (adult, child, mental health, learning disability, joint nursing, or social work)
• occupational therapy
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• physiotherapy
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• radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic)
• speech and language therapy

You need an NHS LSF account to apply or manage your details.

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What you could get

NHS LSF is made up of 4 main elements. What you get depends on your circumstances.

You can apply for a Training Grant of £5,000 per academic year, or a pro rata amount for part-time students. Students on certain courses can get a Special Subject Payment, which is an extra £1,000.

If you have at least one dependant child under 15 years old (or 17 if registered with special education needs) you can also receive Parental Support . This is a grant of £2,000 per academic year or a pro rata amount for part-time students.

If you paid for any excess travel or accommodation costs on a placement, you can claim money back through Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses .

If you’re experiencing unforeseen financial hardship, you may be able to claim up to £3,000 through the Exceptional Support Fund .

Eligibility

To apply, you need to be:

• studying on an eligible course at a university in England
• actively studying, whether academic or practice learning
• Student Finance England (SFE)
• Student Finance Wales (SFW)
• Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS)  
• Student Finance Northern Ireland (SFNI)  

If you’ve not applied for a student loan, you may still be eligible for NHS LSF. You’ll need to show us that you still meet the relevant eligibility criteria for SFE, SFW, SFNI or SAAS.

If you receive the NHS Bursary, you are not eligible for NHS LFS. Visit NHS Bursary students  for more information about your bursary.

How and when to apply

You can apply for NHS LSF by creating an NHS Learning Support Fund account . You'll keep this account and will need to reapply each year.

You need to apply within 6 months of the start of the academic year.

You should not apply on any other systems as your application will be rejected. 

If you’re a continuing student, we’ll  email invites out in groups to make sure we process all applications for the start of the academic year. 

If you've interrupted or withdrawn from your course

Your university will update your NHS LSF account with your last date of attendance and the reason for the interruption or withdrawal. We'll then calculate your NHS LSF entitlement for the period you were enrolled.

If you return to your studies in the same academic year, you do not need to reapply for NHS LSF. Your university will register your return on their portal.

If you return to your studies in a new academic year, you'll need to reapply for NHS LSF. Your university can then register your return on their portal.

2023 to 2024 payment dates

If you started your course in September or October 2023, the main payment dates for the 2023 to 2024 academic year are:

• Term 1 - 21 November 2023
• Term 2 - 19 March 2024
• Term 3 - 23 July 2024

Your payment dates depend on when you started your course and whether you or your university confirmed your attendance on your course. Visit Confirmation of Student Attendance (COSA) for more information on payment dates and the COSA process.

You can read more about NHS LSF in our NHS LSF guidance booklet 2023-24 (PDF: 609KB)

You can also watch a  short video with information about NHS LSF .

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LSF useful documents

• NHS Learning Support Fund – Financial Support for Healthcare students guidance 2023 to 2024 (526.91kB)
• Exceptional Support Fund application guidance (406.93kB)

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