End to nursing student bursaries sees numbers keep falling
From Morning Star: The nursing profession has been left in “managed decline,” the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said today, responding to a further drop in student numbers due to bursaries being replaced by loans.
The number of nursing students from England taking university places has fallen by 4 per cent from last year and 11 per cent since 2016 when bursaries were axed, according to data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
The RCN said the decline could jeopardise the future supply of nurses at a time when the NHS is dire need of such staff.
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