Student nurse blasts Tory minister's 'callous' claim she's 'not providing a service'

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A Tory health minister faces a furious backlash after claiming student nurses are “not deemed to be providing a service” to the NHS.

Helen Whately made the comment in a reply to concerns that student nurses could face financial hardship after their bursaries were scrapped from 2017.

Many of those student nurses have since risked their lives to help tackle Covid-19 in paid placements.

Student nurse Jessica Collins, who is graduating with £60,000 of debt, has called for her and others' debt to be written off.

But when her MP Tom Pursglove passed on her concerns, Ms Whately replied: "The Government has no plans to introduce a scheme that will backdate the offer for students who completed courses in earlier years.


I bet she clapped on Thursdays too 😡
 
If the debt is a student loan, then unless she earns sufficient, she will not have to pay off the debt anyway. If she does earn sufficient then she only pays back a percentage which is like a little more on her income tax, not instant repayment of it all. That being said, it is still not right to say she is not providing an essential service.
 
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