AQW 22320/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 11/02/2025
Answered On Date: 26/02/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 21283/22-27, and in relation to the ongoing review of support for Department-funded students on Allied Health Professional courses, to detail any plans he has to increase bursaries for nursing students.

Answer:

The ongoing financial pressures facing my Department render unaffordable any increase in the bursary support for nursing and midwifery students.

I am currently exploring with my officials possible future changes to the financial support provided to students on the pre-registration healthcare programmes commissioned by my Department, including in the nursing and midwifery fields.