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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Final year medical students ‘struggle to afford food’ on NHS bursary ‘no longer fit for purpose’

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Final year medical students have been left struggling to afford food while living on an NHS bursary which has been described as “no longer fit for purpose”.

Campaigners have called on the government to increase the maintenance loan given to medical students as some final year medics are turning to food banks while studying, when their funding drops by around £4,000 a year.

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