NHS Learning Support Fund and Healthcare Science

I was googling about the NHS Learning Support Fund (https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-learning-support-fund), where they give a £5000 grant per year to people taking certain pre-registration courses. The list of courses is below:

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dental therapy or dental hygiene (level 5 and 6 courses)

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dietetics

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midwifery

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nursing (adult, child, mental health, learning disability, joint nursing and social work)

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occupational therapy

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operating department practitioner (level 5 and 6 courses)

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orthoptics

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orthotics and prosthetics

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paramedics (DipHE and FD courses are not eligible for NHS LSF)

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physiotherapy

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podiatry/chiropody

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radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic)

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speech and language therapy

I noticed that no Healthcare Science specialism was on there (eg. Cardiac/Respiratory Physiology, Audiology, Life Sciences, etc) and was wondering if people doing a BSc in a Healthcare Science (any of these - https://www.england.nhs.uk/healthcare-science/what/) are eligible to apply for the grant? If anyone knows any information about this then it'd be great to know!

Reply 1

h4nnah-a

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Hi did you find anything out about this? Im going into audiology nd was wondering if id be able to apply for the nhs learning support fund :smile:

Reply 2

Haleema S

Original post by Iosephi