The British Medical Association (BMA) says the NHS bursary provided to medical students is 'unacceptably low' and is unfairly disadvantaging low income trainees
Doctors' representatives say trainee medics are struggling to make ends meet because student grants and loans are below the benefits threshold.
The British Medical Association says the NHS bursary provided to medical students is"unacceptably low" and is unfairly disadvantaging low income trainees."We are a nation in desperate need of more doctors and to grow a medical workforce that is both fit for the future and is reflective of the population that it works to treat, the government must provide adequate financial support to medical students," she said.
The campaign group Doctors' Association UK says final-year medical students outside London can only claim £6,458 per year including student loans.Anna Sigston, DAUK medical student lead, said:"That figure makes non-students eligible for universal credit, so surely the government recognise this is not enough to live off?"
Eilidh Garrett, in her third year of a four-year medical degree, told Sky News she has no parental support to rely on and is forced to spend long hours on part-time jobs as well as studying and working in NHS placements.
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