Student nurses are being promised bursaries of up to £8,000 a year as Boris Johnson seeks to prioritise the NHS. The previous bursaries had been up to £16,400, which included tuition fees of about £9,000. Approximately 41,000 NHS nursing posts are vacant – one in ten – while applications for nursing degrees have plunged by 24 per cent in just three years. Nurses will still have to pay their tuition fees which typically cost £10,000 a year with degrees normally lasting for three years. The PM will host a reception for NHS staff at Downing Street today to thank them for their hard work.

Source: Daily Mail December 18, 2019 00:19 UTC